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It's not that easy bein' green,
having to spend each day the color of the leaves,
when I think it would be nicer bein' red, or yellow, or
gold, or something much more colorful like that.

It's not easy bein' green. It seems you blend in with so many other
ordinary things, and people tend to pass you
over 'cause you're not standing out like flashy
sparkles on the water, or stars in the sky.

But green is the color of spring, and green can be cool and
friendly like,
and green can be big like an ocean
or important like a mountain, or tall like a tree

When green is all there is to be, it could make you
wonder why. But why wonder, why wonder? I am green, and it'll do fine.
It's beautiful, and I think it's what I want to be.

"Being Green" -- Words and music by Joe Raposo

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November 13, 1969

The PBS children's show was in its first season when a soon-to-be-famous amphibian
bared his insecurities in a wistful ballad about self-acceptance
("It's not easy bein' green/It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things"),
written by Street's music director, Joe Raposo. "The show really grew out of idealism,
and this is an idealistic song," says former exec producer Dulcy Singer.

"It has a meaning for everybody."

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