Cynthia Erivo and 'Sesame Street's Oscar the Grouch sing 'It's Not Easy Bein' Green.' Watch their duet here.
) can relate to each other when it comes to being green — so why not sing about it together? Just ahead of the opening weekend ofis famously green, just like Oscar, though Erivo appears as herself in this performance of the oft-covered, Joe Raposo-penned song. Among the many covers of “Bein’ Green” that have been recorded over the years are versions by Frank Sinatra , Van Morrison , Diana Ross , Ray Charles , Don Henley and Tony Bennett .
In this version, Oscar — who seems to just want to fit in with the neighborhood trash cans he frequents — sings, “It’s not easy bein’ green/ Having to spend each day the color of the leaves/ When I think it could be nicer being gray or rust or puce/ Or something much less colorful like that.
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