SONG: Jack s Lament
ARTIST: Danny Elfman
From the musical, The Nightmare Before Christmas
There are few who d deny
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At what I do I am the best
For my talents are renowned far and wide
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When it comes to suprises
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On a moonlit night
I excel without ever even trying
With the slightest little effort
Of my ghost like charms
I have seen grown men give out a shriek
With the wave of my hand
And a well placed moan
I have swept the very bravest off their feet
Yet year after year
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It s the same routine
And I grow so weary
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Of the sound of screams
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And I
JACK..THE PUMPKIN KING
Have grown so tired of the same
old
thing
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Oh somewhere deep inside of these bones
An emptiness began to grow
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There s something out there far from my home
A longing that I ve never known
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I m a master of fright and a demon of light
And I ll scare you right out of your pants
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To a guy in Kentucky, I m Mister Unlucky
And I m known throughout England and France
And since I am dead, I can take off my head
To recite Shakesperean quotations
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No animal nor man can SCREAM like I can
With the fury of my recitations
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But who here would ever understand
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That the Pumpkin King with the skeleton grin
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Would tire of his crown, If they only
understood
He d give it all up, if he only
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could....
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Oh theres an empty place in my bones
That calls out for something unknown
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The fame and praise come year after year
Does nothing for these empty tears....