Sesame Street
The Safety Boy Blues
Baby Ray (spoken):
You see, I know that there are lots of things that I will try to do. But there is one thing Roosevelt taught me never to do. And Roosevelt better tell you all about it
Roosevelt Franklin:
Never cross
Any street
Not if you see the light is red
Tell you why
Cause a, a truck might knock you
Into the hospital bed
I hope you listen to Roosevelt Franklin
Children look left
Also look right
Just before you cross the street
You know because a fast moving car
That's one of those cars you don't want to meet
Be careful, be careful, be careful, be careful
If you came
Up from the country
Where the road was the easy, slow kind
Let me tell you, a city street is like a beehive
Where the bees have gone out of their mind
Please be careful from it children
Which reminds me to tell you don't
Don't dash out between my car
Listen to Roosevelt Franklin because that's how you get hurt
Don't climb down sewers after a ball
You may never get out of the sewer
What's the matter with you?
Don't hang out windows, you'll fall out
Watch out for broken glass and busted bottles
They'll cut you, don't you know
And listen
When it's too much
Too much of the traffic coming
And you're not sure if you should cross
Get up and go on home
What's the difference?
See it's just a little time lost
Ooh, that's the safety boy blues