Paper Makin' Lyrics - Sesame Street

This here's a story about paper makin' 

And this little class that I've been takin' 

We make paper but not out of trees 

We use old rags and dungerees 

How do we do it? 

You'll see 

First we cut 'em into pieces that are kind of small 

Then we put 'em in a beater than beats 'em all 

Turns 'em into pulp that is kinda like soup 

Then we pour it into buckets and we stir up the goop 

Sounds fun, right? 

Then we take a wooden frame and we dip it in the mix 

And we shake out the water, that's how we get our kicks 

Then we open up the frame and slap it on the tray 

First I had a little trouble, but, it turned out okay 

Not as easy as it looks 

Then we stack it in a press 

And we tighten the screws 

This flattens the paper 

And the water gets excused 

We open up the press 

Take our paper off the pile 

And we stick it on the window (sounds like "winda") 

And we leave it there a while 

Paper's dryin' now 

The pink one's mine 

We take our paper off the window once it's good and dry 

This takes a little doing 

Oh, and by the by 

See the different colors 

Reds, yellows and greens? 

Remember these were rags once 

And old blue jeans 

Really kind of amazin' 

Well, now our paper makin' day is done 

Hope you liked it, we had fun 

If you ever get the chance 

You should give it a try 

But now we gotta go 

So we're gonna say "good-bye" 

Kids: Bye!