Nh2,(ch2)4nh&c5,h14,n2 (putrescine & Cadfaverine) Lyrics - Singles - The County Medical Examiners

Putrescine and cadaverine 

The pungent twins of putridity 

Colorless and syrupy 

Biogenic amines... 

Putrescine and cadaverine 

Vapor of ornithine 

The stench of death visits me 

In the morgue laboratory... 

(Perfume of rot...heady, thick and hot) 

Putrescine and cadaverine 

Brothers in liquidity 

Fuming stench of carcass stink 

Noisome gas, fetid glee... 

Putrescine and cadaverine 

Ambassadors of ripened reek 

Breaking down dead protein 

Egressing odors miasmically... 

(Sickening stink...makes watering eyes blink) 

These dual chemical compounds, released shortly after 

death 

Cloud the pleasant morgue ambiance with their foul, 

rotten breath 

Fraternally bound to haunt swollen distended bodies 

Their chemical reactions clash amidst rank autopsies... 

NH2(CH2)4NH2...Putrescine! 

C5H14N2...Cadaverine! 

NH2(CH2)4NH2...Putrescine! 

C5H14N2...Cadaverine! 

Gorges rise and heave with the stench 

A symphony of sickness, perfumed with putrescence 

While affronted senses nauseously totter and lurch 

The carcass breeds odor, and chemically gives birth... 

NH2(CH2)4NH2...Putrescine! 

C5H14N2...Cadaverine! 

NH2(CH2)4NH2...Putrescine! 

C5H14N2...Cadaverine! 

The ripened tang of gaseous decomposition let loose in 

the morgue 

Overtaxed fans strain to aerate the grave-ly polluted 

ward 

Tumefied decedents belch their chemical cohorts into 

the air 

The airborne corpse-whiff adheres to fabrics, skin, 

and hair 

(Acrid reek...odiferous cadaver leak)