Hallows Eve

Throughout the year
We shrink from our fear
Hide from our demons
Till the daylight appears
But on one hallowed night
When the moon is just right
We seek out the darkness
Welcome the fright

On this Hallows Eve
I'll make friends with the ghosts
I'll gather the monsters
And raise up a toast
A feast for the ages and I'll be the host
So come one, come all this Halloween
Come one, come all this year

I'll start with the monster
From under my bed
Though we haven't spoken
Since I was a kid
And I'll tell him to bring all his scariest friends
The famous and the feared
Come one, come all this year

We'll fling the message far
To the goblins where they are
From the vampires in the East
To the garden of the Beast

Now it's Halloween night
And the ghouls have arrived
The werewolves of London
The ghosts of Versailles
If you invite Jekyll you also get Hyde
The demented and the dear
But come one, come all this year

Godzilla is picking a fight with King-Kong
And Medusa and Hydra just don't get along
It so happens the Kraken is gifted in song
And he sings them all to cheer
Come one, come all this year

The bogles and banshees are briefly ensnared
By the Boogeyman's pageant of cheap party scares
And Rochester's wife is descending the stairs
"My god," she says through tears
"I'm not alone this year!"

The Sirens play guitar
For the gargoyles at the bar
They pass the spirits round
As the Triffids hand them down
Quasimodo is only a ringer of bells
And the witches of Salem don't know any spells
Boo Radley would gladly just keep to himself
So let's pour them all a beer
Come one, come all this year

Bigfoot and Grendel though transcontinental
Are sharing a moment that's quite sentimental
And the great chupacabra lights his candelabra
And dances 'till first morning light

Daybreak arrives with the fading of ghosts
And Count Dracula is the last one to go
I bid him farewell and I hand him his coat
And with a wink he says, "My dear
We'll meet again next year, don't you fear
Come one, come all next year!"