Name: You Can't Trash This
Duration: P00H03M39S
Description: This song was created during a Monty Harper songwriting residency at Will Rogers Elementary School in Stillwater, Oklahoma in February 2013.

You Can't Trash This

from Recycle Time by Monty Harper and Will Rogers Elementary 4th and 5th graders, April 2013

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This song was created during a Monty Harper songwriting residency at Will Rogers Elementary School in Stillwater, Oklahoma in February 2013.

lyrics

I'm Tim the Tin Can
I've been in the bin
I've been recycled
And I can be again
People love me
All over the country
Please never trash me
Turn me into more of me

I'm The Paper Man, yo
There's something you should know
I'm made out of paper
From my head to my toe
I've got something to say, see
When you recycle me
You'll be a hero
You'll save another tree

We’re so legit
You can’t trash this
We just won’t quit
You can’t trash this
We take no abuse
You can’t trash this
We still have use
You can’t trash this
We're the trash that's sassing back
Don’t you put us in a garbage sack
WORD

I’m Aluminum Al
I’m a metal man
My head was made
From an aluminum can
It took energy
To dig me from the Earth
So recycle me now
And respect my worth

My name is Plastic Polly
I hold your soda pop
Plastic lives forever
It just won’t stop
So if you like to party
Don’t throw me away
Get all your plastic bottles
And recycle them today

We’re so legit
You can’t trash this
We just won’t quit
You can’t trash this
We take no abuse
You can’t trash this
We still have use
You can’t trash this
We're the trash that's sassing back
Don’t you put us in a garbage sack
WORD

I'm Cardboard Karl
I'm stiff and flat
I delivered your pizza
How'd you like that?
Now I wanna be recycled
Don’t make me pout
It stinks in the landfill
Help me out!

My name is Glass Guy
I'm sharper than my brothers
I don't mix well
I don't get along with others
So take me to the center
If you have a heart
But never put glass
In your curbside cart

We’re so legit
You can’t trash this
We just won’t quit
You can’t trash this
We take no abuse
You can’t trash this
We still have use
You can’t trash this
We're the trash that's sassing back
Don’t you put us in a garbage sack
WORD

credits

from Recycle Time, released April 8, 2013
by Monty Harper and Mrs. Holland’s / Ms. Powell’s 4th Grade. Featuring: Andrew Tselee as Paper Man. Reid Wohnhas as Aluminum Al. Kody Strecker as Cardboard Carl. Toviel Cayton as Glass Guy.

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Monty Harper helps 3rd-5th grade students create and perform original songs that make meaningful connections.

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