Lyrics for Alligator Pie (Cockadile) as interpreted by MidwestDrummer

Alligator Pie (Cockadile) Lyrics
Floating in the lower nine
Waiting for a boat to throw me a line
See my Stella smile
Sitting on the roof eating alligator pie
First day the water rise
Second day the sun is high
Third day Stella cried cause night times dark as a dead man's eye's

Tell me when is help gonna come
Stella said daddy when you gonna put me in a song?

Morning ride on by thank lord everybody's alright
Don't mean to throw us a second line
The devil left us here to die

Stella said daddy when you gonna put me in a song?

All the things we know and
Everything we hoped for
All the things we wanted
Everything that was sure
Now there is a scar
Where the old men used to be
The corner store and market
Where Stella used to sing to me

Grace is all i'm asking
When will grace return

Remember how I feel in those days of the summertime
Then Stella smiled
Stella said daddy when you gonna put me in a song?

Tell me lord when help is gonna come
Daddy when you gonna put me in a song?

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jarrodw805
05-25-2009

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Really Diggin' this song!

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youthrillme
05-25-2009

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Stella is one of his twin daughters

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tes3289
05-26-2009

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this song could possibly be about those who where trapped and whatnot during hurricane katrina. the first line would be a reference to new orleans' ninth ward

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camerican
06-01-2009

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It's about Katrina.

Lower nine = Lower ninth ward, the most devastated area in New Orleans.

It is about Dave Matthews' opinion that George Bush screwed up Katrina: "The devil left us here to die," in other Bush left us hear to die. It is also about how the entire area was generally destroyed; he talks very specifically about a store being destroyed.

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gingerlax99
06-03-2009

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Yeah its about Katrina specifically the lower ninth. But dave explains in live at beacon theater that his daughter asked him to write a song about her since he usually writes songs about his daughter grace (who he also makes reference to in the song) so he put her in a song in the setting of the days right after Katrina.
This is my interpretation of the story: Its days after Katrina and this guy and his daughter are sitting on top of there roof waiting for help and its not coming and the guy realizes it but his daughter has a childish view on things and she just keeps asking her dad to write her a song.
Also this song is amazing

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cityondown78
06-06-2009

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It's so sweet that he finally wrote a song with Stella in it. Now he just needs to write one about August...

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cityondown78
06-06-2009

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Also where did the Cockadile thing come from? It's not in the album anywhere as far as I can tell...

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piercwc
06-08-2009

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Stella is the main female lead in "Street Car Named Desire" which took place in New Orleans..

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trn3ngo
06-10-2009

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very good point piercwc!!
That kind of sucks for Stella, Grace does get written about more. Why wouldn't he write more about her?
Anyways, everyone says this album is lacking in depth. And sure, just listening it sort of does sound like that. But you read the lyrics and it's like "WHAT?!" I love this band. I can't pick a favorite.

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ironlungs20
07-06-2009

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why does he always say grace is gone? was that his sisters name?

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bhall87
07-26-2009

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This is one of the best songs on the album.

Slight change:
Morning ride on by thank lord everybody's alright
Don't mean to throw us a second line
The devil broke the levee and left us here to die.

I find it odd that who ever entered this missed that because the lyrics are written on the album booklet.

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crushgirl
08-02-2009

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He isn't writing "about" his daughter grace in most of his songs... as the girls are under the age of idk... 8... and songs like grace is gone is far older- its just a recurring phrase that he uses- more of a it could be about a woman named grace or more of a feeling of grace/happiness...Just like this song- NOT about his daugher necessarily- I think Stella is a "character" in this song- and yes her view on this grave situation (Katrina) is very childlike- however, it is more of a symbol than his real-life daughter. I think its super cute that Stella (daughter) asked Dave why she's not in any of the songs- it has Nothing to do with the girls though... Like the song one of those child-like observations. Just my two cents.

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GROOGRUXKING
08-12-2009

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In an interview about this song Dave was telling a story about his twin daughters Grace and Stella. Dave said that Stella came to him asking why he always puts "Grace" into his songs and not her, and asked when he was going to put her in a song. THAT is one of the reasons why this song was written. Not sure if he wrote this with Katrina in mind either...I know he loves the city of New Orleans and the song reflects that but I havent been convinced he was writing about a hurricane simply because he mentioned water rising.

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