Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems  



Throw Away People

Notes: words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1970 Schroder Music Company, renewed 1998.


Throw away people,
Instant discards,
Expendable, Oh!

We've got to stop making those babies,
There's not enough love to go round,
There's not enough room
And pretty soon
They'll be putting the people down.

Throw away people,
Instant discards,
Expendable, Oh!

The mamas are saying "Please,
Give us a chance with these,
We love your lovin
But please quit shovin
The babies between our knees!"

Throw away people,
Instant discards,
Expendable, Oh!

One is a darlin one,
Two is a sugar bun,
Three is plenty,
More's too many,
Daddy, what have we done!

Throw away people,
Instant discards,
Expendable, Oh!

Who makes abortion laws?
Who makes the rotten wars?
It's men that do it,
And women live through it,
And that's the cause of our cause.

Throw away people,
Instant discards,
Expendable, Oh! No.


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