Album: Molly Hatchet (1978)

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• I've been to Alabama, people, ain't a whole lot to sse;
  Skynard says it's a real sweet home, but it ain't nothing to me
  Charlie Daniels will tell you the good Lord lives in Tennessee, ha!
  But I'm going back to the Gator Country, where the wine and women are free
  
  There's a gator in the bushes, he's calling my name
  And a saying come on, boy, you better make it back home again
  There's many roads I've traveled but they all kinda look the same
  There's a gator in the bushes, Lord, he's calling my name
  
  Old Richard Betts will tell ya Lord, he was born a Ramblin' Man,
  Well, he can ramble on back to Georgia and I won't give a damn
  Elvin Bishop out struttin' his stuff with little Miss Slick Titty Boom,
  But I'm going back to the Gator Country to get me some elbow room
  
  There's a gator in the bushes, he's calling my name
  And a saying come on, boy, you better make it back home again
  There's many roads I've traveled but they all kinda look the same
  There's a gator in the bushes, Lord, he's calling my name Yep
  
  There's Marshall Tucker a ridin' a rainbow, searching for a pot of gold
  Well, they can take the highway, baby, and take all they can hold
  The Outlaws down in Tampa town, yes, a mighty fine place to be
  They got green grass and they got high tides and it sure looks good to me
  
  There's a gator in the bushes, he's calling my name
  Saying come on, boy, you better make it back home again
  There's many roads I've traveled but they all kinda look the same
  There's a gator in the bushes, Lord, he's calling my name
  
  Oh, Gator Country, a little bit of that chomp chomp Writer/s: BANNER HARVEY THOMAS, DAVID HLUBEK, STEVE HOLLAND
  Publisher: Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 15

• Jack from The Great State Of ConfusionSome people can't take a joke. The lyrics are just expressing his love for his home State and taking some tongue-in-cheek jabs at fellow Southern artists. All in good fun. Who hasn't trash talked their buddies?
• Educat from North CarolinaAs much as I enjoy the music, I never have understood why putting down other southern states makes any sense. Say all of the great things you want about Florida, but hating on others doesn’t elevate you. The other southern states are pretty awesome.
• Susant from Covington GaBy mention in LS ( Neil Young); Molly Hatchet’s loyalty to Florida is a witty nod to regional talent - Penned hastily or only referring to the other artist’s lyrics opposed to the own origins as Lynyrd Skynyrd and Dickey Betts were were Floridians.
• Mitch from 62249I really love Molly Hatchet so Im not knocking them. But it is ironic that they actually give a jab to the Allman Brothers via Dickey, given the fact that the ABB bacically invented souther rock. Without them there may not have been MH...
• J.j. from Mobile, AlabamaACTUALLY. The Allmans were born in Tennessee and moved to Florida after their father passed when they were really young. The Allman first got together in Jacksonville, Florida, BUT the first pieces of the band were put together in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Duane chased bassist Barry Oakley to convince him to join. That's when the rest of his band, First of February, joined which contained Dickey and Butch Trucks. Then the Allman Bros stationed uo in Macon, Georgia because that's where Jerry Wexler and Capricorn Records were located. So, the band is really from all over the South. Perfect. Greatest damn band in the land!
• Mark from Bradenton, FloridaSorry to inform you but Dickey Betts was born and raised in Oneco, Florida just saying.......
• Bob from Tennessee Actually Duane and Gregg was born in Nashville.
• Tony from San DiegoJust a great effin song. Gotta love those various guitar player solos at the end. Southern Fried Metal!!!
• Dave from Fernandina Beach, FlThe Allman Brothers were originally from Jacksonville, FL which is just over the state line from Georgia. What people that live down here learn is that in Florida, the farther north you go, the farther South you get. North Florida is just about as close as you can get to the proverbial Heart of Dixie.
• Jimmy from Knox, TnHey Ed the Allman Brothers were from Georgia just like Dwayne Allman says Eat A Georgia Peach the two legged kind.
• Ed from Lake City, Flall the allman brothers were from florida. they just named dicky for the song ramblin man. they should listin to sail away, it's about watching a florida sunset.
• Larry from Jacksonville, FlTo add to Mick from Las Vegas' post - .38 Special is also from Jacksonville.
• Chris from Merritt Island, FlThey should make this the Florida State song.
• Doug from Kansas City, MoYes...in those days Southern Rock ruled..helped get rid of Disco!!!
• Mick from Las Vegas, NvMolly Hatchett, along with Lynard Skynard, were from Jacksonville, Florida.

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