[Intro] [doorbell rapid, clavinet stab, slap bass walks in] Yeah... leave the light on You already lost [Verse 1] Porch light buzzin', bowl in my hand Plastic fangs, a cardboard wand That part's easy, that part's planned Painted faces, nothin' wrong Then the sidewalk starts to breathe Tiny capes from end to end One says boo, the next says please And neither one of them intends to leave [Pre-Chorus] I can take a ghost, I can take a ghoul I cannot take a sugar-fueled platoon [Chorus] What's the scariest thing on Halloween? Not the costumes, not the dark between It's the kids, it's the kids, it's the kids at the door Forty little monsters yellin' more, more, more Mask comes off, the night gets mean Scariest thing on Halloween [Verse 2] Parents hover like a polite police "Just one street," they swear, then three I am countin' fun-size like a cease And the count is losin' bad to me Someone cries, someone trades a bar Someone rings before I shut the screen I got cobwebs, I got a rubber scar I did not budget for a stampede [Pre-Chorus] Fake blood washes, fake screams end Real ones reboot every time you say "and?" [Chorus] What's the scariest thing on Halloween? Not the costumes, not the dark between It's the kids, it's the kids, it's the kids at the door Empty bowl, full street, they're comin' back for more Mask comes off, the night gets mean Scariest thing on Halloween [Bridge] [music box, bass drops to a walk, doorbell keeps hitting] Turn the light off They still know Turn the light off Here they go I feared the dark I feared the dead I should've feared the neighborhood instead [Final Chorus] What's the scariest thing on Halloween? Not the costumes It's the kids, it's the kids, it's the kids at the door Lock it, kill it, they're still yellin' more I survived the masks I did not survive the scene Scariest thing on Halloween [Outro] [doorbell fades under clavinet, one last slap] ...and they brought friends
