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Dead Skunk Lyrics By Loudon Wainwright Iii

    crossing the highway late last night
    he shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right
    he didn’t see the station wagon car
    the skunk got squashed and there you are

    you got your dead skunk in the middle of the road
    dead skunk in the middle of the road
    dead skunk in the middle of the road
    stinking to high heaven

    take a whiff on me that ain’t no rose
    roll up your window and hold your nose
    you don’t have to look and you don’t have to see
    ’cause you can feel it in your olfactory

    you got your dead skunk in the middle of the road
    dead skunk in the middle of the road
    dead skunk in the middle of the road
    and it’s stinking to high heaven

    yeah you got your dead cat and you got your dead dog
    on a moonlight night you got your dead toad frog
    got your dead rabbit and your dead raccoon
    the blood and the guts they’re gonna make you swoon

    you got your dead skunk in the middle
    dead skunk in the middle of the road
    dead skunk in the middle of the road
    stinking to high heaven
    c’mon stink

    post
    you got it it’s dead it’s in the middle
    dead skunk in the middle
    dead skunk in the middle of the road
    stinking to high heaven
    all over the road
    technicolor
    oh you got pollution
    it’s dead it’s in the middle
    and it’s stinking to high high heaven

    Artist: Loudon Wainwright Iii

    Year: 1973

    Decade: 70s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 129