| While you're waiting for this clip to load, I have to tell you why it's here. Waaay back in 1973, we were on a vacation, headed for Acadia National Park in Maine, when we heard this song come on the radio. We laughed so hard we nearly wrecked the car. We heard the song one more time that trip but never heard it again. We hadn't managed to catch the singer's name. Yet it frequently stirred memories (especially when we'd see a dead skunk on the road, of course) and the tune stuck with us. So we got interested in finding the song and were unsuccessful until December of 1998 when we happened to be in Seattle for a conference. A very large music store downtown had a searchable data base so I checked for "Dead Skunk". Lo and behold, we were finally successful. Now I find there are lots of entries on the internet. Oh, well, it's kind of special to us. |
| Performed by Loudon Wainwright III :words and music by Loudon Wainwright III transcriber unknown available on: original 45, Columbia 4-45726, 1972 reissue 45, Columbia 13-33269 Loudon Wainwright's Album III, Columbia, 1973 Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty Records of All Time, Vol. 4: the 1970's, Rhino LP/cassette 823, 1985 and numerous other comedy compilations |
| 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! (Chorus) 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 (Repeat Chorus) 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! (Repeat Chorus - One more time!) 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! |