I’m thrown away – too old to keep.
My time of usefulness has passed,
no longer in the prime of life,
now I’ve become a poor outcast.
 
And though I worked in strict restraints,
I’m thrown away – too old to keep.
Already I have been replaced.
I guess that shows my life is cheap.
 
My work performance was ignored.
Another one will do my task.
I’m thrown away – too old to keep,
but recognition’s all I ask.

I did my job without complaint.
And now I joined the garbage heap.
So goes the life of a shoelace.
I’m thrown away – too old to keep.