Vaughn Monroe - GEE! IT'S TOUGH TO BE A SKUNK

The Vaughn Monroe orchestra,

Vocal by Ziggy Talent

I've been a skunk my whole life through, but that I don't rejoice.
My mommy and my daddy were, and so I don't have a choice.
I might have been a fella with a snooty family tree.
What's wrong with me? I'm just a victim of heredity.

Gee! It's tough to be a skunk.
Gee! It's tough to be a skunk.
There's nothing I can do about it,
And I guess I'm sunk.

I met a porcupine one day. Together we had fun.
We picked a lot of berries and we played out in the sun.
I said, "Your quills are very sharp. By gosh, they really sting."
He answered further, "You, my friend, are not a breath of spring."

Gee! It's tough to be a skunk.
Gee! It's tough to be a skunk.
Gee, I guess that porcupine was sharper
Than I thunk.

A little girl once found me and she gave my back a pat.
She took me home and said, "Look, mom! I found a pussycat."
I waited on the porch and said, "I'm gonna love this place."
Her mother looked at me and slammed the door right in my face.

Gee! It's tough to be a skunk.
Gee! It's tough to be a skunk.
I know I'd make the sweetest pet,
But people have no spunk.

It's very civilized, I know, to dress in fancy clothes.
Some folks might overdo it. Still, it's human, I suppose.
But what I found the other day just made my poor heart grieve.
I saw a lady's fur coat with my uncle on her sleeve.

Gee! It's tough to be a skunk.
Gee! It's tough to be a skunk.
No doubt I'll wind up someday
Like my dear departed unc-
Le.

(Crying and whining and sniveling follow by the singer
And music ends the song)...
Then a deep voice echoes; "B.O."

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