Lonesome Friends of Science - John Prine

The lonesome friends of science say

The world will end most any day

Well, if it doesn’t, that’s okay

'Cause I don’t live here anyway

I live down deep inside my head

Well, long ago I made my bed

I get my mail in Tennessee

My wife, my dog and my family

Uh-huh

Poor ol' planet Pluto now

He never stood a chance no how

When he got uninvited to

The interplanetary dance

Once a mighty planet there

Now just an ordinary star

Hanging out in Hollywood

In some ol' funky sushi bar

The lonesome friends of science say

The world will end most any day

Well, if it doesn’t, that’s okay

'Cause I don’t live here anyway

I live down deep inside my head

Well, long ago I made my bed

I get my mail in Tennessee

My wife, my dog, my kids and me

Uh-huh

The Vulcan lives in Birmingham

Sometimes he just don’t give a damn

His head is full of bumblebees

His pride hangs down below his knees

Venus left 'em long ago

For a guy named Mars from Idaho

The Vulcan sent a wedding gift

Three-legged stool and a wheelchair lift

Uh-huh

The lonesome friends of science say

This world will end most any day

Well, if it doesn’t, that’s okay

'Cause I don’t live here anyway

I live down deep inside my head

Well, long ago I made my bed

I get my mail in Tennessee

My wife, my dog, my kids and me

Uh-huh, uh-huh

Uh-huh, uh-huh

Uh-huh

Those bastards in their white lab coats

Who experiment with mountain goats

Should leave the Universe alone

It’s not their business, not their home

I go to sleep and it never rains

My dog predicts a hurricane

She just smell a storm a mile away

That’s all the news we have today

Uh-huh

The lonesome friends of science say

This world will end most any day

Well, if it doesn’t, that’s okay

'Cause I don’t live here anyway

I live down deep inside my head

Well, long ago I made my bed

I get my mail in Tennessee

My wife, my dog, my kids and me

Uh-huh, uh-huh

Uh-huh, uh-huh

Uh-huh