Pay The Alligator - The Flatlanders

Sheriff pulled me over and he started his jive

In a 20 mile zone I was doin 25

Son keep your lead foot off the accelerator

If you don’t slow down you’ll have to Pay the Alligator

I was countin my money in the back of my store

IRS came a knockin at my door

He found me hidin down behind my own refrigerator

If you don’t pay me you gotta Pay the Alligator (whining — Not again!)

Pay the Alligator (Pay the Alligator)

Pay the Alligator (Pay the Alligator)

Might be sooner Might be later

One thing for sure you gotta Pay the Alligator

The afterlife come and it scared me half to death

I heard Saint Peter mutter underneath his breath

Take this bucket well talk about it later

You can paint the pearly gate or Pay the Alligator

Devil caught me lookin at the thermostat

I told him Id never touch nothin like that

He said shut the hell up and do what I say

Or you gonna have the alligator to pay

Order in the Court!

Suspect on the Stand!

He said he saw the witness with a whistle in his hand

The Judge said I hate to implicate the perpetrator

But if you jack with the Judge, you gotta pay the Alligator

Walk on razors and sleep on on nails

Talk like ducks and walk like quails

Go blindfolded backwards through the Disconbobulater

If you don’t do it right you gotta Pay the Alligator