Alligator Purse

<br>(Kenya Slaughter Walker/Nick Pellegrino)<br><br>I called him for days, he didn`t answer the phone <br>I drove by his house, I knew he was home <br>A week`s worth of papers and mail in the box <br>I thought he was dead, I picked the lock <br>I found him in tears in the dark on his knees <br>With a hole in his chest where his heart used to be <br>And he said... <br><br>Don`t call the doctor, don`t call the nurse <br>Call for the lady with the alligator purse <br>She knows the spell to lift this curse <br>Go find the lady with the alligator purse <br><br>In an old stone house off 21st <br>I found the lady with the alligator purse <br>She answered the door, said I know who you are <br>She lit a candle, consulted the stars <br>When I saw her closing that reptile`s hide <br>I asked her point-blank, is my friend going to die <br>And she said... <br><br>I`m not a doctor, I`m not a nurse <br>I`m just the lady with the alligator purse <br>Hope for the best, prepare for the worst <br>So said the lady with the alligator purse <br><br>She said, look at what happened to Cleopatra <br>When she didn`t take my advice <br>And Romeo, Juliet, they didn`t get it <br>Too bad, those kids were so nice <br><br>By the time we got back to my pitiful pal <br>There was no sign of life till he saw the alligator <br>Purse on her arm, the gleam in her eyes <br>She opened the bag, there was nothing inside <br>She said, there`s no secret, it`s love that I use <br>I just carry this bag because it matches my shoes <br>And she said... <br><br>Don`t call the doctor, don`t call the nurse <br>Don`t call the lady with the alligator purse <br>Love is the magic of the universe <br>Take it from the lady with the alligator purse <br><br>Love is the magic of the universe <br>Take it from the lady with the alligator purse <br>The lady with the alligator purse