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From Angel to Zombie: A Halloween Song for Every Letter of the Alphabet
The only time you’ll see Meat Loaf and XTC together
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Don’t have a play list for your Halloween party yet? Encore is here to help, with a Halloween-related song for every letter of the alphabet. Sure, some of the songs don’t really fit, but you try finding a word that begins with “Q” or “Y” that has anything to do with All Hallows’ Eve….And don’t say “yeti”!
A(ngel of Death)
“Angel of Death” by Hank Williams
In the great book of John, you’re warned of the day
When you’ll be laid beneath the cold clay
The angel of death will come from the sky
And claim your poor soul when the time comes to die
B(at)
“Bat Out of Hell” by Meat Loaf
Like a bat out of Hell
I’ll be gone when the morning comes
When the night is over
Like a bat out of Hell, I’ll be gone gone gone
Like a bat out of Hell, I’ll be gone when the morning comes
But when the day is done
And the sun goes down
And the moonlight’s shining through
Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven
I’ll come crawling on back to you
C(emetery)
“Cemetery Gates” by the Smiths
A dreaded sunny day
So I meet you at the cemetery gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side
While Wilde is on mine
D(eath)
“Death Comes Ripping” by the Misfits
Death comes ripping
And it’s going, death comes ripping
You feel the heat as death comes ripping
Rip your back out
And death comes ripping out
E(xorcism)
“East Coast/West Coast Killas” by Dr. Dre and Nas
Focus on your rap holsters, notice
I’m evil like the Exorcist to the locusts
F(reddy Krueger)
“Nightmare on My Street” by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
Now I have a story that I’d like to tell
About this guy y’all know he had me scared as hell
He comes to me at night after I crawl into bed
He’s burnt up like a weenie and his name is Fred
G(houl)
“I Wanna Be Your Ghoulfriend” by Zombina and the Skeletones
Will I ever see your pale complexion,
Get to kiss that twisted mouth.
So, if you let me be your ghoulfriend,
I’ll never let you down.
H(alloween)
“This Is Halloween” by the Cast of The Nightmare Before Christmas
This is Halloween, everybody make a scene
Trick or treat ’til the neighbors gonna die of fright
It’s our town, everybody scream
In this town of Halloween
I(nfect)
“Nuclear Infected” by Alice Cooper
I’m nuclear infected
I really don’t mind
I come up when the sun goes down
And have a real good time
J(ack-O’-Lantern)
“Burn Up” by Siouxsie and the Banshees
All fire and brimstone
This jack-o-lantern
He likes to watch the buildings burn
K(iller)
“Psycho Killer” by the Talking Heads
I can’t seem to face up to the facts
I’m tense and nervous and I can’t relax
I can’t sleep ’cause my bed’s on fire
Don’t touch me, I’m a real live wire
L(eatherface)
“Chainsaw” by the Ramones
Texas chainsaw massacre
They took my baby away from me
But she’ll never get out of there
She’ll never get out of there
I don’t care, wohoho
M(onster)
“Monster Mash” by Bobby “Boris” Pickett
Now everything’s cool, Drac’s a part of the band
And my monster mash is the hit of the land
For you, the living, this mash was meant, too
When you get to my door, tell them Boris sent you
N(osferatu)
“Nosferatu” by Blue Öyster Cult
He screamed with fear, he’d stayed too long in her room
The morning sun had come too soon
The spell was broken with a kiss of doom
He vanished into dust, left her all alone
Only a woman can break his spell
Pure in heart, who will offer herself
To Nosferatu
O(gre)
“Ogre Battle” by Queen
Come tonight
Come to the ogre site
Come to the ogre battle fight
P(umpkin)
“The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead” by XTC
Peter Pumpkinhead pulled them all
Emptied churches and shopping malls
Where he spoke, it would raise the roof
Peter Pumpkinhead told the truth
Q(uiver)
“Quiver” by Theory of a Deadman (yeah, Q’s tough…)
Well it’s me, myself and I
Quiver at the thought of you
Me, myself and I
Quiver at the thought of being alone
R(eaper)
“Let’s Go Crazy” by Prince and the Revolution (can’t include two songs by Blue Öyster Cult)
And when we do (when we do)
What’s it all for? (what’s it all for?)
You better live now
Before the Grim Reaper come knocking on your door
S(cream)
“Scream” by Michael and Janet Jackson
Stop pressurin’ me
Just stop pressurin’ me
Stop pressurin’ me
Make you just wanna scream
T(rick or Treat)
“Girls Girls Girls” by Mötley Crüe
Trick or treat, sweet to eat
On Halloween and New Year’s Eve
Yankee girls ya just can’t be beat
But they’re the best when they’re off their feet
U(ndead)
“Bela Lugosi’s Dead” by Bauhaus
The bats have left the bell tower
The victims have been bled
Red velvet lines the black box
Bela Lugosi’s dead
Undead undead undead
V(ampire)
“Vampire Blues” by Neil Young
I’m a vampire, babe
Suckin’ blood from the earth
I’m a vampire, baby
Suckin’ blood from the earth
Well, I’m a vampire, babe
Sell you 20 barrels worth
W(olfman)
“Wolfman Jack” by Todd Rundgren
Now you maybe want a man who throws ’round his money
But he ain’t as cool as Wolfman Jack
And you might want yourself a man
Who don’t act so funny
But he ain’t your fool like Wolfman Jack
X(ylophone)
Just watch this.
Y(ell)
“Rebel Yell” by Billy Idol
In the midnight hour, she cried,”More, more, more”
With a rebel yell, she cried, “More, more, more”
Z(ombies)
“Night of the Living Dead” by the Misfits
You think you’re a zombie
You think it’s a scene
From some monster magazine