Bert Can't Sleep Lyrics

Bert: "18 .... 19 ..... 20 .
... Boy, those exercises are great,
Ernie, I'm gonna turn the light off now though."

Ernie: "OK, Bert."

Bert: (yawns) "OK, Ernie ... G'night now sleep tight.."

Ernie: "G'night Bert ... sweet dreams."

Bert: "OK...g'night."

(Sound of water dripping)

Bert: "Hey uh...Hey Ern....Ernie?"

Ernie: "What?"

Bert: "You uh, hear that? Sounds like water dripping, you know?"

Ernie: "Is that right? Yeah,
it does sound like water dripping.
I must've left the faucet on a little bit when I washed
my hands ... that's all, Bert .. g'night."

Bert: "Hey Ernie, I can't sleep with the sound of water dripping."

Ernie: "You can't?"

Bert: "No."

Ernie: "Gee."

Bert: "Well, would you do me a favor and do something
about the sound of that water dripping?"

Ernie: "Sure, Bert. Anything for you.
I don't mind at all. Ol' Ernie will take care of it
alright." (Ernie gets out of bed)

Bert: "Good."

(Radio blasts which causes Bert to jerk out of bed)

Bert: "Ernie! Ernie what is that?"

Ernie: "That's the radio, Bert."

Bert: "Ernie, the radio?!"
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Ernie: "Yeah, well you said you couldn't sleep with
the sound of that water dripping,
well, this way you can't hear that old faucet hardly
at all, can you, Bert? Keeheehee."

Bert: "No, I can't hear the water dripping anymore
.. but I can hear the radio and you know what,
Ernie? I can't sleep with the sound of that radio either
it's so loud! Ernie! Aww..come on!"

Ernie: "Well don't worry about it,
Bert, I mean 'ol Ernie will take care of that too.
I'll do that for you, Bert."

Bert: "Alright!"

(Ernie turns the vacuum cleaner on which causes Bert
to jerk out of bed again)

Bert: "Ernie! Ern...what're you doing?
Why'd you turn the vacuum cleaner on?!"

Ernie: "What's that Bert? I can't hear you!"

Bert: "I said, why'd you turn the vacuum cleaner ooooonnnnn?!!!!!"

Ernie: "Well you said you couldn't sleep with the sound
of the radio, well this way, you can't hear that radio hardly at all!!!!!!"

Bert: "All right. All right .
.. Ernie, stay where you are .. stay where you are, don't move."

Ernie: "OK Bert! G'niiiiiiight!!!!!"

Bert: "First, I'm gonna get this vaccum cleaner.
There. I'm gonna shut this radio off now!
I'm gonna ... Ok, I shut the radio off,
now I'm gonna get the water .
. There ... OK .... Alright,
now we can finally get some sleep with some nice peace
and quiet (Bert gets into bed) *mutters* Boy, this is ridculous."

(Ernie snores)

Bert: "Ernie? Ernie you're snoring."

(Ernie snores again)

Bert: "Ernie!! *sigh* It's not fair, it's just not fair."