Lyrics for singles by Molly Hatchet

Gator Country

I've been to Alabama, people, ain't a whole lot to see
Skynyrd 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

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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

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Oh, Gator Country, a little bit of that chomp chomp

Flirtin' With Disaster

I'm travelin' down the road
I'm flirtin' with disaster
I've got the pedal to the floor
My life is running faster
I'm out of money, I'm out of hope
It looks like self destruction
Well how much more can we take
With all of this corruption

Been flirtin' with disaster
Ya'll know what I mean
And the way we run our lives
It makes no sense to me
I don't know about yourself or
What you want to be - YEAH
When we gamble with our time
We choose our destiny

I'm travelin' down that lonesome road
Feel like I'm dragging a heavy load
Yeah! I've tried to turn my head away
Feels about the same most every day

Speeding down the fast lane
Playin' from town to town
The boys and I have been burnin' it up
Can't seem to slow it down
I've got the pedal to the floor
Our lives are runnin' faster
Got our sights set straight ahead
But ain't sure what we're after

Flirtin' with disaster
Ya'll know what I mean
You know the way we run our lives
It makes no sense to me
I don't know about yourself or
What you plan to be - Yea!!
When we gamble with our time
We choose our destiny

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Flirtin' with disaster, baby
Ya'll know what I mean
You know the way we run our lives
It makes no sense to me
I don't know about yourself or
What you plan to be - Yea!!
When we gamble with our time
We choose our destiny

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Beatin' The Odds

Well she grabbed me and asked me
If I had a name
She told me she was interested to see
If I could play the game
She said her name was victory
She didn't want to know the rules
That's just the way I wanted to play
In a game designed for fools

We were beatin' the odds, we were beatin' the odds
We were beatin' the odds again
We were gambling with our souls
We were playing to win
We were beatin' the odds again

Well I rolled the dice feelin' cold as ice
And Victory drew the cards
We knew that loosin' when the stakes were high
Could really hit us hard
I strapped into the drivers seat
With Miss Victory by my side
She knew at a glance she was takin' a chance
By coming along for the ride

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Time and space stood still that day
With Victory's soul and mine
We were running a race between heaven and hell
And we could not find the finish line
And when it was all over we won it in the end
We were splittin' the prize when she opened her eyes
And said Baby let's try it again

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