Alligator Purse - Chely Wright

(Kenya Slaughter Walker/Nick Pellegrino)

I called him for days, he didn't answer the phone 
I drove by his house, I knew he was home 
A week's worth of papers and mail in the box 
I thought he was dead, I picked the lock 
I found him in tears in the dark on his knees 
With a hole in his chest where his heart used to be 
And he said... 

Don't call the doctor, don't call the nurse 
Call for the lady with the alligator purse 
She knows the spell to lift this curse 
Go find the lady with the alligator purse

In an old stone house off 21st 
I found the lady with the alligator purse 
She answered the door, said I know who you are 
She lit a candle, consulted the stars 
When I saw her closing that reptile's hide 
I asked her point-blank, is my friend going to die 
And she said... 

I'm not a doctor, I'm not a nurse 
I'm just the lady with the alligator purse 
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst 
So said the lady with the alligator purse 

She said, look at what happened to Cleopatra 
When she didn't take my advice 
And Romeo, Juliet, they didn't get it 
Too bad, those kids were so nice 

By the time we got back to my pitiful pal 
There was no sign of life till he saw the alligator 
Purse on her arm, the gleam in her eyes 
She opened the bag, there was nothing inside 
She said, there's no secret, it's love that I use 
I just carry this bag because it matches my shoes 
And she said... 

Don't call the doctor, don't call the nurse 
Don't call the lady with the alligator purse 
Love is the magic of the universe 
Take it from the lady with the alligator purse 

Love is the magic of the universe 
Take it from the lady with the alligator purse 
The lady with the alligator purse