What Is Friend?

sung by Cookie Monster (Frank Oz)

Sometime me think,
What is friend?
And me think,
Friend something very special.

A friend somebody to share your toys,
To stay with and to play with and to make a lot of noise,
To spin around until friend get dizzy,
And jump up and down until stomach get queasy,
And to sometimes tell stories to.
A friend somebody like you.

Sometimes me think,
What is friend?
And me think,
Friend something better than chocolate ice cream!

A friend somebody to take to park,
A buddy to get muddy with 'til it start getting dark
To laugh and joke and hippity-hop it,
Or tickle and poke 'til friend tell you to stop it,
And me no think of any more.
Well maybe friend somebody
You give up last cookie for.

(Cookie Monster gives his friend the last cookie; the friend eats the cookie, and Cookie eats EVERYTHING ELSE! Good old Cookie Monster.)

Transcribed by Jen Finlayson, with help from David Frangioso


available on the video
Cookie Monster's Best Bites
Cookie Monster's Best Bites
and on DVD

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Learning To Share
Learning To Share
and on DVD