Ernie the Elevator - Version 2
Ernie the elevator was brand new.
He lived in a shiny new three story building.
He took people up and down.
Ernie the elevator loved to take children
Up, up, up.
Ernie the elevator loved to take children
Down, down, down.
Ernie especially liked Manny and Dean.
They lived on the second floor.
Their mother would bring them down
In their baby stroller.
Ernie opened the door -
The door would go "shusshh."
Ernie closed the door -
The door would go 'husshh."
Manny and Dean liked to hear
The sounds of Ernie the elevator.
One day some workmen brought
Heavy boxes into the elevator.
Ernie worked very hard
To push the boxes upstairs.
He was very tired.
Ernie was not the same after that.
Each time he went to open the door
He would go "groooaan."
Manny and Dean liked this new sound, too.
It sounded a lot like their grandma
When she got up from her chair
And when she sat down in her chair.
One day little Dean and Manny were crying
For no good reason.
But when they heard Ernie groan,
They began to laugh instead.
Time went by and little Manny and Dean
Moved away.
The shiny new building became old.
Ernie the elevator's groan became louder.
But Ernie never stopped working hard
To bring people up, up, up
And to bring people down, down, down.
As a matter of fact,
Next time you are in South Beach
On Collins Avenue
And you just happen to be
In a three story building
And it just happens that the elevator
Goes "grooaan," when you go inside,
You'll know that this is the building
Where little Manny and Dean used to live.
You'll know that this elevator
Is none other than Ernie, the groaning elevator.
So just remember that no matter
How old you are
You are still loved for who you are
Even if you groan (or cry) a lot.
