Lyrics

You Can’t See the Treasure through the Trash
©Tom Mason, Gas Station Music, BMI

You can’t see the treasure through the trash
You can’t see the treasure through the trash
Whether it be by land or sea
You can’t see the treasure through the trash

Me crew and I we were sailing out on the ocean blue
Suddenly the deep dark sea became a garbage stew
There were bottle and cans and toxic sludge
and a plethora of human debris
So we did our best to clean the mess
to gaze at the beauty of the sea

We brought our shipload of detritus to dispose of on dry land
But as we neared the shore we only saw more rubbish on the beach’s sand
There was paper and plastic and styrofoam
there where the swimmers should be
So we took out our rakes to correct the mistakes
of messy humanity

So if you’re walking down the street or sailing out at sea
And you spot a bit of garbage where no garbage ought to be
Pick it up and deliver it to the place where the garbage should go
And me bucko, you’ll see miraculously
A new crop of treasure will grow