Takeaway Cup
Oh dear, it's a take away cup
Somebody forgot to plan ahead
It's a no brainer
To bring your own container
Again and again to again instead
The excuses leave me skeptical
When they choose refuse to use their own receptical
Sure, it's good to be recyclable
And if possible compostable
But unless it's in a hospital
Single use is gonna cost us all
Worse still
They just go to landfill
And sadder yet they often end up on the street
To wash into the ocean
It's not a tricky notion
We all need to help to keep the planet neat
(Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up!)
[Instrumental]
The excuses leave me skeptical
When the staff fail to let me
Use my own receptacle
It's not difficult to sanitize
Or to calculate the serving size
But if we can't find a compromise
Single use'll hasten our demise
So please
Try to bring your own cup
Just keep it in your bag
It'll give you cred
The feeling's always finer
In metal, glass or china
If you forget I'll lend you one of mine instead
As well, bring a doggie-bag box
Then nothing's ever going to have to go waste
You'll do the earth a favour
And savour ever flavour
The fast food taste but without the haste
It won't go to waste, it'll go to my waist!
It won't go to landfill, it'll go to manfill!
Nothing's going to have to go waste x4
[Instrumental]
Oh dear, it's a take away cup
Somebody forgot to plan ahead
© Mal Webb 2026
This song is in 11, as 2-2-2-2-3, which I mash against a classic 4/4 house groove (with accents 3-3-3-3-4) as an MPPR , as well as, at other times, letting is phase shift against a slower 4/4 groove.
Oh dear, it's a take away cup
Somebody forgot to plan ahead
It's a no brainer
To bring your own container
Again and again to again instead
The excuses leave me skeptical
When they choose refuse to use their own receptical
Sure, it's good to be recyclable
And if possible compostable
But unless it's in a hospital
Single use is gonna cost us all
Worse still
They just go to landfill
And sadder yet they often end up on the street
To wash into the ocean
It's not a tricky notion
We all need to help to keep the planet neat
(Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up!)
[Instrumental]
The excuses leave me skeptical
When the staff fail to let me
Use my own receptacle
It's not difficult to sanitize
Or to calculate the serving size
But if we can't find a compromise
Single use'll hasten our demise
So please
Try to bring your own cup
Just keep it in your bag
It'll give you cred
The feeling's always finer
In metal, glass or china
If you forget I'll lend you one of mine instead
As well, bring a doggie-bag box
Then nothing's ever going to have to go waste
You'll do the earth a favour
And savour ever flavour
The fast food taste but without the haste
It won't go to waste, it'll go to my waist!
It won't go to landfill, it'll go to manfill!
Nothing's going to have to go waste x4
[Instrumental]
Oh dear, it's a take away cup
Somebody forgot to plan ahead
© Mal Webb 2026
This song is in 11, as 2-2-2-2-3, which I mash against a classic 4/4 house groove (with accents 3-3-3-3-4) as an MPPR , as well as, at other times, letting is phase shift against a slower 4/4 groove.