- Oh, welcome to Sesame Street.
It's New Year's Eve.
♪ It's the ending of the old year ♪
♪ The beginning of the new ♪
(upbeat music)
♪ There's lots of fun to have tonight ♪
♪ And lots of things to do ♪
(laughing)
♪ We're gonna have a countdown with everybody here ♪
♪ And then they'll shout our real, real loud ♪
♪ Happy new year ♪
♪ Happy, happy, happy new year ♪
♪ It's the one night of the year ♪
♪ Elmo gets to stay up late ♪
♪ Yeah baby, come on ♪
♪ We're all up way past bedtime ♪
♪ I know, isn't it great, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ And even though it's nighttime ♪
♪ We all are still allowed ♪
♪ To make a lot of noisy noise ♪
♪ And shout out real, real loud ♪
♪ Happy new year ♪
♪ Happy, Happy, happy new year ♪
♪ Making wishes for the new year's what this night's about ♪
♪ That's right, and when the new year's here ♪
♪ Then we will laugh and shout ♪
♪ Happy new year ♪
♪ Happy, happy, happy new year ♪
Elmo can stay awake.