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Alligator Shoes

by Phil Shoenfelt & Band of Heysek

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    Track 6 from the new Phil Shoenfelt & Band of Heysek CD "Mumbo Jumbo Gumbo".
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Mumbo Jumbo Gumbo track celebrating alligator shoes and their protective magical voodoo properties against swampland creatures of the black lagoon :)

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Alligator Shoes

I'm sitting in the corner with the regulator blues
Got my Jack and cigarillos and my alligator shoes
My friends they keep on telling me to just shut up and wait
I’ll keep on spoonin’ sugar and we’ll see how long it takes

/: alligator shoes, alligator shoes,
saved me from the animals
saved me from the blues
alligator skin, alligator skin
saved me from my nightmares
saved me from my sin :/

I saw them coming for me, they were rolling through the gate
They picked me up and carried me, they told me it’s too late
They said, “Now, hey there buddy, are you ready for some fish?”
I said, “Whoa there, little brothers, that’s sure some pretty dish…”

/: alligator shoes, alligator shoes,
saved me from the animals
saved me from the blues
alligator skin, alligator skin
saved me from my nightmares
saved me from my sin, alright :/

Well, I took a little walk around the stinky old ghetto
I saw her walking down the street as sexy as a ho
I said, “Mary, oh sweet Mary, tell me how your garden grows
I like the way you swing your hips and the gold ring through your nose

/: alligator shoes, alligator shoes,
saved me from the animals
saved me from the blues
alligator skin, alligator sin
saved me from my nightmares
saved me from my skin :/

“Stop gawping at me, man,” she said, “it’s time for us to move”
It’s time for us to rock ‘n’ roll, it’s time for us to groove
My buddies seemed more interested in going for some eats
So me an’ Mary rocked an’ rolled between the dirty sheets

/: alligator shoes, alligator shoes,
saved me from the animals
saved me from the blues
alligator skin, alligator skin
saved me from my nightmares
saved me from my sin, yeah yeah :/

I’m standing in the swamp, I see the alligators move
They’re checking out my shoes, oh man, they really are a groove
Who here is the hunter and who here is the dinner
My alligator shoes have made a winner of a sinner

/: alligator shoes, alligator shoes,
saved me from the animals
saved me from the blues
alligator skin, alligator skin
saved me from my nightmares
saved me from my sin, alright :/

/: alligator shoes, alligator shoes,
saved me from the animals
saved me from the blues
alligator skin, alligator skin
saved me from my nightmares
saved me from my sin, alright :/

credits

released November 10, 2023
Phil Shoenfelt – guitar, vocals
Jan Švihálek - guitar, vocals, harmonica
Mojmír “Bob” Sabolovič – bass
Lukáš Kytnar – drums

Special Guests:
Omer Blentić – keyboards
Kristi Lescinski – backing vocals

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Phil Shoenfelt Prague, Czechia

Phil Shoenfelt is a British singer/guitarist/songwriter/producer who has lived in Prague since 1995. To date, he has released eighteen albums + EPs and singles. He is also a published poet and is the author of "Junkie Love". He has worked with: The Nothing, Disturbed Furniture, Khmer Rouge (NYC); Spirithouse (London); Phil Shoenfelt & Southern Cross, (Prague); Fatal Shore, Dim Locator (Berlin). ... more

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