The song is "Ventura Highway".

Alligator lizards are actually really neat looking lively creatures that live in dry terrain from Canada on south...

For the Canadian alligator lizard visit:

http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/allizard.htm

For its southern cousin visit:

http://www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/herps/elga-mul.html

For care and feeding of your alligator lizard visit:

http://expage.com/page/draconisherpshenry

Senseless lyric, indeed! Hrumph!!! Philistine! :-)

- LH