Alligator Alley

[Verse 1]
Car broke down in Alligator Alley
Trying to run away from Broward County
Smoke in the sky, there's no returning
Thirty thousand acres of Everglade burning
Southern Florida dry as tinder
Lightning turned the swamp to cinder
Standing by the roadside, thumb in the air
Brushing the ashes out of my hair

[Chorus 1]
Alligator Alley, Alligator Alley
No time to sit and dally
Everglades burning, Everglades burn
Once it's gone there's no return

[Verse 2]
Get picked up by a girl named Alice
Says she's driving clear to Dallas
With one last nod at the blazing trees
I say drop me off in Nashville please
She says what about your automobile
I say leave it for someone to steal
It don't really run so hot
The rods are gone and the brakes are shot

[Chorus 1]
Alligator Alley, Alligator Alley
No time to sit and dally
Everglades burning, Everglades burn
Once it's gone, there's no return

[Verse 3]
She said you look like Elvis Presley
I said I know it tends to stress me
Gives rise to undue expectations
And other such-like aggravations
Farewell alligators, snakes, and spiders
Florida panthers and big black bears
Girls named Alice, Lorna, and Sally
Goodbye Florida and Alligator Alley

[Chorus 1]
Alligator Alley, Alligator Alley
No time to sit and dally
Everglades burning, Everglades burn
Once it's gone, there's no return

[Chorus 2]
Alligator Alley, Alligator Alley
No time to sit and dally
Everglades burning, Everglades burn
Once it's gone, there's no return
Once it's gone, there's no return
Once it's gone, there's no return