Just Because
Sesame Street Lyrics

This looks like a good place to put this letter Y. It's a letter that comes after X and just before Z. I bet Grover doesn't know what this letter is!
The girl is looking for a place to put the letter Y. She describes it as the letter that comes after X and just before Z. She bets that Grover has no idea what the letter is.

Skedaddle... skedaddle... skaddle-UP! I bet you think Grover does not know what this letter is.
Grover chants and says that people are thinking he doesn't know what the letter Y is.

Well, Grover, do you?
The girl asks Grover if he knows what the letter Y is.

No.
Grover admits that he doesn't know what the letter Y is.

I didn't think so.
The girl responds by saying she didn't think Grover would know what the letter Y is.

It's very pretty! It starts out with one line at the bottom and splits into two lines at the top.
Grover describes the letter Y as pretty and explains its shape - a single line at the bottom that splits into two lines at the top.

That's what it looks like. But what is this letter called?
The girl acknowledges that Grover described the letter Y, but still asks what it is called.

I do not know. Tell me.
Grover admits again that he doesn't know what the letter is and asks the girl to tell him.

Y. Because I want to know.
The girl responds with the letter Y and says the reason why she is telling Grover is because he wants to know.

So I can be smart. Please tell me.
Grover further explains that he wants to know what the letter is so that he can be smart and asks the girl to tell him.

I already did!
The girl tells Grover that she already told him what the letter is.

You did?
Grover asks the girl if she already told him what the letter Y is.

Hmm-hmm.
The girl confirms that she did tell Grover already.

Would you tell me again?
Grover asks the girl to tell him again what the letter Y is.

Because I did not hear you before.
Grover explains that he didn't hear the girl the first time she told him what the letter Y is, asking her to tell him again.

Y.
The girl repeats that the letter is Y.

Because I want to know.
Grover repeats that he wants to know what the letter is.

I don't know! Maybe my ears are on backwards! How should I know?!
Grover gets frustrated and says he doesn't know, suggesting that maybe his ears are on backwards and asking how he's supposed to know.

Grover, let me give you a little hint.
The girl tries to help Grover by giving him a hint.

All right.
Grover agrees to let the girl give him a hint.

This is the letter that you hear at the beginnings of words like yellow, yarn, year, and yo-yo.
The girl describes the letter Y as the one that you hear at the beginnings of words like yellow, yarn, year, and yo-yo.

Hmm... It has a cute little yih-yih sound, but I do not know what it is called.
Grover makes a sound that imitates the letter Y and acknowledges that it has a cute little sound, but still doesn't know what it is called.

Maybe because NO ONE WILL TELL ME!
Grover still doesn't understand what the letter Y is and suggests that maybe no one will tell him.

why!
The girl responds by saying the letter is Y and playfully repeating the sound 'why' to mess with Grover.

How should I know?! Maybe no one likes me!
Grover expresses frustration and suggests that maybe no one likes him and that's why no one is telling him what the letter Y is.

I don't know why no one likes me! I try to be so nice...
Grover gets upset and wonders why no one likes him, even though he tries to be nice.

The answer is why! why-why-why! The letter is called why, like W, X, why, Z!
The girl reveals that the letter is called 'why', which sounds like the word 'Y', and lists the order of the alphabet with the letter Y included.

...That's the letter why?
Grover asks the girl to confirm that the letter is called 'why'.

That's what I've been trying to tell you!
The girl confirms that she has been trying to tell Grover that the letter is called 'why'.

... I am sooo embarrassed...
Grover is embarrassed that he didn't know what the letter Y is.