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lyrics

another trip around the block
we race against the midnight clock
you take my mask, i don your cape
this ploy requires unfamiliar shapes
returning to the same front doors
we'd trick-or-treated hours before
and one by one the neighbors pour
the candied sweets and chocolate treats galore
but as i marveled at our feat
we must've wandered off the street
for now the only house i see
is draped in night and tucked amongst the trees
i hesitate and then i hear
a thrash of leaves - you've disappeared
but i've no time to call your name
something's come out from that house, and it's heading my way

i'm paralyzed with shock and fear
with patient strides, it's drawing near
my pillowcase of treats in hand
the last defense against this demon-man
i break the trance and back away
said "i'm sorry to be out so late"
and when he laughed i saw his face
and felt such fright that i took flight while the monster made chase

he had a pumpkin head
with hollow eyes of flame
he smelled of rot and death
i felt his breath when he screamed my name
the moon was full and red
i thought i had escaped
but when i turned to look, his fingers tore my cape

i made it out somehow
and met my friend in town
we never found that house
just candy wrappers on the ground

devil's got a sweet tooth
and my pillowcase, too

so next year when i trick-or-treat
i'll settle for one round of sweets
just stick to the familiar streets
and stay away from pumpkin-headed creeps

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from Songs of the Pumpkin Boy vol. II, released October 9, 2017
lyrics / music / performance / production by michael foxtrot johnson

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