Dance Myself to Sleep

Sometimes I have trouble

Falling asleep

But it's not so bad (Ernie, I'm trying to sleep)

I don't worry, and I don't weep

In fact, I'm glad

Because I

Get up off my pillow

And I flip on the light (Ernie)

I get down and get hip

In the still of the night (turn the light off, Ernie)

I stretch and I yawn

And then I breathe real deep

And dance myself to sleep (don't dance, please don't dance)

I hoof around my beddy

Just-a tappin' my toes (you're dancing)

Before I know what's happened

I'm-a ready to go

Got some partners I can count on

Called the Boogie-Woogie Sheep (the, what?)

I dance myself to sleep

I gently rock-a-by myself across the floor

(What are those sheep doing?)

I turn, and then I toss and then I start to snore (Ernie)

My trusty little bugle

Helps me spread the news (oh, not the bugle)

That I'm a'tappin' to taps

And I'm-a rarin' to snooze

Oh, you're playing the bugle?

What are these sheep doing?

Ernie, the sheep, they're tap dancing

Ernie, please take the sheep out, let me sleep

Oh, where did, where did sheep get tap shoes?

Get away, get away, get away, get away, get away

Ernie, will you please tell the sheep to put my bed down?

Stop, get away, get away from me, get away, get away

Okay, thank you

Wait a minute, wait, wait, don't pick me up

Well, I'm gettin' kind of drowsy

So the moment has come (you're drowsy?)

To grab my rubber ducky

While the sheep take my chum (take your chum?)

Time to shuffle off to dreamland, got a date to keep

(Where are you taking me?)

We'll dance ourselves to sleep

Oh, yeah (wait, what's going on?)

We'll dance ourselves to sleep

We're in our jammies (what are they take-, what are they doing?)

We'll dance ourselves to sleep (get away)