“The Lonesome Friends of Science” by John Prine from the album Tree of Forgiveness [Intro] [Chorus] The lonesome friends of science say The world will end most any day Well if it does then that’s okay Cuz I don’t live here anyway I live down deep inside my head Where long ago I made my bed I get my mail in Tennessee My wife my dog and my family Uh-huh [Verse] Poor old 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 [Chorus] The lonesome friends of science say The world will end most any day Well if it does then that’s okay Cuz I don’t live here anyway I live down deep inside my head Where long ago I made my bed I get my mail in Tennessee My wife my dog and my kids and me Uh-huh [Verse] 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 him long ago For a guy named Mars from Idaho The Vulcan sent a wedding gift: Three-legged stool and a wheelchair lift Uh-huh [Chorus] The lonesome friends of science say The world will end most any day Well if it does then that’s okay Cuz I don’t live here anyway I live down deep inside my head Where 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 [Verse] 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 hurricanes She can smell a storm a mile away That’s all the news we have today Uh-huh [Chorus] The lonesome friends of science say The world will end most any day Well if it does then that’s okay Cuz I don’t live here anyway I live down deep inside my head Where 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