Night Soil Man Lyrics

On the dirty back streets in the same old town

With the same seedy characters lurking around

If the people don't see it then the people won't frown

But it's a great big world if you're living underground

It all looks black when the sun don't shine

You can push it all away and feel like everything's fine

But it has to go somewhere and that duty is mine

So the night soil man keeps walking the line

I won't go walking 'round town in the day

If there's people about I'll be hidden away

But when the moon is in the sky and the wolf is out to play

That's when it's your turn to keep yourself out of my way

I'm the night soil man

Ain't a body out there knows I'm an angel of mercy

And the high and mighty think that I'm a disgrace

But I hope someday they know though they look down their nose at me

That it sickens me to have to look at your waste

I won't go walking 'round town in the day

If there's people about I'll be hidden away

But when the moon is in the sky and the wolf is out to play

That's when it's your turn to keep yourself out of my way

I'm the night soil man