Alligator Pie (Cockadile) Songtext / Lyric

Floatin' in the lower nine

Waitin' for a boat to throw me a line

See my Stella smile

Sittin' on a roof, eatin' alligator pie

First day the water rise

Second day the Sun is high

Third day Stella cries

'Cause night time's dark as a dead man's eyes



Yeah

Lord, Lord, say

Yeah, tell me when help is gonna come

Oh

Yeah, yeah

Yeah, Stella said, "Daddy, when you gonna put me in a song?"



Storm went right on by

Thanked the Lord everybody's alright

Don't mean to throw off a second line

But the Devil broke the levee and left us here to die






Stella said, "Daddy, when you gonna put me in a song?"

"Daddy, when you gonna put me in a song?"

"Daddy, when you gonna put me in a song?"



Like a dance hall to get y'all down

Like a dance hall to get y'all down

Like a dance hall to get y'all down

Oh, yeah



All the things we know and everything we hope for

All the things we wanted, everything that was sure

Now, there is a scar where the old men used to be

The corner store and market where Stella used to sing to me

Grace is all I'm asking, when will Grace return?

Grace is all I'm asking



Remember how it feels

Lazy days in the summertime

Then my Stella smiled

Stella said, "Daddy, when you gonna put me in a song?"

Stella said, "Daddy, when you gonna put me in a song?"

Said, "Daddy, when you gonna put me in a song?"

"Daddy, when you gonna put me in a song?"

Tell me, Lord, when help is gonna come

She said, "Daddy, when you gonna put me in a song?"