Johannes Vonk and the Clogheads - Bin Man Rhapsody

I don't vote in elections
I just want bin collections
I always pay my council rate
So why is my bin collection late

Even Pol Pot and Chairman Mao
They wouldn't believe these bin men now
You can take it straight from me
These bin men aren't what they used to be

★ Chorus ★
Remember when the bin man had a switchblade knife
Remember when the bin man made you run for your life
Political correctness it has gone too far
But I can still remеmber when the bin man was hard

Thе bin men now are all tarts
In their air conditioned dust carts
They try to say my bin's too hefty
What are you, some kind of Islington lefty

They hide behind their feedback forms
While they're a disgrace to the uniforms
And you can take it straight from me
These bin men aren't what they used to be

★ Chorus ★
Remember when the bin man had a switchblade knife
Remember when the bin man made you run for your life
Political correctness it has gone too far
But I can still remember when the bin man was hard

★ French section ★
En français
Il s'appelle le mec des poubelles
Il y a longtemps, ils étaient durs
Mais maintenant ils sont doux
Qu'est ce qui s'est passé?
Où est mon wheelie bin, monsieur?
Où est les collections?

★ Translation ★
In French
He is called the bin man
A long time ago, they were hard
But now they are soft
What happened?
Where is my wheelie bin, sir?
Where are the collections?

I remember when I was young
And the bin man always used to come
And lift that steel bin over his head
Things aren't how they used to be
When the bin man came and talked to me
And then he'd go right in and share my mother's bed

★ Chorus ★
Remember when the bin man had a switchblade knife
Remember when the bin man used to fuck your wife
Political correctness it has gone too far
But I can still remember when the bin man was hard