Formidable Vegetable - GARBAGE GUTS

Garbage Guts - Lyrics

We’re All Friends

(Chords: Gm6 D#7 D7)

Everywhere my friends are all around me

And it’s my guess that they are with you too

If you want to keep them being friendly

Treat your friends as you’d like them to treat you

Who are all these friends I hear you asking

Right now it feels like I am all alone

But friends are always right there when you need them

Making up this place that we call home

(Chords: G7 C7 A7 D7)

Well, let introduce you to some of my good friends

And you may recognise them as some on whom you depend

There’s the trees

The Trees!

And the bees

The Bees!

The rivers

The Rivers!

You and them and me

You’ll find friends in unexpected places

Plants, animals and other people too

In real life, more than in cyberspaces

And friends don’t always look or think like you

To be a good friend, here are some things that you need

Honesty and loyalty and all the cups of tea!

With the trees

The Trees!

And the bees

The Bees!

The rivers

The Rivers!

And everything you see

(Outro chords: Gm D#7 D7)

We’re all friends

Bacteria

We’re all friends

Eukarya

We’re all friends

Archaea

We’re all friends. Yeah!

You! And You! And what about you!

And that thing over there!

It’s not even really a thing! It’s my friend! Yeah!

Well, we’re all friends.

Get A Goat

Goat. Goat. Goat.

Get a goat.

Get a goat

Get a get a goat.

No Such Thing As Waste

(Chords: Cm G7 Fm)

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

But there’s no such thing as waste

Only stuff in the wrong place

No there’s no such thing as waste

Only opportunity to be embraced

Fonky Food

(Chords: Dm7 Em7)

If you stuff a load of cabbage inside of a jar

With a little bit of salt

And a little bit of spice and

Forget about it in the back of the car

A couple of weeks later it tastes real nice

The fermentation age is ragin’

The latest sensation across the nation

Fact is, it’s been around for ages

But the ancient flavours still bring elation

It’s fonky food, fonky food

Make your food get fonky

Fonky food, fonky food

Make your food get fonky

Fonky food, fonky food

It can be smooth or chunky

Fonky food, fonky Food

We’ve been eating it since we were monkeys

Wild soda, nice and fizzy

Just fruit, whey, water and bottle it up

Left too long, it might make you dizzy

But a couple of days will make it ready to pop

Get sourdough rising up on the shelf

Bakin’ your bread

No breakin’ your head, no trouble

Get a mother from your brother

Or make it yourself

With flour and water,

Then wait until it bubbles

Like fonky food, fonky food

Make your food get fonky

Fonky food, fonky food

Make your food get fonky

Fonky food, fonky food

It can be smooth or chunky

Fonky food, fonky Food

We’ve been eating it since we were monkeys

Kimchi, kefir, kombucha, kraut

Doesn’t take long to figure it all out

Lacto-bacto, accept the facto

Fonky Food is what it’s all about

Don’t be put off by the smell

Come alive inside and you’re living well

Fonked-out food now represent it

Come on and say if like you ferment it

Fonky food, fonky food

Make your food get fonky

Fonky food, fonky food

Make your food get fonky

Fonky food, fonky food

It can be smooth or chunky

Funky food, fonky Food

We’ve been eating it since we were monkeys

Yoghurt up and dance!

Shoogieman

(Chords: Gm C#dim)

I’m your sweetie

I’m you’re honey

And you’re mine

You never leave me

I’m in your tummy

Always on you’re mind

You know without me,

Everything tasty

Would be bland

I make you crazy

I make you lazy

But you’re my biggest fan

I’m your sweet, sweet Shoogieman

Shoogie-shoogie

Sweet shoogie shoogie

I’m your sweet, sweet Shoogieman

While I devour

Your dental plan

You come back for more

Give me your power

Obey my command

(Bridge chords: Cm Gm D)

But if you say

You’re giving me up now

Or cutting me down

I’ll lose control

As your sweet, sweet Shoogieman

Shoogie-shoogie

Sweet shoogie shoogie

Don’t you love your sweet, sweet Shoogieman?

I may be sweet now

But when I get bitter

I can make you freak out

More than the babysitter

Won’t be your treat now

Even if you cover me in glitter

You can’t be free

As long as you keep coming back to me

Your old sweet, sweet Shoogieman

Shoogie-shoogie

Sweet shoogie shoogie

Yeah, I’m your sweet, sweet Shoogieman

Can

You

Live

Without Shoogieman?

Our Street

(Chords: G B7 Eb)

Our street’s a radish neighbourhood

We planted every seed we could

So it would lettuce turnip all the beets

We sent our roots deep underground

And new ideas bloomed all around

We’re all diggin’ living on our street

There’s goats and chickens

Bees and birds and fruit growing on the trees

We’re not perfect, but we do have everything we need

Milk and honey, vegetables so many tasty treats

It’s all right here, growing on our street!

We started off by baking bread

And turned out baking bricks instead

The chickens reckon we’re out of control

Fixed up old and rusty bikes

Now we cycle where we like

Getting by for free is how we roll

With the goats and chickens

Bees and birds and fruit growing on the trees

We’re not perfect, but we do have everything we need

Milk and honey, vegetables so many tasty treats

It’s all right here, growing on our street!

(Bridge Chords: A7 D)

Our garden’s now immense

Cos we pulled down the fence

Well, that might sound intense

But we’re friends with common sense

Cos there’s goats and chickens

Bees and birds and fruit growing on the trees

We’re not perfect, but we do have everything we need

Milk and honey, vegetables so many tasty treats

It’s all right here, growing on our street

There’s so much goodness growing on our street

So come on and lets all grow it on our street!