Cover art for Gator Blood by Mark Knopfler

Gator Blood

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Sep. 3, 20121 viewer

Gator Blood Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Hammer on a skillet, up they come
Showman whanging on a ballyhoo drum
Watch out, people, I'm a greedy man
Swallowed all the fishes in the frying pan

[Chorus]
Blood, gator blood
I got gator blood

[Verse 2]
Chicken on a hotplate, gobbledegook
Come on up, honey, and take a look
Mighty fine weather this time of year
Shake a tail feather you chicken you hear

[Chorus]
Blood, gator blood
I got gator blood

[Verse 3]
Chicken on a hotplate, it's gonna dance
Gonna lose these chickens my first chance
Don't you know I'm a flim-flam man
A chicken show it ain't worth a damn
[Chorus]
Gator blood
I got gator blood

[Verse 4]
I got a country boy, he's a bird who sings
Butter paddle, buck 'n wing
Kid's got a winner bonafide hit
I'm gonna have my dinner on a spit

[Chorus]
Blood, gator blood
I got gator blood

[Verse 5]
Hoopla, humbug, howdy-do
Gonna make you into chicken stew
Alligator in the mud
Don't you know I got gator blood

[Chorus]
Gator blood
I got gator blood

[Verse 6]
Never lend a dollar to your good friend Tom
Hogwash Holler is where he's from
If you got treasure all in a vault
And he gets you, baby, that's your own fault
[Chorus]
Gator blood
I got gator blood

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