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Garbage Guts

by Formidable Vegetable

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1.
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 'Well, 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 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 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.
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Goat. Goat. Goat. Get a goat.
3.
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 Yeah, cos there’s no such thing as waste, woah no Only stuff in the wrong place I said there’s no such thing as waste Only opportunity to be embraced
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Fonky Food 03:06
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!
5.
Shoogieman 03:11
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'll make you crazy I'll 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 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?
6.
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! 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!

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Songs about garbage, guts, garbage in your guts and things that eat garbage in your guts!

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released April 16, 2021

Charlie Mgee: Ukulele, drums, percussion & vocals.
Mal Webb: Trumpet, trombone, synth, gourd bass.
Kylie Morrigan: Violin.
Tim Bennett: Bass.
Wynx: Sound effects

Recorded at MoonSpoon, Chez Mal & Big Red BEV during lockdown.
Produced by Formidable Vegetable & Spoonbill.
Mixed and mastered by Jim Moynihan (Spoonbill).

Released April 2021 by 8 Pound Gorilla Records.
©2021 Formidable Vegetable.

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Formidable Vegetable Denmark, Australia

Permaculture funk-swing for a changing world.

With a wheelbarrow full of dirty electro radish-beets, crusty jazz ukulele, swingin' strings and hyperactive horns, Formidable Vegetable are here to sow the garden of your mind with seeds of future-resilience in the funkiest way possible.

"So infectious that the most ardent climate sceptic would have trouble staying still"- Sydney Morning Herald.
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