I Don't Want to Live on the Moon (Avenue Q)

"I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" is a song from Sesame Street, performed on Avenue Q. It is sung by Nicky, Stephanie, Bean, ALF, Almo, Ginger, Kieran, Lizzie, Angelita, Terry, Allegra, Lindi, Rondo, and Reed as they are on the Morningside Orphanage rooftop, looking up at the starry sky and the moon.

It was late at night as Stephanie and Bean along with their friends, Nicky, ALF, Almo, Ginger, Kieran, Lizzie, Angelita, Terry, Allegra, Lindi, Rondo, and Reed, were on the Morningside Orphanage rooftop, looking up at the starry sky.

ANGELITA:

Wow, I love staying up late! Don't you?

ALMO:

Yeah! Almo loves it, too!

LIZZIE:

Same here!

ALLEGRA AND LINDI:

Yeah!

REED:

I do, too. Hey, how about we count some stars?

KIERAN:

Good idea, Reed!

BEAN:

I love counting stars!

STEPHANIE:

Me too!

RONDO:

Yeah, let's give it a shot.

ALF:

Right.

The camera shows the night sky with a star and the moon.

REED:

One.

ANGELITA:

One.

TERRY:

That's it, Reed. One star.

But then, some more stars are appearing one by one.

ALMO:

Oh, oh! Wait, there's more stars!

ALLEGRA:

You're right, Almo!

STEPHANIE:

Yeah, let's count the ones that appear!

LINDI:

Okay, there's... one...

ALLEGRA AND LINDI:

Two...

ALL:

Three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven!

GINGER:

That's eleven stars that just appeared in the sky!

KIERAN:

Add the one star we counted earlier, and it makes twelve stars altogether!

As Kieran said that, the number "12" appeared.

BEAN:

That's right, Kieran!

RONDO:

And one moon up there, too!

ALLEGRA:

Yeah, one moon!

The camera goes back to the group.

REED:

One moon.

TERRY:

What do we do now?

ALF:

Good question, Terry.

ALMO, ALLEGRA, LINDI AND STEPHANIE:

Hmm...

REED:

How about we sing a moon song?

ALMO AND ALLEGRA:

(gasps) Yeah!

LINDI:

Yeah!

BEAN:

Sure!

NICKY:

Sure!

ALF:

Why not?

STEPHANIE:

Let's do it!

As music started playing, Kieran started harmonizing vocally.

GINGER:

Oooh, nice vocal chords, Kieran.

ALF:

Yeah, you sound like Aaron Neville.

TERRY:

Well, I'd like to visit the moon

On a rocketship high in the air

ANGELITA:

Yes, I'd like to visit the moon

But I don't think I'd like to live there

REED:

Though I'd like to look down at the Earth from above

I would miss all the places and people I love

BEAN:

So although I might like it for one afternoon

TERRY, ANGELITA, BEAN AND REED:

I don't wanna live on the moon (Others: Ooooh)

NICKY, ALF, STEPHANIE, ALMO, GINGER, LIZZIE AND KIERAN:

I'd like to travel under the sea

I could meet all the fish everywhere

Yes, I'd travel under the sea

But I don't think I'd like to live there

I might stay for a day there if I had my wish

But there's not much to do when your friends are all fish

And an oyster and clam aren't real family

So I don't want to live in the sea

LIZZIE:

I'd like to visit the jungle

Hear the lions roar

ALMO:

Go back in time and meet a dinosaur

KIERAN:

There's so many strange places I'd like to be

GINGER:

But none of them permanently

NICKY:

So, if I should visit the moon

Well, I'll dance on a moonbeam and then

I will make a wish on a star

And I'll wish I was home once again

NICKY, ALLEGRA, LINDI, RONDO AND REED:

Though I'd like to look down at the Earth from above

I would miss all the places and people I love

ALL:

So although I may go, I'll be coming home soon

'Cause I don't want to live on the moon

No, I don't

Want to live

On the moon

Kieran harmonized the last bit of the song to the happiness of the others.

ALMO:

Almo likes living here on Avenue Q.

STEPHANIE:

Me too, Almo.

ALLEGRA:

So do I.

Almo does his cute laugh afterwards as the skit ends.