There's One, Only!

Road Kill

Well, a fledgling pigeon got run over in the middle of the street in front of work this evening. He'd been walking around the parking lot for a little while and then wandered out into the street. He looked old enogh to fly, but he just wasn't trying to.

I guess it just shows what happens when you are meant to fly but you're too afraid to try your wings... you get run over by a pickup.

Now while I feel bad for the individual pigeon, (I like small animals, I'm a softy that way) I don't feel too bad on a larger level. These things are pests, and there are way too many of them around.

So, anyway, in memorium for the un-named rat with wings, a little song. Some of you might know this old folk song. I have to admit that it was a blast to sing with a Bluegrass/Folk group I sometimes jammed with. Read the extended entry if you dare...

Dead Skunk
Loudon Wainwright III

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!

Posted by GEBIV at April 22, 2004 09:18 PM