Alligator Alley Lyrics

Sawgrass as far as the eye can see

She left him near mile marker fifty-three

Two lanes no street lights

She gripped the wheel peered into the night

Tryin' to forget the smell of whiskey

Speeding away down Alligator Alley

She'd been workin' her shift at the Twistee Treat

August night in nineteen-eighty-three

Clocked out locked on up

He was waitin' by his pickup truck

Wrestled her into the back seat

Drove through the dark toward Alligator Alley

Daddy always told her you gotta keep a cool head

Predators are unpredictable he said

And I won't always be there to protect ya

So fight like hell if you have to

And don't forget a knife can be a girl's best friend

Oh Alligator Alley

He was drunk she could smell the Jim Beam

She held her pocket knife where he couldn't see

He slowed down stopped short

Came around and opened up her door

Drug her out of the back seat

She said a prayer there on Alligator Alley

The struggle was brief and hard by the side of the road

How she managed to do what she did she'll never know

Left him for dead on Alligator Alley

Daddy always told her you gotta keep a cool head

Predators are unpredictable he said

And I won't always be there to protect ya

So fight like hell if you have to

And don't forget a knife can be a girl's best friend

Oh Alligator Alley

Oh oh Alligator Alley

Oh oh Alligator Alley

Oh oh Alligator Alley

Ain't gonna bother nobody no more

Ain't gonna bother nobody no more

Ain't gonna bother ain't gonna bother nobody