A song about a town known for it's Halloween tourism and the tragic tales of those who live there. Lyrics and vocals song artwork by Ian Michalski. Music is from a backing track found on YouTube.
Lyrics
Haunted sounds are played on stereos
And the chill of coming winter through my town
Tonight outside my window people hide behind their masks
Acting as if they don’t wear them all year round
With alcoholic cider in their goodie bags
All the ghostly tourists come around to play
And we who make our homes here with our families and friends
Just hope these freaks don’t speak to us and stay away
People come to watch the hallows eve parade
In all the lovely costumes they have made
Every skeleton from every closets here
On the one night they can gather without fear
Our town is known for its dark history
Ever since the days of pious puritans
Here many innocents died needlessly
Sure its tragic, but it brings the money in
In all our cemeteries you can see
Crumbling monuments for young lives that were lost
And if there is a fine for human cruelty
These poor unfortunates have paid the cost
People come to watch the hallows eve parade
In all the lovely costumes they have made
Every skeleton from every closets here
On the one night they can gather without fear
Let me lead you round our crooked streets
And you’ll see the local color we can glean
There’s the mansion of the widow Montieth
It’s been 50 years or more since she’s been seen
They say that she’s been married countless times
And each time her husband met a tragic fate
And now for love she sits alone and pines
Or perhaps she’s lying dead in that estate
People come to watch the hallows eve parade
In all the lovely costumes they have made
Every skeleton from every closets here
On the one night they can gather without fear
Every story that I tell tonight
Is depicted as the grand parade goes by
Just dig the music and the pretty lights
Its not your place to dig too deep or wonder why
Come the morning you will leave this place
and go back to the aimless drudgery you know
My only hope is that on foggy nights
You are reminded of our most amazing show
Those who come home from the hallows eve parade
End up looking for a piece of them that stayed
We take these pieces and we lock them all away
You will find them here when you return someday