The Toronto Garbage Song (Flush Your Garbage)

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The Toronto Garbage Song (Flush Your Garbage) by 30 Dirty Thoughts. We made the newspaper! Check it out, http://www.thestar.com/article/675696

On June 22, the largest labour unions in the city of Toronto, Canada went on strike. On top of libraries, summer camps, and swimming pools being closed (and ruining the summers for a great deal of kids) garbage collection was also canceled. The strike lasted 36 days, with the city's main avenues filling up and running over with mountains of rotting waste... and even sometimes strange artifacts from the past like Betamax tapes.

It was ridiculous! Canada's largest metropolis, known the world over as a highly civilized, multicultural cosmopolitan city, was full of trash. And it stayed that way for over a month. Recently a deal was reached and collection is set to resume next week, but try telling that to the family of raccoons that have set up camp in Mount Trashmore next to my house.

One day we realized we had a highly practical solution to the garbage crisis, and have decided to share it with the world with an original (and pretty darn catchy) song. Enjoy!

PS. In case it's not obvious, we're not really advocating flushing bicycles, basketballs, computers, boots, vacuum cleaners, or stools down the loo. So you probably shouldn't do that. That's all I can think of as a disclaimer.

Music & Lyrics by 30 Dirty Thoughts

Special thanks to the Pig Opium lady and the dozens of people on St. Clair who watched in horror as we hurled ourselves into and climbed on top of the garbage piles. And yes, we did shower afterward. Eventually.

Lyrics:

My city always made me smile, so green and full of fun
The streets are clean, the children play, so nice for everyone
But now it ain't so beautiful, oh oh oh what the hell
It seems that garbage collection was deemed to be non essential

The sidewalks full of crap, I thought I paid my tax
Discarded furniture and who the hell uses Betamax?

What we need is a solution, a way to fight this mess
and now I'm here to give you, a cure for your distress!

CHORUS
Flush your garbage down the toilet Toronto!
It's the only way to tell those idiots where to go!
The sewers will float away our problems to the sea
The system is designed for it, you have my guarantee

Kids are sitting round the house, wondering what to do
Camps were canceled, summer sucks, so many feeling blue
Perhaps they could just step outside, the streets are full of toys
old central vacs, and laser printers, and other countless joys!

Smell of rotting kitchen waste, it permeates the air
So much for tourism, let visitors beware!

CHORUS
Flush your garbage down the toilet Toronto!
It's the only way to tell those idiots where to go!
The sewers will float away our problems to the sea
The system is designed for it, you have my guarantee

Look over here, look over there, seas of garbage everywhere
(RAP: I don't enjoy the stink in my room, I can't afford the extra perfume)

Pretty pathetic, this whole sordid affair
(RAP: Maybe take a trip down to city hall, bring a dump truck and leave a mess of it all)

Awakened now, from my little nap,
the evening news says the strike's a wrap
Oh wait what's that not for another week?
I hear my pipes make a weary creak

Time to load the john with another ton
Who knew waste disposal could be so much fun?
Let's flush it all down in a big ol' hurry
The damage it does it sure ain't our worry!

CHORUS
Flush your garbage down the toilet Toronto!
It's the only way to tell those idiots where to go!
The sewers will float away our problems to the sea
The system is designed for it, you have my guarantee

Flush your garbage down the toilet Toronto!
We're not some hostage to the unions wanting dough
They want a war they got it, we'll not fall for their trap
We'll send the garbage down together with our crap.

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