Body Farm

Well, I went to Eddie’s funeral on Saturday
And as they lowered the coffin I was filled with dismay
And I said to myself, “Now, man, ain’t that a waste”
Getting buried in a box doesn’t seem very nice and
So I signed that little spot on my driver’s license
And I’m going out with sufficient style and grace

‘Cause I know just what I want ‘em to do
When I shuffle off of this mortal coil too
There’s a special place my body’s gonna be
Just donating my organs isn’t much of a thrill
So my body’s gonna rot on the side of a hill
In Knoxville at the University of Tennessee

I’m going down to the body farm
I’m going down to the body farm
And I don’t care who knows
I’m going down to the body farm
I’m going down to the body farm
They’re gonna watch me decompose

I’ll be real happy and in perfect compliance
With the nice people working in the name of science
I’ll be very quiet and lie very still as well
The odor down there would prob’ly make other men sick
But I wanna do my part to help ‘em study forensics
And besides, when you’re dead you can’t even smell

CHORUS
A few maggots never caused nobody any old harm

Now the body farm is gonna be just like Club Med
Except the people at the body farm really are dead
They’re criminals and the homeless and man, am I gonna have fun
I’m gonna lose a few pounds, maybe meet some new buddies
Gonna catch a few rays while I’m helping with the studies
And the scientists‘ll rub some sunblock on my skeleton

CHORUS
It really shouldn’t cause you any alarm
They’re gonna watch me decompose

I’m going down down down to the body farm
I’m going down to the body farm
Gonna take off all my clothes
I’m going down to the body farm
A little birdie’s gonna chew on my arm
They’re gonna watch me decompose