Autopsy Suite Lyrics - Singles - The County Medical Examiners

My beloved autopsy ward, the product of hospital 

architects 

Inspected and approved by the College of American 

Pathologists 

Adjacent to the morgue and behind the administrative 

receptionist 

Kept under lock and key, available only to us morbid 

scientists... 

Two stationary MedRaxR dissection slabs and a moveable 

body hoist 

Their stainless steel plating scrubbed, sanitized, and 

still moist 

The tables are set at regulation height to avoid 

unnecessary strain 

Disinfected water pumps and aspirators wash debris 

down the drain... 

White tiled walls...epoxy sealed floor 

Adequate overhead lighting...to grossly explore 

Tools of the trade...filed away in drawers 

10,000 square feet...of legally sanctioned gore 

Morgue design, of the most practical kind 

Dictates the efficient dissection of your fellow 

mankind 

The layout of the autopsy ward should be nefariously 

refined 

And elevate necropsy to an art, for those so inclined... 

Air conditioning design and primary system ventilation 

Enable complete aeration of formaldehyde fixative in 

dissection stations 

The ventilation hoods and exhaust design steal the 

odor of putrefaction 

And are in accordance with the Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration... 

Cabinet space...for microbiological supplies 

Medical twine...for the closure stitches I tie 

Bone saw whine...a postmortem lullaby 

Dictation equipment...court records to testify 

For my StrykerR saw, disassembled and cleaned 

I pen this requiem, in honor of the remains it's seen 

For my StubenhauerR scalpel, sharpened and honed 

I compose this sonata, for the autopsies it's 

performed... 

The whiteboard conveniently located next to the 

hanging organ scale 

Lists charts lucubrately completed with organ weights 

and interesting details 

Close by, the x-ray facility and the many knobs and 

dials it entails 

Will ensure, with accurate forensics, that diagnostic 

truth shall prevail... 

The adjoining dressing room houses lockers and showers 

So that medical personnel will be routinely scrubbed 

and scoured 

Hands are cleansed with Iodophor soap; germs are 

devoured 

Surfaces are soaked with phenol-based detergents at 

any given hour... 

Pressured Autoclaves...cook instrument debris 

Disposal bins...full of pieces disembodied 

Spare flash bulbs...for body photography 

Specimen bags...hold paraffin-set tissue trophies 

The science of death...a morbid philosophy 

Death certificate pad...the coroner's eulogy 

My beloved morgue...home of forensic pathology 

The autopsy suite...for life's final catastrophes