I could have made it as a big shot in the real world if I'd played my cards

If I had been a bit more grown up as a child life wouldn't be so hard

But it's just a sad reminder for a has been

'Cause in actuality all that I do

Is pick up your bags of trash and take them somewhere where the smell won't bother you

Because the world needs Garbage Men, too

Every morning I am up before the sunlight

Before your day's begun

Just to grab your table scraps and old belongings and take them to the city dump

It's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it

Or at least I think that's how the saying goes

But it doesn't really matter 'cause I've gotta make a living and I know

That the world needs garbage men, too

Some days I have a vision that I'm riding in a big red car (a Maserati or a Porsche)

And I've gotta lotto ticket that worth millions

And a great big apartment down on Sunset Boulevard

Maybe it's not too late (It's not too late)

Maybe I've still got time (There's still time)

Maybe I could go somewhere and find a new beginning

Nothing's gonna bring me down

Except the world needs garbage men, too

When that bell goes off I know my shift is over, so I swipe my card

And at the end of every week I get a pay check, It's actually rather large

And I'll feed my wife and kids with every penny

Every now and then I'll go out to the bar

And I know I've been complaining, so what I'm about to say may seem a bit bizarre

But the world needs garbage men, too

Yeah the world needs garbage men, too