[Intro] Past midnight Mud thick, sky clear Something moves in the reeds Smells like fear [Verse 1] Boots sink deep in that black water Breath fog, heart beat out of order Moon cut thin like a rusted quarter Mosquito swarm, taste that slaughter Rust on the gate Grave on the pier Chains in the crate I ain’t from here Eyes in the dark, they don’t blink, they stare Cold green shine, feel that dead man glare Whispers float low, ride the rotten wood pilings Every bad thing that I did, right here, compiling [Chorus] Alligator tears Drip in the dark down here (down here) Pray but they don’t hear Blood on the tide this year Alligator tears Bite down hard on fear (on fear) One wrong step, disappear All you leave is alligator tears [Verse 2] Shotgun shells in a coffee can Folded-up note in a dead man’s hand Air so thick, feel it clog my chest Hope too small, can’t pass this test Engine rattle out back, that van don’t stop Door slide slow, hear the meat hook drop Faces in the window, lit match flick You ain’t from the swamp if you leave here quick (nah) Old church sunk, cross half-broke Pastor’s voice just swamp gas smoke Every sin sold cheap in the cattail sway But the tab come due when the water turns gray [Chorus] Alligator tears Drip in the dark down here (down here) Pray but they don’t hear Blood on the tide this year Alligator tears Bite down hard on fear (on fear) One wrong step, disappear All you leave is alligator tears [Bridge] (Hey) who you call when the mud pull back? When the bones show white in the dragline track? Crows on the branch start counting years Each one paid in alligator tears [Chorus] Alligator tears Drip in the dark down here (down here) Pray but they don’t hear Blood on the tide this year Alligator tears Bite down hard on fear (on fear) Sink too deep, no pier All you leave is alligator tears
