Producer: Mike W. Campbell Jimmy Iovine Tom Petty

Well I run through the kitchen looked in the paper
Said, "oh God almighty, mama, there it says a gator," come on, come on
Every other day I got a gator on my lawn
Well you dropped your groceries in the kitchen sink
Went to work and made the bathroom stink, come on, come on
Every other day I got a gator on my lawn

Get with it mike!

Well I jumped out of bed run across the street

Asked my neighbor said, "where's my meat?
I had a red raw steak can't find it anywhere"
He looked at me and said, "what the hell do I care? " come on
Every other day I got a gator on my lawn

Yeah I run in the kitchen looked in the paper
Said, "oh God almighty, mama, there it says a gator," come on, come on
Every other day I got a gator on my lawn
Well every other day I got a gator on my lawn
Every other day I got a gator on my lawn

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – an L.A.-based gang of sharp-dressed garage-rock refugees from Gainsville, Florida – released their debut LP in November 1976, featuring two tracks which are now part of their long list of hits, “Breakdown” and “American Girl.”

Since that first LP in ‘76, the band’s style has epitomized and largely defined the American “heartland rock” movement – a vintage-guitar twang, hard lyric truth, and searing vocal attitude.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have been nominated for 17 Grammy awards and sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making them one of the world’s best-selling bands of all-time.

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