You’ve
finished with the paper you read it front to back
Don't
put it in the trash can put it in the sac recycle ooh yeah, yeah yeah (2x)
Don't
put it in the trash can put it in the sac recycle ooh yeah, yeah yeah (2x)
You
drained out all the milk now don't commit a sin
Rinse
out that old milk jug and put it in the bin and recycle ooh yeah, yeah yeah (2x)
Now
don’t commit a sin put it in the bin recycle ooh yeah, yeah yeah
(2x)
You
drained out all the oil don't dump it on the ground
Before
you know what's happened your water will turn brown recycle ooh yeah, yeah yeah
(2x)
Don’t
dump it on the ground or your water will turn brown recycle ooh yeah, yeah yeah
(2x)
Don’t
commit a sin put it in the bin recycle ooh yeah, yeah yeah
(2x)
Don't
dump it in the trash can put it in the sac and recycle
2. Compost
It's
easy to do really not that hard rake it all up into a pile in the corner of your
yard and Compost! (4x)
You've
got a bunch of limbs you just cut down the tree take it to the recycling center
for yard debris and Compost! (4x)
It’s
easy to do its like making a stew put all your leaves and twigs grass clippings
too and Compost (4x)
Don’t
put in your bones don't put in your meat you don't want that big old raccoon to
come and eat your Compost (4x)
It’s
easy to do its like making a stew put all your leaves and twigs grass clippings
too and Compost (4x)
There's crud in the kitchen scud in the sink I’ve
been scrubbing for hours to remove the stink
The drains all clogged and the windows are dirty the
floor needs washing it sure ‘aint purty
Just be sure in your haste not to use household
hazardous waste (2x)
You’ve got some insects in your garden outside try
not to use pesticide
Aphids in your roses try ladybugs and serve up beer
to all of those slugs
Just be sure in your haste not to use household
hazardous waste (2x)
When you get ready to clean you know you can use
baking soda, vinegar, lemon juice
Add some elbow grease for scrubbing power works great
in the kitchen and even the shower
Just
be sure in your haste not to use household hazardous waste (3x)
Stuck on trash it keeps piling up my cereal box and
my plastic cup
All that classroom paper and unfinished food all this
waste is giving me a bad attitude
Cause the bag's filling up its filling up fast I
can't get away I'm stuck on trash
Yeah stuck on trash I'm stuck on trash I’m stuck on
trash it’s building up fast
Stuck on trash it’s following me I got to do
something to set me free
Like reducing and reusing, recycling too I’ll
shrink my garbage that’s what I'll do
Cause the bag's filling up oh its filling up fast I
can't get away I'm stuck on trash
Yeah stuck on trash I'm stuck on trash I’m stuck on
trash it’s building up fast
I made this trash this trash is mine I got to take
care of it I got to make it all fine
Feed food to the worms put that litter in its place
recycle paper reduce my waste
Cause the bag's filling up its filling up fast I
can't get away I'm stuck on trash
Stuck on trash (3x) stuck on trash it’s building up
fast (2x) stuck on trash how long will this last
5. Milk Jug Stomp
What
I'll tell you next seven simple steps
How
to do the milk jug the milk jug stomp
We're
gonna romp at the milk jug stomp
Take
off the cap rinse
it clean stomp it flat make it lean
When
you're done put it in the bin take it to the curb and do a spin
That’s
the milk jug stomp the milk jug stomp (2x)
We're
gonna romp at the milk jug stomp
Reduce
the things you use every day reuse other stuff before you throw it away recycle
all the rest and it will pay
These
are things we can do I’m talking about me I’m talking about you
To
make this earth a greener place to help us save the human race
Turn
off the TV when it’s sunny outside when you need to go somewhere share a ride
take back your computer if the motor’s fried
And
think about what you buy these are things we can do I’m talking about me I’m
talking about you
To
make this earth a greener place, to help us save the human race
These
are things we can do I’m talking about me I’m talking about you
To
make this earth a greener place to help us save the human race
7. Oil and Water Don't Mix
Want
to tell you a story it goes something like this take good care of your oil cause
oil and water don't mix
So
think about this oil and water don't mix
It
only takes a little bit to foul our rivers and our cricks one gallon fouls a
million and that’s enough to make us sick
So
think about this oil and water don't mix
Oil’s
washed by the rain into the ground it will drain and pollutes the aquifer which
is where we get our drinking water
Hey
hey ho ho watch the oil flow big black bubbling crude it’ll flow all over you
So
think about this oil and water don’t mix
Oil’s
washed by the rain into the ground it will drain and pollutes the aquifer which
is where we get our drinking water
So
that's the story it went something like this recycle motor oil cause oil and
water don't mix
So
think about this oil and water don't mix (2x) remember this oil and water don't
mix
8.
SUVs
Sport
Utility Vehicle S-U-V that’s S-U-V (2x)
You
keep your SUV so clean and pretty it makes you never want to leave the city
Keep
adding fuel the engine keeps on growlin' chugging along at seven miles per
gallon
Sport
Utility Vehicle S-U-V that’s S-U-V, SUVs drive me crazy (2x)
You
ride so high king of the road single occupant vehicle you carry no load
Expedition
Suburban and that old Range Rover in an accident this vehicle just rolls right
over
Sport
Utility Vehicle, S-U-V that’s S-U-V, SUVs drive me crazy (2x)
We
Americans we love to drive fast cause we’re a nation that is drunk on gas
But
one of these days those oil wells will be dry and all our grandkids will be
asking us why?
Sport
Utility Vehicle, S-U-V that’s S-U-V (2x)
9.
Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxins
(PBTs)
Persistent
Bioaccumulative Toxins (2x)
Lets
start with mercury its up to you and me to stay mercury free
Cause
there is mercury in a lot of things that we use like thermometers flourescent
tubes
And
there’s mercury in a lot of things that we do like burning coal mining gold to
name a few
The
stuff is toxic it won’t go away its building up forever it will stay
Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxins (2x)
What
about dioxin it’s a PBT Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxin
Its
in the food that we eat like milk and cheese and fish and meat
It
might be in your tissue where it could stay for years cause you a heath issue
The
stuff is toxic it won’t go away its building up forever it will stay
Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxins (2x)
How
about some other PBT’s like DDT and PCB’s?
You’ve
got to be in chemistry to know your ABC’s about PBT’s
Like
toxaphene on pineapples from Puerto Rico all the way to your bloodstream
The
stuff is toxic it won’t go away its building up forever it will stay
Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxins (2x)
Sittin’
outside the shoppin’ mart flickin' out cans to my shopping cart
Food
plastic bags clothes for reuse lots of good things from amid the refuse
Aluminum
glass a good day’s catch people throwin’ money down the hatch
Finding
value in garbage’s what it’s all about turning trash to treasure day in day
out
Scavenger
picking up cans taking ‘em back Scavenger picking up the cans take ‘em to
the buy back
Home
is zone that you happen upon eating stale bread and Grey Poupon
Living
in tents of old cardboard with the City Mayor as your landlord
Like
Rapunzel spinning straw to gold the Scavenger he renews the old
Aluminum
glass a good day’s catch people throwing money down the hatch
Finding
value in garbage’s what it’s all about turning trash to treasure day in day
out
Scavenger
picking up cans taking ‘em back Scavenger picking up the cans take ‘em to
the buy back
The
Scavenger the elitest of elite he may drive a truck in the mosquito fleet
You
may find him picking on the sorting line the Scavenger he is doing just fine
Like
hauling metal hulk to the wrecking yard or taking back bottles that others
discard.
The
scavenger he takes our refuse and turns it around for another use
Aluminum
glass a good day’s catch people throwing money down the hatch
Finding
value in garbage’s what it’s all about turning trash to treasure day in day
out
Scavenger
picking up cans taking ‘em back Scavenger picking up the cans take ‘em to
the buy back
Aluminum
glass a good day’s catch people throwing money down the hatch
I
was walking down the street just the other day when I saw a piece of litter it
was blowing my way
So
I took a step to the other side watched that piece of litter just blow on by
Tried
to pretend it was not there just a little piece of litter that was blowing in
the air
It
blew up into a hickory tree got stuck in the branches forty feet from me
The
wind took the litter and blew it to the ground under the foot I was putting down
It
stuck to my shoe like a piece of glue I had to touch it what could I do
I
peeled back the litter that was stuck to the gum it was a lottery ticket a whole
book of them
The
moral of the story the moral is this if you see a piece of litter pretend it
sticks
Like
metal to a magnet a bee to honey if you get real lucky it will be worth some
money
Think
how clean this world would be picking up litter stuck in a tree
Think
how clean this world would be picking up litter down by the sea
Think how clean this world would be picking up litter
just you and me
Coca
Cola Mountain Dew everyone’s drinking it why aren’t you
They’re
drinking in China in the U.S.A. even in Russia and Paraguay
May
I ask you why (3x)
Do
you drink it every day you take the bottle you throw it away
Would
you recycle if it would pay do you care to what I say
May
I ask you why (3x)
You
take your money you feed the machine that pumps you full of caffeine
And
high fructose corn syrup is that what you need to pick me up
May I ask you why (3x)
Bottled
water costs more than gasoline water from the tap its got fluorine
Water
in well its not too clean bottled water costs more than gasoline
Our
bodies are mostly made of water we need to drink cool clear water so why do
folks pollute the water
Now
we need to pay to drink each day cause if we don't then we won't have clean
water
Bottled
water costs more than gasoline water from the tap its got fluorine
Water
in the well its not too clean bottled water costs more than gasoline
The
forest filters out the water so why do folks clear-cut near water
You
know the fish need cool clear water
Now
we need to think before we drink cause if we don't then we won't have clean
water
We
need water most everyday without it we'd shrivel up we’d blow away
Now
Corporations are making us pay here’s what we need to say let the people have
their water
The
Earth can’t make any new water you could be drinking Cleopatra's bathwater
You
know the dinosaurs they drank our same water
Now we need to clean it I really mean it cause if we don't then we won't have
clean water
Bottled
water costs more than gasoline water from the tap its got fluorine
Water
in the well its not too clean bottled water costs more than gasoline
Bottled
water costs more than gasoline (2x)
If
someone should ask you what day is today this is what you could tell them this
is what you could say Every Day is Earth Day (3x)
It
could be September it could be May it could be the weekend it could be a weekday
Every Day is Earth Day (3x)
Everyday,
everyday, everyday is Earth Day a time to play a time to pray a time not to walk
away
A
time to be or plant a tree a time to be free cause Every Day yeah Every Day is
Earth Day