Will it make my world a better place
or will it end up taking up landfill space?
Those TV commercials are telling me
I need to buy lots more
But I can't figure out what I'd need
those 15 cell phones for...
Our dining table is older than me
our furniture doesn't blend
but I can't throw out stuff that's good
just because of the latest trend!
Will it make my world a better place
or will it end up taking up landfill space?
Those convenient plastic shopping bags
are fluttering in the trees
so I've started to use my old cloth bags
to move my groceries
Spring water sold in plastic bottles
is really quite the fad --
but water from my tap tastes just as good
and using
Will it make my world a better place
or will it end up taking up landfill space?
I'll admit that I'm a Tim Horton's junkie;
had my share of those disposable cups
but now I take my travel mug along and ask them to
How many books in my personal library
sit there, still unread?
My life would be less cluttered
if I used my library card instead!
Will it make my world a better place
or will it end up taking up landfill space?
How many computers, TVs and devices
does one family really need?
It's time we learned to live with just enough
instead of giving in to greed!
A wardrobe from the Goodwill Store
can be as good as buying new --
that way I'm not creating consumer demand
and there's money in my pocket too!
will it make my world a better place
or will it end up taking up landfill space?
Our lives are filled with so much stuff
this song could go on and on...
but if we think before we buy
I'd be singing half as long!
So I'm not gonna buy things on a whim --
I'm gonna think things through
so I won't buy it!