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.
Category:Fan Fiction
Category:Avenue Q
Category:Musicals
Category:Songs
Category:Toonwriter