I Hope That Something Better Comes Along

ROWLF: Evenin'. You look like you could use a drink.

KERMIT: Yeah, I'd like a grasshopper please.

ROWLF: Hey, can we have a grasshopper for the frog.

KERMIT: Ah, that's Kermit. Kermit the frog.

ROWLF: Oh, Rowlf. Rowlf the dog. Pleased to meet you. (some fancy piano-playing) I'm no Heifetz, but I get by. Lemme guess, broken heart, right?

KERMIT: Does it show?

ROWLF: Listen, when you've been tickling the ivories for as long as I have, you've seen a broken heart for every drop of rain, a shattered dream for every falling star.

KERMIT: Exactly. She just walked out on me.

ROWLF: Yeah, typical. That's why I live alone.

KERMIT: You do, huh?

ROWLF: You bet. I finish work, I go home, read a book, have a coupla beers, take myself for a walk and go to bed.

KERMIT: Nice and simple.

ROWLF: Stay away from women, that's my motto.

KERMIT: But I can't!

ROWLF: Neither can I. That's my trouble.

    You can't live with 'em, you can't live without 'em
    There's something irresistible-ish about 'em
    We grin and bear it 'cause the nights are long
    I hope that something better comes along


KERMIT: I see what you mean. It's no good complaining, and pointless to holler

ROWLF: If she's a beauty she'll get under your collar

KERMIT: She made a monkey out of old King Kong

BOTH: I hope that something better comes along

ROWLF:
    Oh, but what could be better than a saucy Irish Setter
    When puppy love comes on strong
    Or a collie that's classy - a laddie needs a Lassie
    A lover and wife gives you a new leash on life


KERMIT: (uh, was that "a new *leash* on life"?)

ROWLF: (oh yeah. Sorry about that. 2, 3, 4...)

KERMIT: I don't mean to scare you, my friend, but I betcha. Come Fathers' Day the litter bug's gonna getcha

ROWLF: The urge is righteous but the face is wrong

BOTH: I hope that something better comes along

KERMIT: Still, it's fun when you're fetchin', and agree to see an etching, that you keep at your lilly pad. There is no solution, it's part of evolution

ROWLF: The pitter-patter of soles, the little feet of tadpoles

KERMIT: (uh, Rowlf, tadpoles don't have feet)

ROWLF: (oh, sorry about that. 2, 3, 4...)

KERMIT: There's no limitation to mixin' and matchin'

ROWLF: Some get an itchin' for a critter they've been scratchin'. A skunk was badgered the results were strong

BOTH:
    I hope that something better
    I hope that something better
    I hope that something better comes along


ROWLF: Not often do you see a guy that green got the blues that bad...