The Trash Can Band



The Trash Can Band is a Schoolhouse Rock! song from Schoolhouse Rock! Earth.

Song Lyrics
Box: I'm Box.

Bottle: I'm Bottle.

Can: I'm Can.

All: And we're the members of the Trash Can Band.

We're the all-American, tin-can banging

Bottle-tooting band.

We got a little trash-can song.

We hope it won't smell too strong.

But we're talking trash, and we may rehash

So we hope you're gonna sing along.

We're talking trash, trash.

Don't throw it away too soon

We chuck so much, our garbage trucks

Could almost touch the moon.

Box: No kidding.

All: Trash, trash

It's an ever-growing stash

So play it smart; let's do our part

By making less trash.

Bottle: Reduce the trash that you produce.

Can: One big bag, not six small ones.

Bottle: Reuse the things you can reuse.

Can: Think twice before you toss them.

Box: Recycle, donate, buy things used.

It's a make-less-garbage plan.

Can: Reduce

Box: Reuse

Bottle: Recycle

All: With Box and Bottle and Can.

Box: I'm Box.

Bottle: I'm Bottle.

Can: I'm Can.

All: We're members of the Trash Can Band

Box: Yeah, we're the all-American

Bottle: Buy-less packaging

All: Reuse, recycling band

Bottle: Let's use it a few more times

Can: Or make it into something grand

Box: Join the all-American

Can: Make-less garbage

All: Good old Trash Can Band.

Box: Play it, Bottle.

Bottle: (tooting)

Dolly Carton: Hey there, boys.

Box: Why, it's Dolly Carton.

Bottle: Want to sit in, Dolly?

Dolly Carton: Sure, boys. I love talking trash.

Now, I buy my chips in a great big bag

Not a lot of little bags, you see.

I'm reducing on the paper using one less container.

No extra trash for me.

I reuse plastic and refill the bottles

Try to give my old things away.

If something should break I say, "What'll it make?"

Hey, look what I made today.

But enough about me. Now, boys, let's hear you play.

(playing Bluegrass music)

Bottle: Reduce the trash that you produce.

Can: One big bag, not six small ones.

Bottle: Reuse the things you can reuse.

Can: Think twice before you toss them.

Box: Recycle, donate, buy things used.

It's a make-less-garbage plan.

Bottle: Reduce

Can: Reuse

Box: Recycle

All: With Box and Bottle and Can.

Box: I'm Box.

Bottle: I'm Bottle.

Can: I'm Can.

All: We're members of the Trash Can Band.

We're the all-American, make-less-garbage

Good old Trash Can Band.

Dolly: Now, thank you for the hand.

All: Hope you're gonna join the band.

Join the all-American, make-less-garbage

Good old Trash Can Band.

Box: Play it again, Bottle.

Bottle: (tooting)

Box: I'm Box.

Bottle: I'm Bottle.

Can: I'm Can.