Dead Man Songtext
von 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
Come on, 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
Stinking to high heaven

All over the road
Technicolor, man

Oh, you got pollution
It's dead, it′s in the middle
And it's stinking to high, high heaven