I haven’t heard that in years, but every time I see or smell a skunk, that song comes to mind.
He sounds a lot like Don McLean.

At the time it was one of his three new LPs on my shelf I thought he was a Bob Dylan imitator.
Side note.
His son Rufus Wainwright said his father never accepted him for being gay. Rufus once did a Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall full stage show tribute dressed in her outfit including Danskin black pantyhose and makeup.
NME article entitled Rufus Wainwright says he and father Loudon “almost killed each other”
“I wish I was speaking figuratively but it was pretty hairy at times”