Big Mouth

Mardi Gras lights on Bourbon Street, beads flyin’ high

Folks in masks and feathers, parades rollin’ by

But down in the bayou, we got a party crasher green

A gator named Big Mouth, bigger than you’ve ever seen

He’s chompin’ on gumbo and stealin’ jambalaya

Scaring all the tourists from Lafayette to Thibodaux

Got his tail slappin’ rhythms like a Cajun band’s fire

Everybody’s laughin’ when they see that toothy show

Big Mouth, Big Mouth, comin’ through the crowd

Eatin’ all your food and roarin’ mighty loud

Big Mouth, Big Mouth, runnin’ from the law

Lettin’ the good times roll this Mardi Gras

He’s a swamp-livin’ rascal, can’t keep him down

Ain’t no stoppin’ him till he’s back in the brown

Oh, Big Mouth, Big Mouth, you’re the king of this town

Well he hopped up on a float like he owned the place

Throwin’ beads from that snout with a great big grin on his face

Tourists scatter, snapping photos left and right

Animal control’s on his tail, but he’s gone before the night

Balconies shaking while zydeco’s playing

He’s a four-legged party that no one saw comin’

People screaming, “Look out!” but he’s just swayin’

Ain’t a man in Louisiana that he’s runnin’ from, he’s just runnin’

Big Mouth, Big Mouth, comin’ through the crowd

Eatin’ all your food and roarin’ mighty loud

Big Mouth, Big Mouth, runnin’ from the law

Lettin’ the good times roll this Mardi Gras

He’s a swamp-livin’ rascal, can’t keep him down

Ain’t no stoppin’ him till he’s back in the brown

Oh, Big Mouth, Big Mouth, you’re the king of this town

When the moon’s high and the parades all sleep

He sneaks back down the muddy creek

His belly full of carnival treats, he fades away

Tomorrow’s gossip in the French Quarter scene

Legend grows of that giant green

But Big Mouth’s home in the swamp ‘til the very next day

Big Mouth, Big Mouth, comin’ through the crowd

Eatin’ all your food and roarin’ mighty loud

Big Mouth, Big Mouth, runnin’ from the law

Lettin’ the good times roll this Mardi Gras

He’s a swamp-livin’ rascal, can’t keep him down

Ain’t no stoppin’ him till he’s back in the brown

Oh, Big Mouth, Big Mouth, you’re the king of this town

He’s Big Mouth, Big Mouth, rowdy as they come

From the heart of Louisiana, a Cajun conundrum

Oh, Big Mouth, Big Mouth, cause a scene and run

‘Til next Mardi Gras rolls around, gator’s had his fun.

Let me take y’all down to the swamp with a story so mean

About a gator named Big Mouth, Mardi Gras king

He’s lurkin’ on the floats, crawlin’ off with the grub

Got that tail on the track like a second line drum

From the French Quarter nights to the swamps where he roam

Animal control can’t catch him—no leash, no home

He’s a menace to the crowd, but he’s lovin’ the fame

Stealin’ plates, dodgin’ flashlights, goin’ wild in the game

Big Mouth rule the bayou, no cage can confine

He’s the beast in the beads, all the chaos combined

Now raise ‘em up for the gator that nobody can tame

‘Cause when Big Mouth’s on the scene, he’s the soul of this flame.

Big Mouth, Big Mouth, comin’ through the crowd

Eatin’ all your food and roarin’ mighty loud

Big Mouth, Big Mouth, runnin’ from the law

Lettin’ the good times roll this Mardi Gras

He’s a swamp-livin’ rascal, can’t keep him down

Ain’t no stoppin’ him till he’s back in the brown

Oh, Big Mouth, Big Mouth, you’re the king of this town!