Good Garbage

By Tom Chapin

On Mother Earth

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[Verse 1]

I had a turkey dinner, threw the bones away

They hauled them to the county dump without delay

By the following Thanksgiving, they had turned to clay

They're bio-de-bio-de-bio-degradable garbage


[Chorus]

Good garbage breaks down as it goes

That's why it smells bad to your nose

Bad garbage grows and grows and grows

Garbage is s'posed to decompose


[Verse 2]

Now styrofoam is bad, it lasts a thousand years

A packing peanut's born and never disappears

So crumple up your comics when you ship your chandeliers

'Cause comics are bio-de-bio-degradable garbage


[Chorus]

Good garbage breaks down as it goes

That's why it smells bad to your nose

Bad garbage grows and grows and grows

Garbage is s'posed to decompose


[Bridge]

Now every time that we buy food

We also buy the package

Bottles, boxes, bags, and cans

They end up in the garbage

Half of all our cash

We're spending on our trash

For the sake of Mother Earth

Let's get our money's worth!

Only buy bio-de-bio-degradable...


[Chorus]

Good garbage breaks down as it goes

That's why it smells bad to your nose

Bad garbage grows and grows and grows

Garbage is s'posed to decompose


[Instrumental Break]


[Chorus]

Good garbage breaks down as it goes

That's why it smells bad to your nose

Bad garbage grows and grows and grows

Garbage, garbage

Garbage is s'posed to decompose!