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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III
Performer
Hugh McCracken
Hugh McCracken
Guitar
Jimmy Ryan
Jimmy Ryan
Guitar
Eric Weissberg
Eric Weissberg
Dobro
Charles Brown III
Charles Brown III
Electric Guitar
Eliot Randall
Eliot Randall
Electric Guitar
Don Payne
Don Payne
Bass Guitar
Tom Watso
Tom Watso
Bass Guitar
Bill Keith
Bill Keith
Banjo
Richard Crooks
Richard Crooks
Drums
Teddy Wender
Teddy Wender
Piano
White Cloud
White Cloud
Instrumental Ensemble
Richard Davis
Richard Davis
Bass
Kenneth Kosek
Kenneth Kosek
Fiddle
David Amram
David Amram
French Horn
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III
Composer
Thomas Jefferson Kaye
Thomas Jefferson Kaye
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Thomas Jefferson Kaye
Thomas Jefferson Kaye
Producer
Milton Kramer
Milton Kramer
Executive Producer
Brooks Arthur
Brooks Arthur
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
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
[Verse 4]
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
[Verse 5]
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
[Verse 6]
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
[Verse 7]
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
[Verse 8]
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
Written by: Loudon Wainwright III
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