We Are All Monsters


NOTE: Except for Elmo, we're not sure of the other monsters' names so they're identified by their color for now. Spoken parts in [ ] brackets.

Blue Monster: (to Green Monster) [Hey, you don't look like me!]

Green Monster: [And you don't look like me.]

Elmo: [He doesn't look like Elmo.]

Gray Monster: [Yes, we're all different, but we're the same, 'cause we are all monsters!]

(music starts, they all start dancing)

Blue: I am blue

Green: I am green

Elmo: I am red

Gray: I am gray

Blue: What's the difference, anyway?

All: We are all monsters!

Blue: I am fat

Green: I am thin

Elmo: I am short

Gray: I am tall

Elmo: Doesn't matter much at all

All: We are all monsters!

Blue: And we love to play together

Green: And we love to stay together

Elmo: To spend a day together

Gray: And we sing this song together

All: 'Cause we get along together

(all laugh and dance)

Blue: Different noses, ears and eyes-es

Green: Different colours, shapes and sizes

Elmo: We could all win beauty prizes

Gray: Yes, we're happy girls and guys-es

All: 'Cause we're together
We are all monsters!

(all laugh and dance and run around, then march up to the camera)

Transcribed by Jen Finlayson


Originally released on the album "The Gang's All Here" (1983)