Sesame Street - Bert Cant Sleep Lyrics

Bert: "18 .... 19 ..... 20 .... Boy, those exercises are great, Ernie, I'm gonna turn the light off now though."

Ernie: "OK, Bert."

Bert: (yawns) "OK, Ernie ... G'night now sleep tight.."

Ernie: "G'night Bert ... sweet dreams."

Bert: "OK...g'night."

(Sound of water dripping)

Bert: "Hey uh...Hey Ern....Ernie?"

Ernie: "What?"

Bert: "You uh, hear that? Sounds like water dripping, you know?"

Ernie: "Is that right? Yeah, it does sound like water dripping. I must've left the faucet on a little bit when I washed my hands ... that's all, Bert .. g'night."

Bert: "Hey Ernie, I can't sleep with the sound of water dripping."

Ernie: "You can't?"

Bert: "No."

Ernie: "Gee."

Bert: "Well, would you do me a favor and do something about the sound of that water dripping?"

Ernie: "Sure, Bert. Anything for you. I don't mind at all. Ol' Ernie will take care of it alright." (Ernie gets out of bed)

Bert: "Good."

(Radio blasts which causes Bert to jerk out of bed)

Bert: "Ernie! Ernie what is that?"

Ernie: "That's the radio, Bert."

Bert: "Ernie, the radio?!"

Ernie: "Yeah, well you said you couldn't sleep with the sound of that water dripping, well, this way you can't hear that old faucet hardly at all, can you, Bert? Keeheehee."

Bert: "No, I can't hear the water dripping anymore .. but I can hear the radio and you know what, Ernie? I can't sleep with the sound of that radio either it's so loud! Ernie! Aww..come on!"

Ernie: "Well don't worry about it, Bert, I mean 'ol Ernie will take care of that too. I'll do that for you, Bert."

Bert: "Alright!" -