Pay The Alligator-The Flatlanders

[ti:Pay The Alligator] [ar:The Flatlanders] [al:Now Again] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Pay The Alligator - The Flatlanders [00:14.18]Sheriff pulled me over and he started his jive [00:17.54]In a 20 mile zone I was doin' 25 [00:20.73] [00:21.26]Son keep your lead foot off the accelerator [00:24.36]If you don't slow down [00:25.92] [00:26.83]You'll have to Pay the Alligator [00:28.66] [00:31.27]I was counting my money in the back of my store [00:35.02]IRS came a knocking at my door [00:38.57]He found me hiding down behind my own refrigerator [00:41.83]If you don't pay me [00:43.49] [00:44.22]You gotta pay the Alligator [00:45.92] [00:46.49]Pay the Alligator Pay the Alligator [00:51.23] [00:53.37]Might be sooner and might be later [00:56.85]One thing for sure [00:58.10] [00:58.96]You gotta pay the Alligator [01:00.59] [01:06.74]The afterlife come and it scared me half to death [01:10.69]I heard Saint Peter mutter underneath his breath [01:13.86]Take this bucket well talk about it later [01:17.33]You can paint the pearly gate or pay the Alligator [01:21.59] [01:24.19]Devil caught me looking at the thermostat [01:27.48]I told him I'd never touch nothing like that [01:31.16]He said shut the hell up and do what I say [01:34.55]Or you gonna have the alligator to pay [01:38.84]Pay the Alligator [01:40.31] [01:42.41]Pay the Alligator [01:43.79] [01:46.11]Might be sooner and might be later [01:48.91] [01:49.43]One thing for sure [01:50.85] [01:51.64]You gotta pay the Alligator [01:53.28] [02:15.20]Order in the Court [02:16.80]Suspect on the Stand [02:18.49]He said he saw the witness with a whistle in his hand [02:21.94]The Judge said I hate to implicate the perpetrator [02:25.06]But if you jack with the Judge [02:26.89] [02:27.74]You gotta pay the Alligator [02:29.52] [02:32.14]You gotta walk on razors and sleep on nails [02:35.33] [02:35.85]Talk like ducks and walk like quails [02:39.03]Go blindfolded backwards through the Disconbobulater [02:42.67]If you don't do it right [02:44.43] [02:44.98]You gotta pay the Alligator [02:47.15]Pay the Alligator [02:48.47] [02:50.55]Pay the Alligator [02:51.88] [02:54.16]Might be sooner and might be later [02:57.30]The one thing for sure [02:58.85] [02:59.36]You gotta pay the Alligator [03:01.61]Pay the Alligator [03:03.11] [03:05.32]Pay the Alligator [03:06.62] [03:08.85]Might be sooner and might be later [03:12.14]The one thing for sure [03:13.58] [03:14.38]You gotta pay the Alligator