Dangerous Critter

Late one night as I sat on my porch
 A great big numb came in my throat
 There was a great big splash
 I asked myself "What in the world was that?"
 I turned on the light, boy what a fright
 To see the water churn that late at night
 He was a dangerous critter
 He was a dangerous critter
 He was a dangerous critter
 Alligator on the bayou
 That later ten foot alligator waitin' for the kill
 And when he saw me he lay very very still
 His head was about - ah - three feet long
 He could have taken off any big man's arm
 He looked at me and I looked at him
 Meanwhile he was giving me that hunger grin
 His teeth were sharp and his eyes were red
 Any closer I'd be dead dead dead
 He's a dangerous critter
 He was a dangerous critter
 He's a dangerous critter
 Alligator on the bayou
 I was upstairs and - ah - he was down
 I had never seen one that big around
 So I wouldn't go down and he couldn't come up
 But he could have eaten me in one big gulp
 The guy next door called "Better say where that gator
 I want to pet its head"
 I said "Go on, buddy, pet that gator
 And you'd be dead dead dead"
 He's a dangerous critter
 Ooh, a dangerous critter
 He's a dangerous critter
 Alligator on the bayou
 If you touch that gator there'll be one thing I know
 The rest of your body will be goin' to an undertaker's door
 'Cause there's one thing I can tell you and it's true
 He's the most dangerous critter on the bayou
 He's a dangerous critter
 He's a dangerous critter
 He's a dangerous critter
 Alligator on the bayou
 Dangerous critter
 Dangerous critter
 Alligator on the bayou