By Formidable Vegetable, a Refuse Reduce Reuse Repair Recycle Renew Song There's no such thing as waste - only stuff in the wrong place! Formidable Vegetable's award-winning zero-waste anthem from their kids' album 'Garbage Guts'. Support us on Patreon: / growdoit Listen/download on Bandcamp at: http://music.formidablevegetable.com.au Lyrics: When I was a little kid I liked to catch the rain While my friends around the town let it flow right down the drain But our tiny house in the trees Had one thing that we drank Every drop that we had saved In our rainwater tank Cos there’s no such thing as waste Only stuff in the wrong place No there’s no such thing as waste When we treasure every trace Moved to the city, rented a house On my way to buy a bed Saw one lying on the side of the road So I took that one instead And I also found a fridge, a couch And a big old sewing machine In the biggest pile of thrown-out stuff That I had ever seen But there’s no such thing as waste Only stuff in the wrong place No there’s no such thing as waste Better save it just in case Well, we’ve gotta Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair then Renew Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair then Renew You can get cool things out of the bin You can compost every crumb Save all the seeds, eat garden weeds And give the rest back to your mum It’s time we thunk about all our junk To keep our planet clean That 'W' word is so absurd In a world of blue and green But there’s no such thing as waste Only stuff in the wrong place No there’s no such thing as waste That idea should be replaced Yeah, cos there’s no such thing as waste, woah no Only stuff in the wrong place I said there’s no such thing as waste Only opportunity to be embraced ---------- Formidable Vegetable play organically-boosted electro-funk/swing soaked in positive ecological action that the whole neighbourhood can get down to. With accolades from the UN and having toured to over 20 countries, Formidable Vegetable inspire folks from 5 to 95 to grow their own food, restore ecosystems and live a better life with irresistibly funky & fun home-scale solutions to the many sticky-situations of the world. We operate on un-ceded Noongar Country and acknowledge their elders past, present and emerging. With the ethical base of Earth Care, People Care & Fair Share it is our intention that, through the continued recognition and amplification of pre/de-colonial cultures and knowledge systems, we continue to move collaboratively into Right Relationship with our living World.
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