(characters popping)

♪ Dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad ♪

♪ Dad, dad, dad ♪

♪ Dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad ♪

♪ Dad, dad, dad ♪

♪ Hey, I heard you call ♪

♪ Are you doing okay ♪

(characters popping)

♪ My toy broke ♪

♪ Tell me a joke ♪

♪ Elmo wants to play ♪

♪ When it feels like you're being pulled from there to here ♪

♪ When you haven't slept in days, or weeks, or months ♪

♪ Or three and a half years ♪

♪ But I'll be there for you ♪

♪ To help you dress the right way ♪

♪ I'll be there for you ♪

♪ To give you breakfast each day ♪

♪ Dad, I love you ♪

♪ You're my best friend, it's true ♪

♪ You should be asleep, it's 10 ♪

♪ Elmo wants to stay up late ♪

(Elmo laughing)

♪ Thought I had a break, guess not ♪

♪ Put him to bed before eight ♪

♪ Even though there's lots of days like these ♪

♪ I wouldn't trade anything to hear Elmo say ♪

♪ One more story, please ♪

♪ I'll be there for you ♪

♪ To bring a happy feeling ♪

♪ I'll be there for you ♪

- Pivot, pivot.

♪ To help you build anything ♪

♪ I'll be there for you ♪

♪ To sing a duet or two ♪

♪ Smelly trash, smelly trash ♪

♪ Why do grouches love you ♪

- Poo-ey.

(Ricardo laughing)

(upbeat music)

♪ Everything's so much better when you're near ♪

♪ We love you every day, and week, and month, and every year ♪

♪ I'll be there for you ♪

♪ To guide you along ♪

♪ I'll be there for you ♪

♪ To help you grow big and strong ♪

♪ I'll be there for you ♪

♪ 'Cause your dad loves you ♪

♪ Dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad ♪

♪ I love you ♪

- Could there be anything better than being a dad?

(characters laughing)

- [Elmo] Oh, Elmo loves you, Daddy.

- [Louie] I love you, too.

(crickets chirping)