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Garbage Can Ballet

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ELiving in a garbage can can be a lot of fun
It has its ups and downs of paper cups and cGoffee grounds
ELiving in a garbage can can be a lot of fun
Especially if you meet the perfect DdamiEon (?) 
Oh a Ggreat garbage can is just full of good stuff
All the discarded refuse of man 
Like the Ahalf used banana
Whose girlfriend is Anna who shout “let us out of this can”
woh, woh, Gwoh, said the poor Brussels sprout
If only me and the banana could get out
We’d Afind an asparagus who’d stand up and marry us
But the first thing to do is get out
Now an old piece of ham is in love with some lamb
But a young head of lettuce is too
But said the ham to the lettuce “the lamb will forget us 
As soon as he learns I love you“
Oh, oh oh, the great garbage can
Is a tribute to the ingenuity of man
Where corn and tomatoes are mixed with potatoes 
And thrown in together with ham
Where a ABrussels sprout and a sour crout can get together 
And have it out and no one seems to care about the plan
And a Bsuccotash and a piece of hash can get together and have a bash
Life is always equal in the can E  B  

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Garbage Can Ballet

by Harry Nilsson

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Living in a garbage can can be a lot of fun

It has its ups and downs of paper cups and coffee grounds

Living in a garbage can can be a lot of fun

D E

Especially if you meet the perfect damion (?)

Oh a great garbage can is just full of good stuff

All the discarded refuse of man

Like the half used banana

Whose girlfriend is Anna who shout “let us out of this can”

woh, woh, woh, said the poor Brussels sprout

If only me and the banana could get out

We’d find an asparagus who’d stand up and marry us

But the first thing to do is get out

Now an old piece of ham is in love with some lamb

But a young head of lettuce is too

But said the ham to the lettuce “the lamb will forget us

As soon as he learns I love you“

Oh, oh oh, the great garbage can

Is a tribute to the ingenuity of man

Where corn and tomatoes are mixed with potatoes

And thrown in together with ham

Where a Brussels sprout and a sour crout can get together

And have it out and no one seems to care about the plan

And a succotash and a piece of hash can get together and have a bash

E B

Life is always equal in the can

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