At 6 o'clock I roll my truck out onto the street Morning sun is shining on the trash that I will meet There's broken dolls and rubber wheels, TV sets and orange peels Baby rattles, paper plates, newspapers and rusty skates Oooh Oooh Oooh keep on truckin' You gotta sort it, shred it, burn it to ash There's a lotta hard work when you're workin' with trash Take it to the terminal, dump it on a barge Cart it someplace where it's awfully large Ship it to a landfill where it decays Cover it with dirt and make a park someday You gotta compact it, compress it, recycle, and make less of it Compact it, compress it, recycle, and make less of it Oooh oooh oooh keep on truckin' Oooh oooh oooh that's the garbageman's blues We're running out of resources Running out of space Don't have room for all that waste You gotta compact it, compress it, recycle, and make less of it There's a million things that garbage can do Recycling saves energy too! Oooh oooh oooh keep on trucking Oooh oooh oooh that's the garbageman's blues Oooh oooh oooh keep on trucking