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If I Knew You Were Coming I'd Have Baked A Cake
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Sesame Street
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(Count is playing ominous music on a piano)
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Cookie: Hey Count, Count, woah, stop playing
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Count: Ahh, Cookie Monster
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Cookie: Well, well, well...
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Count: That's three wells, ha ha ha
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Cookie: Me no know you play piano that good
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Count: Of course
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Cookie: Oh, do me favor. Look- Me found terrific song-- it all about food! Ya, you play piano and me sing it? Here, ya, good...(Count resumes scary music)
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Cookie: No, wait, not like that. Here, like paper say- okay- real jumpy
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Count: Ah, very good
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Cookie: It all about food
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Count: I will count the notes-- 88 wonderful piano notes. Sing it Cookie Monster!
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Cookie: Okay...
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If me knew you were coming
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Me'd have baked a cake (1 cake)
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Baked a cake (2 cakes)
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Baked a cake (3 cakes)
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If me knew you were coming
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Me'd have baked a cake (4 cakes)
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How'd ya do, how'd ya do, how'd ya do?
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(3 how's ya do's)
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If you dropped me a letter,
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Me would hire a band (1 band)
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Hire a band (2 bands)
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Hire a band (3 bands)
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If you dropped me a letter
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Me'd have hired a band (4 bands)
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And spread the welcome mat for you
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(Thank you very much)
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Now me don't know where
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You came from (over there!)
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And me don't know where
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You've been (I've been counting)
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But it really doesn't matter
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Grab a chair and fill your platter
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And dig, dig, dig right in (3 digs)
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If me knew you were coming
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Me'd would baked a cake (1 cake)
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Baked a cake (2 cakes)
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Baked a cake (3 cakes)
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If me knew you were coming
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Me'd have baked a cake (4 cakes)
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How'd you do, how'd you do, how'd you do
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(Three more how'd you do's)
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Now me don't know where
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You come from (I told you, over there)
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And me don't know where you been
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(Counting, of course)
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But it really doesn't matter
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Grab a chair and fill your platter
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And dig, dig, dig right in (3 wonderful digs)
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If me knew you were coming
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Me'd have baked a cake (1 cake)
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Baked a cake (that's 2 cakes)
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Baked a cake (that's 3)
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If me knew you were coming
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Me'd have baked a cake (4 cakes)
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How'd you do, how'd you do, how'd you do?
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(3 more how'd you do's)
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How'd ya do, how'd you do, how'd you do?
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(that's 9, that's 12 how'd you do's)
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How'd you do, how'd you do, how'd you do?
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(Ah, that's 13, 14, 15 how'd you do's)
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Cookie: You play the piano so good
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Count: Ah, thank you very much
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Cookie: Me sing so good, me deserve cookie
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Count: Ah, a little dinner music (resumes playing)
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