I Gotta Be Clean

He's got to be clean

He's got to be clean, ah-ah!

I wash my hands

Whenever I eat

And in the bath I wash my ears

My elbows, and feet

I gotta be clean!

I gotta be clean!

It's healthy and keen!

I gotta be clean! (Oh-oh)

Oh, yes, sir!

I start each day

By brushing my teeth (Brush, brush)

Gettin' the plaque and stuff off

The smile underneath ('Neath)

I gotta be clean (Clean)

And I floss in between ('Tween)

Like a tree must be green (Green)

I gotta be clean (He's got to be clean!)

Each day's a fight

With the forces of dirt (Dirt, dirt, dirt)

Battling the smudge

And the smear and the squirt (Squirt, squirt, squirt)

What do I do when spaghetti's all over my shirt? Huh?! (Shirt, shirt, shirt)

(Does he just wear it and wear it and wear it for weeks?) No!

(Not Bert)

I wash it

Then I wear it!

I may be sad

I may be beat

I may be cross or tired or mad

But I'll always be neat

I gotta be clean (He's got to be clean)

Like all pigeons I've seen

Or a fresh nectarine

Or some laundry's that's been

Through a washing machine

I gotta be clean! (He's got to be...ahhh!)