Tall Enough Lyrics - Sesame Street

I remember back when I was very small 

There used to be this light switch in the hall 

I was much too short to reach it so I couldn't turn on the light 

My mom would have to turn it off at bedtime ev'ry night 

And of course my dad could reach it and my sister could reach it too 

But somehow I was just too small and what was I to do? 

Well time went by and I just grew and grew 

And I was tall enough - yes I was tall enough 

I could stretch and reach the light switch in the hall enough 

And I must have turned it on and off a hundred times a day 'cause I was 

Tall enough 

Hooray 

Momma kept a sack of birdseed on a shelf 

That everyone could reach except myself 

I would stand up on my tip toes but I wouldn't quite reach the sack 

It's not much fun to be too short to get yourself a snack 

And of course my dad could reach it and my sister could reach it too 

But somehow I was just too small and what was I to do? 

Well time went by and I just grew and grew 

And I was tall enough 

I could stretch and reach that shelf up on the wall enough 

And I bet I must have had a hundred snacks that happy day 'cause I was 

Tall enough 

Hooray 

So if you can't reach the shelf up on the wall 

Well no one can when they are young and small 

'Cause everyone starts out little and then ev'ryone grows and grows 

It's something very simple, something ev'rybody knows yes 

Your dad was really little once your sister was little too 

And even I was little once and then I grew and grew 

And right now you're just tall enough for you 

Oh yes you're tall enough - exactly tall enough 

Exactly far enough and thin enough and small enough 

And although you're growing taller in your very special way 

Still you are tall enough today 

Yes you're tall enough 

Hoo-ray