Lyrics

[Verse]
Keith's got a mower shiny and new
It hums like a dream when it cuts the dew
But down by the pond there's a slope so steep
He fears the gator waking from its deep

[Chorus]
Oh that slope by the water's edge
Where the grass grows thick like a greenish hedge
One wrong tilt and the mower might slide
Into the gator's jaws open wide

[Verse 2]
He steers it slow where the ground's not flat
Says a prayer for his cowboy hat
The gator's lurking in the shadowy reeds
Keith feels the shiver of a man in need

[Chorus]
Oh that slope by the water's edge
Where the grass grows thick like a greenish hedge
One wrong tilt and the mower might slide
Into the gator's jaws open wide

[Bridge]
He dreams of fencing that pond in tight
To keep the mower and gator from a fight
But until then he’ll brave the bend
Hoping his story don’t meet its end

[Verse 3]
Keith wipes his brow as the mower hums
The slope's a beast but he won't succumb
The gator watches with a patient grin
Waiting for Keith to slip right in