The People In Your Neighborhood Lyrics - Ernie

Oh, who are the people in your neighborhood? 

In your neighborhood? 

In your neighborhood? 

Say, who are the people in your neighborhood? 

The people that you meet each day 

(a blue muppet, I believe, walks onstage) 

[Bob: Oh, hi there, little fella.] 

[Anything Muppet #1: Hello.] 

[Bob: Hey, listen, know who you could be if I gave you this little hat and this bag to go over your shoulder?] 

[Anything Muppet #1: I could be a laundry man.] 

[Bob: No, not a laundry man.] 

[Anything Muppet #1: How about Santa Claus?] 

[Bob: No no no, not Santa Claus.] 

[Anything Muppet #1: What's wrong with Santa Claus?] 

[Bob: There's nothing wrong with Santa Claus, but...] 

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[Anything Muppet #1: Don't you like Christmas?] 

[Bob: Oh, I love Christmas. But you could be the postman.] 

[Anything Muppet #1: A postman, hmmmm ...] 

Oh, the postman always brings the mail 

Through rain or snow or sleet or hail 

I'll work and work the whole day through 

To get your letters safe to you 

Bob and Anything Muppet #1: 

'Cause a postman is a person in your neighborhood 

In your neighborhood 

He's in your neighborhood 

A postman is a person in your neighborhood 

A person that you meet each day 

[Anything Muppet #1: I'll see you around.] 

[Bob: Okay.] 

(AM#1 leaves, bumped into AM#2 as he enters) 

[Anything Muppet #2: Hey, watch it. Where ya goin'? To a fire?] 

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[Bob: Hey, speaking of a fire.] 

[Anything Muppet #2: Fire! What fire? Help! Help!] 

[Bob: No, there's no fire at all. But do you know who you could be if I gave you this little shiny red hat?] 

[Anything Muppet #2: Yeah, Santa Claus.] 

[Bob: No, not Santa Claus.] 

[Anything Muppet #2: Little Red Riding Hood?] 

[Bob: No, no, no, not Red Riding Hood, you could be a fireman.] 

[Anything Muppet #2: A fireman? Holy smoke!] 

Oh, a fireman is brave it's said 

His engine is a shiny red 

If there's a fire anywhere about 

Well, I'll be sure to put it out 

Bob and Anything Muppet #2: 

'Cause a fireman is a person in your neighborhood 

In your neighborhood 

He's in your neighborhood 

Anything Muppet #1: 

And a postman is a person in your neighborhood 

All: 

Well, they're the people that you meet 

When you're walking down the street 

They're the people that you meet each day 

(additional verses from the book