Mad
sung by Little Jerry (Jerry Nelson)
and The Monotones (Christopher Cerf, Richard Hunt and Jeff Moss)
Music and Lyrics by Jeffrey Moss
Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen and boys and girls, presenting Little Jerry and the Monotones!!!!!
(Followed by screams from adoring fans)
(background singers): We're mad
Yeah, we're angry, very, very angry
Real mad
Yeah, we're angry, very, very angry
When someone socks me in the eye
And they don't even tell me why
That makes me mad
(Yeah, we're angry, very, very angry)
When I'm walkin' down the street
And someone stomps upon my feet
That makes me mad
(Yeah, we're angry, very, very angry)
Well, my hands get shaky and my knees get weak
My voice sounds funny when I'm tryin' to speak
I don't wanna see noone 'till way next week
When I get MAD!
(Yeah, we're angry, very, very angry
Real mad
Yeah, we're angry, very, very angry)
When I try to climb a tree
And then I fall and hurt my knee
That makes me mad
(Yeah, we're angry, very, very angry)
And when I see some girls and boys
And they won't let me share their toys
That makes me mad!!
(Yeah, we're angry, very, very angry)
Well, I feel so angry that I want to roar
I wanna run home and slam the door
I don't wanna see nobody no more
When I get mad!
(Yeah, we're angry, very, very angry
Real mad
Yeah, we're angry, ahhhhh)
[The baritone Monotone breaks away from the group and joins Little Jerry at the mic.
He's the voice singing the corresponding lines in brackets]
(Mad, mad, mad)
When I get mad, my face turns red
(Real mad)
All my hair stands up on the top of my head
(Mad, mad, mad)
My eyes start cryin', it's a terrible scene
I wanna let out a scream, WAAAAAHHHHH!
[Screams in the Monotones' face, sending him scurrying back to the group]
(Mad, mad
Yeah, we're angry, very, very angry
Real mad
Yeah, we're angry, very, very angry)
When I see some kids at play
And they tell ME to go away
That makes me mad
(Yeah, we're angry, very, very angry)
My brother's naughty as can be
And then my mother yells at me
That makes me mad!
(Yeah, we're angry, very, very angry)
Well, I get so mad, I wanna stamp and shout
I wanna scream and yell, and frown and pout
Now my song is done and you've learned about bein' mad!!!
(Yeah, we're angry, very, very angry)
Woooo, mad!!!
(Yeah, we're angry, very, very angry)
Yeah, mad!!
(Yeah, we're angry, very, very angry)
WAAAHHHHHHH!!!!
Transcribed by Tasha Rurka and BirdDog
Originally released on the album
Sesame Street 2 - Original Cast (1971) Children's Records of America
available on the CD-ROM
