John Prine - Lonesome friends of science

^CThe lonesome friends of science say ^FThe world will end most any day ^CWell, if it does, then that's okay ^GCuz I don't live here anyway ^CI live down deep inside my head ^FWhere long ago I made my bed ^CI get my mail in Tennessee ^GMy wife, my dog, and my family Uh-huh^C

^CPoor old planet Pluto now ^FHe never stood a chance no how ^CWhen he got uninvited to ^GThe interplanetary dance ^COnce a mighty planet there ^FNow just an ordinary star ^CHanging out in Hollywood ^GIn some ol' funky sushi bar

^CThe lonesome friends of science say ^FThe world will end most any day ^CWell, if it does, then that's okay ^GCuz I don't live here anyway ^CI live down deep inside my head ^FWhere long ago I made my bed ^CI get my mail in Tennessee ^GMy wife, my dog, and my kids, and me Uh-huh^C

The ^CVulcan lives in Birmingham ^FSometimes he just don't give a damn ^CHis head is full of bumblebees ^GHis pride hangs down below his knees ^CVenus left him long ago ^FFor a guy named Mars from Idaho ^CThe Vulcan sent a wedding gift: ^GThree-legged stool and a wheelchair lift Uh-^Chuh

^CThe lonesome friends of science say ^FThe world will end most any day ^CWell, if it does, then that's okay ^GCuz I don't live here anyway ^CI live down deep inside my head ^FWhere long ago I made my bed ^CI get my mail in Tennessee ^GMy wife, my dog, my kids, and me Uh-huh^C, uh-^Amhuh Uh-huh^C, uh-^Amhuh Uh-huh^C

^CThose bastards in their white lab coats ^FWho experiment with mountain goats ^CShould leave the universe alone ^GIt's not their business, not their home ^CI go to sleep, and it never rains ^FMy dog predicts hurricanes ^CShe can smell a storm a mile away ^GThat's all the news we have today ^CUh-huh

^CThe lonesome friends of science say ^FThe world will end most any day ^CWell, if it does, then that's okay ^GCuz I don't live here anyway ^CI live down deep inside my head ^FWhere long ago I made my bed ^CI get my mail in Tennessee ^GMy wife, my dog, my kids, and me Uh-huh^C, uh-^Amhuh Uh-huh^C, uh-^Amhuh Uh-huh^C