Loudon Wainwright III

Dead Skunk

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Crossin' 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 yer
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road
Stinkin' to high Heaven!
Take a whiff on me, that ain't no rose!
Roll up yer window and hold yer nose
You don't have to look and you don't have to see
'Cause you can feel it in your olfactory
You got yer
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road
Stinkin' to high Heaven!
Yeah you got yer dead cat and you got yer dead dog
On a moonlight night you got yer dead toad frog
Got yer dead rabbit and yer dead raccoon
The blood and the guts they're gonna make you swoon!
You got yer
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road
Stinkin' to high Heaven!
C'mon stink!
You got it!
It's dead, it's in the middle
Dead skunk in the middle!
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Stinkin' to high heaven!
All over the road, technicolor man!
Oh, you got pollution
It's dead, it's in the middle
And it's stinkin' to high, high Heaven!

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kaleidoscope_eye On Sep 11, 2006

Crossin' 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 yer 
Dead skunk in the middle of the road 
Dead skunk in the middle of the road 
You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road 
Stinkin' to high Heaven! 
Take a whiff on me, that ain't no rose! 
Roll up yer window and hold yer nose 
You don't have to look and you don't have to see 
'Cause you can feel it in your olfactory 
You got yer 
Dead skunk in the middle of the road 
Dead skunk in the middle of the road 
You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road 
Stinkin' to high Heaven! 
Yeah you got yer dead cat and you got yer dead dog 
On a moonlight night you got yer dead toad frog 
Got yer dead rabbit and yer dead raccoon 
The blood and the guts they're gonna make you swoon! 
You got yer 
Dead skunk in the middle of the road 
Dead skunk in the middle of the road 
You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road 
Stinkin' to high Heaven! 
C'mon stink! 
You got it! 
It's dead, it's in the middle 
Dead skunk in the middle! 
Dead skunk in the middle of the road 
Stinkin' to high heaven! 
All over the road, technicolor man! 
Oh, you got pollution 
It's dead, it's in the middle 
And it's stinkin' to high, high Heaven!

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2006-09-11 18:01:09

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by Stoned Immaculate

19y ago

I believe this was my first LWIII experience. Bravo

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by forksarentcool

19y ago

Mine too! I was a loudon virgin before dead skunk. It's pure beauty...heh.

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by forksarentcool

19y ago

Now I'm trying to find some hidden meaning behind all of this, but all I can get is a stinky hunk of skunkalicious roadkill in the middle of the road.

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by Rude dog65

18y ago

Cosidering it was the early 70s-I think it was a statement about the times(think Nixon and the war}Of course he coulda just hit a skunk!

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