Narrator:'Twas a long time ago, longer now than it seems, in a place that perhaps you've seen in your dreams.  For the story that you are about to be told, took place in the holiday worlds of old.  Now, you've probably wondered where holidays come from.  If you haven't, I'd say it's time you g*n.

This Is Halloween

Shadow: Boys and girls of every age Wouldn't you like to see something strange?

Siamese Shadow:  Come with us and you will see This, our town of Halloween

Pumpkin Patch Chorus: This is Halloween, this is Halloween Pumpkins scream in the d*ad of night

Ghosts: This is Halloween, everybody make a scene Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright It's our town, everybody scream In this town of Halloween

Creature Under Bed: I am the one hiding under your bed Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red

Man Under The Stairs: I am the one hiding under your stairs Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair

Corpse Chorus: This is Halloween, this is Halloween Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

Vampires: In this town we call home Everyone hail to the pumpkin song

Mayor: In this town, don't we love it now? Everybody's waiting for the next surprise

Corpse Chorus:Round that corner, man hiding in the trash can Something's waiting now to pounce, and how you'll scream

Harlequin Demon, Werewolf, and Melting man Scream! This is Halloween Red 'n' black, slimy green

Werewolf: Aren't you scared?

Witches: Well, that's just fine Say it once, say it twice Take the chance and roll the dice Ride with the moon in the d*ad of night

Hanging Tree: Everybody scream, everybody scream

Hanged Men: In our town of Halloween

Clown:I am the Clown with the tear-away face Here in a flash and gone without a trace

Second Ghoul: I am the "who" when you call, "Who's there?" I am the wind bl*wing through your hair

Oogie Boogie Shadow: I am the Shadow on the moon at night Filling your dreams to the brim with fright

Corpse Chorus:This is Halloween, this is Halloween Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

Child Corpse Trio: Tender lumplings everywhere Life's no fun without a good scare

Parent Corpses: That's our job, but we're not mean In our town of Halloween

Corpse Chorus:In this town

Mayor: Don't we love it now?

Mayor with Corpse Chorus:Everyone's waiting for the next surprise

Corpse Chorus:Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back And scream like a banshee Make you jump out of your skin This is Halloween, everybody scream Won't ya please make way for a very special guy Our man Jack is king of the pumpkin patch Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King now

Everyone: This is Halloween, this is Halloween Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

Corpse Child Trio: In this town we call home Everyone hail to the pumpkin song

Everyone: La la-la la, Halloween! Halloween! (etc.)

Everyone: [applause]

Witches:Cackling

Clown:It's over!

Behemoth: We did it!

[tummy bump]

Werewolf: Wasn't it terrifying?

Hyde & Cyclops: What a night!

Mayor: Great Halloween everybody.

Jack: I believe it was our most horrible yet!  Thank you everyone.

Mayor: No, thanks to  you, Jack.  Without your brilliant leadership - 

Jack: Not at all Mayor.

Vampire: (fat) You're such a scream, Jack

Witch: You're a Witch's fondest dream!

Witch: (little) You made walls fall, Jack

Witch: Walls fall?  You made the very mountains crack, Jack

Dr. Finkelstein: The deadly nightshade you slipped me wore off, Sally.  

Sally: Let go!

Dr. Finkelstein:You're not ready for so much excitement!

Sally: Yes I am!

Dr. Finkelstein:You're coming with me!

Sally: No I'm not! [Sally pulls out the thread that's holding her arm on]

Dr. Finkelstein:Come back here you foolish oaf!  Ow!

Creature From Black Lagoon: Ooo Jack, you make wounds ooze and flesh crawl.

Jack: Thank you, thank you, thank you -- very much

Mayor: Hold it!  We haven't given out the prizes yet!  Our first award goes to the Vampires for most blood drained in a single evening. [applause]

Mayor: A frightening and honorable mention goes to the fabulous Dark Lagoon leeches

Sax Player: Nice work, Bone Daddy.

Jack: Yeah, I guess so.  Just like last year and the year before that and the year before that.

[entering graveyard] 

	Jack's Lament

	Performed by Danny Elfman

There are few who'd deny, at what I do I am the best

For my talents are renowned far and wide

When it comes to surprises in the moonlit night

I excel without ever even trying

With the slightest little effort of my ghostlike 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, it's the same routine

And I grow so weary of the sound of screams

And I, Jack, the Pumpkin King

Have grown so tired of the same old thing

Oh, somewhere deep inside of these bones

An emptiness began to grow

There's something out there, far from my home

A longing that I've never known

I'm the master of fright, and a demon of light

And I'll scare you right out of your pants

To a guy in Kentucky, I'm Mister Unlucky

And I'm known throughout England and France

And since I am d*ad, I can take off my head

To recite Shakespearean quotations

No animal nor man can scream like I can

With the fury of my recitations

But who here would ever understand

That the Pumpkin King with the skeleton grin

Would tire of his crown, if they only understood

He'd give it all up if he only could

Oh, there's an empty place in my bones

That calls out for something unknown

The fame and praise come year after year

Does nothing for these empty tears

[leaving graveyard and entering forest]

Sally: Jack, I know how you feel.  

[Sally gathers herbs]

[back at Dr. Finkelstein's castle]

Dr. Finkelstein:Sally, you've come back.

Sally: I had to.

Dr. Finkelstein:For this?

[showing her arm]

Sally: Yes.

Dr. Finkelstein:Shall we then. That's twice this month you've slipped deadly nightshade into my tea  and run off --

Sally: Three times!

Dr. Finkelstein:You're mine you know!  I made you with my own hands.

Sally: You can make other creations.  I'm restless, I can't help it.

Dr. Finkelstein:It's a phase my dear, it'll pass.  We need to be patient that's all.

Sally: But, I don't want to be patient.

[forest]

Zero: bark

Jack: No Zero, not now.  I'm not in the mood.

Zero: bark

Jack: All right.  [giving Zero a rib from himself]  Here ya go boy.

[Zero gets rib and shows off his nose]

[Back to Halloweentown]

Mayor: Morning gents [to the band]

[humming This Is Halloween, walks up to Jack's front door and rings bell]

Mayor: Jack, you home?

[getting worried, switches face and knocks with desperation then switch back to happy face]

Mayor: Jack?  I've got the plans for next Halloween.  I need to go over them  with you so we can get started.  

Mayor: (with worried face) Jack, please, I'm only an elected an official here, I can't make  decisions by myself.  Jack, answer me!!

[falls down steps]

Accordian Player: He's not home.

Mayor: Where is he?

Sax Player: He hasn't been home all night.

Mayor: ooooo

[back to forest]

Jack: (yawning)  Where are we?  It's someplace new.

Zero: bark bark

Jack: What is this?

[Jack sees Valentine's tree, shamrock tree, Easter egg tree, turkey tree]

Jack: [gasps]

[sees Xmas tree]

[turns knob and gets sucked in]

Zero: bark bark

Jack: Whoa!!!!

	What's This?

	Performed by Danny Elfman

What's this? What's this?

There's color everywhere

What's this?

There's white things in the air

What's this?

I can't believe my eyes

I must be dreaming

Wake up, Jack, this isn't fair

What's this?

What's this? What's this?

There's something very wrong

What's this?

There's people singing songs

What's this?

The streets are lined with

Little creatures laughing

Everybody seems so happy

Have I possibly gone daffy?

What is this? 

What's this?

There's children throwing snowballs

instead of throwing heads

They're busy building toys

And absolutely no one's d*ad

There's frost on every window

Oh, I can't believe my eyes

And in my bones I feel the warmth

That's coming from inside

Oh, look

What's this?

They're hanging mistletoe, they kiss

Why that looks so unique, inspired

They're gathering around to hear a story

Roasting chestnuts on a f*re

What's this?

What's this?

In here they've got a little tree, how q*eer

And who would ever think

And why?

They're covering it with tiny little things

They've got electric lights on strings

And there's a smile on everyone

So, now, correct me if I'm wrong

This looks like fun

This looks like fun

Oh, could it be I got my wish?

What's this?

Oh my, what now?

The children are asleep

But look, there's nothing underneath

No ghouls, no Witches here to scream and scare them

Or ensnare them, only little cozy things

Secure inside their dreamland

What's this?

The monsters are all missing

And the nightmares can't be found

And in their place there seems to be

Good feeling all around

Instead of screams, I swear

I can hear music in the air

The smell of cakes and pies

Are absolutely everywhere

The sights, the sounds

They're everywhere and all around

I've never felt so good before

This empty place inside of me is filling up

I simply cannot get enough

I want it, oh, I want it

Oh, I want it for my own

I've got to know

I've got to know

What is this place that I have found?

What is this?

Christmas Town, hmm...

Sandy Claws: Ho Ho Ho Ho ho ho ho ho

Jack: hmm..

[Halloweentown]

Clown:This has never happened before.

Witch: It's suspicious.

Witch: (little) It's peculiar.

Vampires: It's scary.

Mayor: Stand aside.

Werewolf: grrrr

Mayor: Coming through.  We've got find Jack.  There's only 365 days left till  next Halloween.

Werewolf: 364!

Mayor: Is there anywhere we've forgotten to check?

Clown:I looked in every mausoleum.

Witches:We opened the sarcophagi.

Hyde: I tromped through the pumpkin patch.

Vampire: I peeked behind the Cyclops's eye.  I did!  But he wasn't there.

Mayor: It's time to sound the alarms.

[Dr. Finkelstein's castle]

Sally: Frog's breath will overpower any odor.  Bitter.  [coughing]  Worm's  wart.  Where's that worm's wart?

Dr. Finkelstein:Sally, that soup ready yet?

Sally: Coming....lunch

Dr. Finkelstein:Ah, what's that?  Worm's wart, mmm, and...frog's breath.

Sally: What's wrong?  I-I thought you liked frog's breath.

Dr. Finkelstein:Nothing's more suspicious than frog's breath. Until you taste it I won't swallow a spoonful.

Sally: I'm not hungry... [knocking spoon]  Oops!

Dr. Finkelstein:You want me to starve.  An old man like me who hardly has strength as it  is.  Me, to whom you owe your very life.

Sally: Oh don't be silly.  [eats soup with trick spoon]  Mmmm, see.  Scrumptious.

[Dr. Finkelstein eats soup] 

[Halloween]

Mayor: Did anyone think to dredge the lake?

Vampire: Ah, this morning!

Zero: barks

Witch: Hear that?

Witch: (little) What?

Witch: Shh!

Zero: barks

Vampire: Zero!

[fanfare as Jack: and Zero arrive]

Kid: Jack's back!

Mayor: Where have you been?

Jack: Call a town meeting and I'll tell everyone all about it.

Mayor: When?

Jack: Immediately!

Mayor: [in his Mayor truck] Town meeting, town meeting, town meeting tonight, town meeting tonight

[at meeting]

Clown:[giggles as he hits Sally]

Jack: Listen everyone.  I want to tell you about Christmastown.

	Town Meeting Song

	Performed by Danny Elfman and Cast

Jack:

There are objects so peculiar

They were not to be believed

All around, things to tantalize my brain

It's a world unlike anything I've ever seen

And as hard as I try

I can't seem to describe

Like a most improbable dream

But you must believe when I tell you this

It's as real as my skull and it does exist

Here, let me show you

This is a thing called a present

The whole thing starts with a box

Devil:A box? is it steel?

Werewolf: Are there locks?

Harlequin Demon: Is it filled with a pox?

Devil, Werewolf, Harlequin Demon: A pox How delightful, a pox

Jack: If you please Just a box with bright-colored paper And the whole thing's topped with a bow

Witches:A bow? But why? How ugly What's in it? What's in it?

Jack: That's the point of the thing, not to know

Clown:It's a bat Will it bend?

Creature Under The Stairs: It's a rat Will it break?

Undersea Gal: Perhaps it s the head that I found in the lake

Jack: Listen now, you don't understand That's not the point of Christmas land 

Now, pay attention We pick up an oversized sock And hang it like this on the wall

Mr. Hyde: Oh, yes! Does it still have a foot?

Medium Mr. Hyde: Let me see, let me look

Small Mr. Hyde: Is it rotted and covered with gook?

Jack: Um, let me explain There's no foot inside, but there's candy Or sometimes it's filled with small toys

Mummy and Winged Demon: Small toys

Winged Demon: Do they bite?

Mummy: Do they snap?

Winged Demon: Or explode in a sack?

Corpse Kid: Or perhaps they just spring out And scare girls and boys

Mayor: What a splendid idea This Christmas sounds fun I fully endorse it Let's try it at once

Jack: Everyone, please now, not so fast There's something here that you don't quite grasp Well, I may as well give them what they want And the best, I must confess, I have saved for the last For the ruler of this Christmas land Is a fearsome king with a deep mighty voice Least that's what I've come to understand

And I've also heard it told That he's something to behold Like a lobster, huge and red When he sets out to slay with his rain gear on Carting bulging sacks with his big great arms That is, so I've heard it said

And on a dark, cold night Under full moonlight He flies into a fog Like a vulture in the sky And they call him Sandy Claws

Well, at least they're excited But they don't understand That special kind of feeling in Christmas land Oh, well...

[Jack's house]

Jack: There's got to be a logical way to explain this Xmas thing.

[Dr. Finkelstein's castle]

Dr. Finkelstein:You've poisoned me for the last time you wretched girl.

[locks Sally away]

[dingdong]

Dr. Finkelstein:Oh my head...the door is open.

Jack: Hel-lo

Dr. Finkelstein:Jack Skellington, up here my boy.

Jack: Dr. I need to borrow some equipment.

Dr. Finkelstein:Is that so, whatever for?

Jack: I'm conducting a series of experiments.

Dr. Finkelstein:How perfectly marvelous. Curiosity k*lled the cat, you know.

Jack: I know.

Dr. Finkelstein:Come on into the lab and we'll get you all fixed up.

Sally: Hmm. Experiments?

[Jack's house]

Jack: Zero, I'm home.

[Jack examines & experiments with Xmas stuff]

Jack: Interesting reaction....but what does it mean?

[Sally's room]

[after Sally jumps to give Jack his basket...]

Dr. Finkelstein:You can come out now if you promise to behave. Sally. Sally. Oooh! Gone again!

[Jack's house]

[Sally gives Jack his basket and sneaks off and picks a flower which catches on f*re]

	Jack's Obsession

	Performed by Danny Elfman and Cast

CITIZENS OF HALLOWEEN

Something's up with Jack

Something's up with Jack

Don't know if we're ever going to get him back

He's all alone up there

Locked away inside

Never says a word

Hope he hasn't died

Something's up with Jack

Something's up with Jack

Jack:

Christmas time is buzzing in my skull

Will it let me be? I cannot tell

There's so many things I cannot grasp

When I think I've got it, and then at last

Through my bony fingers it does slip

Like a snowflake in a fiery grip

Something here I'm not quite getting

Though I try, I keep forgetting

Like a memory long since past

Here in an instant, gone in a flash

What does it mean?

What does it mean?

In these little bric-a-brac

A secret's waiting to be cracked

These dolls and toys confuse me so

Confound it all, I love it though

Simple objects, nothing more

But something's hidden through a door

Though I do not have the key

Something's there I cannot see

What does it mean?

What does it mean?

What does it mean?

Hmm...

I've read these Christmas books so many times

I know the stories and I know the rhymes

I know the Christmas carols all by heart

My skull's so full, it's tearing me apart

As often as I've read them, something's wrong

So hard to put my bony finger on

Or perhaps it's really not as deep

As I've been led to think

Am I trying much too hard?

Of course! I've been too close to see

The answer's right in front of me

Right in front of me

It's simple really, very clear

Like music drifting in the air

Invisible, but everywhere

Just because I cannot see it

Doesn't mean I can't believe it

You know, I think this Christmas thing

It's not as tricky as it seems

And why should they have all the fun?

It should belong to anyone

Not anyone, in fact, but me

Why, I could make a Christmas tree

And there's no reason I can find

I couldn't handle Christmas time

I bet I could improve it too

And that's exactly what I'll do

Hee,hee,hee

Jack: Eureka!!  This year, Christmas will be ours!

Mayor: Patience, everyone.  Jack has a special Job for each of us. Dr. Finkelstein, your Xmas assignment is ready. Dr. Finkelstein to the front of the line.

Vampire:What kind of a noise is that for a baby to make?

Jack: Perhaps it can be improved?

Vampires: No problem!

Jack: I knew it!  Dr. thank you for coming.  We need some of these. [showing picture of Santa and sleigh]

Dr. Finkelstein: Hmm.. their construction should be exceedingly simple.  I think.

Mayor: How horrible our Xmas will be.

Jack: No--how jolly.

Mayor: [switches face] Oh, how jolly our Xmas will be.  [gets pelted]  What are you doing here?

Lock: Jack: sent for us.

Shock: Specifically.

Barrel: By name.

Lock: Lock

Shock: Shock

Barrel: Barrel

Mayor: Jack, Jack it's Oogie's boys!

Jack: Ah, Halloween's finest trick or treaters.  The job I have for you is top  secret.  It requires craft, cunning, mischief.

Shock: And we thought you didn't like us, Jack. [giggles]

Jack: Absolutely no one is to know about it.  Not a soul.  Now-- [whispers to LS&B]  And one more thing -- leave that no account OOogie Boogie out of this!

Barrel: Whatever you say, Jack.

Shock: Of course Jack.

Lock: Wouldn't dream of it Jack.

[all said with their fingers crossed]

	Kidnap the Sandy Claws

	Performed by Paul Reubens, Catherine O'Hara, and Danny Elfman

Lock, Shock, and Barrel:Kidnap Mr. Sandy Claws

Lock:I wanna do it

Barrel:Let's draw straws

Shock:Jack said we should work together Three of a kind

Lock, Shock, and Barrel:Birds of a feather Now and forever Wheeee La, la, la, la, la

Kidnap the Sandy Claws,Lock him up real tight Throw away the key and then Turn off all the lights

Shock:First, we're going to set some bait Inside a nasty trap and wait When he comes a-sniffing we will Snap the trap and close the gate

Lock:Wait! I've got a better plan To catch this big red lobster man Let's pop him in a boiling pot And when he's done we'll butter him up

Lock, Shock and Barrel:Kidnap the Sandy Claws Throw him in a box Bury him for ninety years Then see if he talks

Shock:Then Mr. Oogie Boogie Man Can take the whole thing over then He'll be so pleased, I do declare That he will cook him rare

Lock, Shock and Barrel:Wheeee

Lock: I say that we take a cannon Aim it at his door And then knock three times And when he answers Sandy Claws:will be no more

Shock:You're so stupid, think now lf we blow him up to smithereens We may lose some pieces And then Jack will b*at us black and green

Lock, Shock and Barrel:Kidnap the Sandy Claws Tie him in a bag Throw him in the ocean Then, see if he is sad

Lock and Shock:Because Mr. Oogie Boogie is the meanest guy around If I were on his Boogie list, I'd get out of town

Barrel:He'll be so pleased by our success That he'll reward us too, I'll bet

Lock, Shock and Barrel:Perhaps he'll make his special brew Of snake and spider stew Ummm!

We're his little henchmen and We take our job with pride We do our best to please him And stay on his good side

Shock:I wish my cohorts weren't so dumb

Barrel:I'm not the dumb one

Lock:You're no fun

Shock:Shut up

Lock:Make me

Shock:I've got something, listen now This one is real good, you'll see We'll send a present to his door Upon there'll be a note to read Now, in the box we'll wait and hide Until his curiosity entices him to look inside

Barrel: And then we'll have him One, two, three

Lock, Shock and Barrel:Kidnap the Sandy Claws, b*at him with a stick Lock him up for ninety years, see what makes him tick Kidnap the Sandy Claws, chop him into bits Mr. Oogie Boogie is sure to get his kicks Kidnap the Sandy Claws, see what we will see Lock him in a cage and then, throw away the key

Oogie Boogie:Sandy Claws..hahaha

[city hall]

Jack: It goes something like this.  [Jingle bells] How about it?  Think you can manage?

Person Inside Bass: a one, and a two, and a three, and a. . . 

[Jingle in a flat key by the band]

Mayor: Next!

Jack: Fantastic!  Now why don't you all practice on that and we'll be in great  shape. Sally, I need your help more than anyone's.  

Sally: You certainly do, Jack.  I had the most terrible vision.

Jack: That's splendid.

Sally: No, it was about your Xmas.  There was smoke and f*re.

Jack: That not my Xmas.  My Xmas is filled with laughter and joy and this--my Sandy Claws outfit.  I want you to make it.

Sally: Jack, please, listen to me--it's going to be a disaster.

Jack: How could it be--just follow the pattern.  This part is red, the trim is  white.

Sally: It's a mistake, Jack.

Jack: Now don't be modest, who else is clever enough to make my Sandy Claws:outfit.

Mayor: Next!

Jack: I have every confidence in you.

Sally: But it seems wrong to me, very wrong.

[to Behemoth]

Jack: This device is called a nutcracker.

Lock, Shock & Barrel:Jack, Jack we caught him we caught him.

Jack: Perfect!  Open it up.  Quickly!

[opens to reveal the Easter bunny]

Jack: That's not Sandy Claws!

Shock:It isn't?

Barrel:Who is it?

Behemoth: Bunny!

Jack: Not Sandy Claws...take him back!

Lock: We followed your instructions--

Barrel:we went through the door--

Jack: Which door?  There's more than one.  Sandy Claws is behind the door  shaped like this.  

[shows Xmas cookie in shape of tree]

Shock:I told you!

[LS&B start fighting]

Jack: Arr!!  [making scary face at LS&B]

Jack: I'm very sorry for the inconvenience, sir.  Take him home first  and apologize again.  Be careful with Sandy Claws when you fetch him.  Treat him nicely.

Lock, Shock & Barrel:Got it.  We'll get it right next time.

[Dr. Finkelstein's castle]

Dr. Finkelstein: You will be a decided improvement over that treacherous Sally.

Igor: Master, the plans.

Dr. Finkelstein: Excellent, Igor.

[throws him a dog bone]

	Making Christmas

	Performed by Danny Elfman and the Citizens of Halloween

Clown:This time, this time

Group: Making Christmas

Accordian Player: Making Christmas

Mayor: Making Christmas, making Christmas Is so fine

Group: It's ours this time And won't the children be surprised It's ours this time

Child Corpse: Making Christmas

Mummy: Making Christmas

Mummy and Corpse Child: Making Christmas

Witches:Time to give them something fun

Witches and Creature Lady: They'll talk about for years to come

Group: Let's have a cheer from everyone It's time to party

Duck Toy: Making Christmas, making Christmas

Vampires: Snakes and mice get wrapped up so nice With spider legs and pretty bows

Vampires and Winged Demon: It's ours this time

Corpse Father: All together, that and this

Corpse Father, Wolf Man: With all our tricks we're

Corpse Father, Wolf Man, Devil:Making Christmastime

Wolf Man: Here comes Jack

Jack: I don't believe what's happening to me My hopes, my dreams, my fantasies Hee, hee, hee, hee

Harlequin: Won't they be impressed, I am a genius See how I transformed this old rat Into a most delightful hat

Jack: Hmm, my compliments from me to you On this your most intriguing hat Consider though this substitute A bat in place of this old rat Huh! No, no, no, now that's all wrong This thing will never make a present It's been d*ad now for much too long Try something fresher, something pleasant Try again, don't give up

Three Mr. Hydes: All together, that and this With all our tricks we're making Christmastime

(Instrumental)

Group: This time, this time

Jack: It's ours!

Group: Making Christmas, making Christmas La, la, la It's almost here

Group and Wolf Man: And we can't wait

Group and Harlequin: So ring the bells and celebrate

Group: 'Cause when the full moon starts to climb We'll all sing out

Jack: It's Christmastime Hee, hee, hee

[Christmastown]

Sandy Claws: Kathleen, Bobby, Susie, yes, Susie's been nice.  Nice, nice, naughty, nice, nice, nice.  There are hardly any naughty children this year.

[door chime:  jingle all the way]

Sandy Claws: Now who could that be?

Lock, Shock & Barrel:Trick or treat!

Sandy Claws: Huh?

[back to Halloweentown]

[to Jack in Sandy garb]

Sally: You don't look like yourself Jack, not at all.

Jack: Isn't that wonderful.  It couldn't be more wonderful!

Sally: But you're the Pumpkin King.

Jack: Not anymore.  And I feel so much better now.

Sally: Jack, I know you think something's missing.  But --

[pricks Jack's finger with needle]

Sally: Sorry

Jack: You're right, something is missing but what?  I've got the beard, the  coat, the boots --

Lock, Shock & Barrel:Jack, Jack  this time we bagged him!

Lock: This time we really did!

Barrel:He sure is big Jack!

Shock:And heavy!

Sandy Claws:Let me out!

Jack: Sandy Claws in person.  What a pleasure to meet you.  Why you have  hands!  You don't have claws at all.

Sandy Claws:Where am I?

Jack: Surprised aren't you?  I knew you would be.  You don't need to have  another worry about Xmas this year.  

Sandy Claws:What?

Jack: Consider this a vacation Sandy,  a reward.  It's your turn to take it easy.

Sandy Claws:But there must be some mistake!

Jack: See that he's comfortable.  Just a second fellows.  Of course, that's  what I'm missing.  

Sandy Claws:But --

Jack: Thanks!  [took Sandy's hat]

Sandy Claws:You just can't...  Hold on where are we going now?

Jack: ho ho ho

Sally: This is worse than I thought, much worse.  I know...

Sandy Claws:Me?  On vacation on Xmas eve?

Barrel:Where are we taking him?

Sally: Where?

Lock: To Oogie boogie, of course.  There isn't anywhere in the whole world more comfortable than that and Jack: said to make him comfortable.  Didn't he?

Shock & Barrel:Yes he did.

Sandy Claws:Haven't you heard of peace on earth and good will toward men?

Lock, Shock & Barrel:No!

[Dr. Finkelstein's castle]

[getting fog juice] 

Sally: This'll stop Jack.

[working on new creation to replace Sally]

Dr. Finkelstein:What a joy to think of all we'll have in common.  We'll have  conversations worth having.

[Oogie's]

Lock, Shock & Barrel:[laughing]

Sandy Claws:Don't do this.  Naughty children never get any presents.

Shock:I think he might be too big.

Lock: No he's not.  If he can go down a chimney, he can fit down here!

[in Oogie's lair]

	Oogie Boogie's Song

	Performed by Ken Page with Ed lvory

Oogie Boogie:

Well, well, well, what have we here?

Sandy Claws, huh?

Oh, I'm really scared

So you're the one everybody's talkin' about, ha, ha

You're jokin', you're jokin'

I can't believe my eyes

You're jokin' me, you gotta be

This can't be the right guy

He's ancient, he's ugly

I don't know which is worse

I might just split a seam now

If I don't die laughing first

Mr. Oogie Boogie:says

There's trouble close at hand

You'd better pay attention now

'Cause I'm the Boogie Man

And if you aren't shakin'

There's something very wrong

'Cause this may be the last time

You hear the boogie song, ohhh

Three Skeletons: Ohhh

Oogie Boogie:Ohhh

Two Skeletons in Vice: Ohhh

Oogie Boogie:Ohhh

Three Bats: Ohhh, he's the Oogie Boogie Man

Santa: Release me now Or you must face the dire consequences The children are expecting me So please, come to your senses

Oogie Boogie:You're jokin', you're jokin' I can't believe my ears Would someone shut this fella up I'm drownin' in my tears It's funny, I'm laughing You really are too much And now, with your permission I'm going to do my stuff

Santa: What are you going to do?

Oogie Boogie:I'm gonna do the best I can

Oh, the sound of rollin' dice To me is music in the air 'Cause I'm a gamblin' Boogie Man Although I don't play fair

It's much more fun, I must confess With lives on the line Not mine, of course, but yours, old boy Now that'd be just fine

Santa: Release me fast or you will have to Answer for this heinous act

Oogie Boogie:Oh, brother, you're something You put me in a spin You aren't comprehending The position that you're in It's hopeless, you're finished You haven't got a prayer 'Cause I'm Mr. Oogie Boogie And you ain't going nowhere

[LS&B laughing]

[back to Halloweentown]

[Sally pouring fog juice into fountain]

[Jack appears from coffin and there's applause]

Mayor: Think of us as you soar triumphantly through the sky outshining every star.  Your silhouette a dark blot on the moon, you who are our pride, you who are our glory, you who have frightened billions into an early grave.  

[the fog starts to get worse]

Mayor: You who have eh, devastated the souls of the living...

Jack: Oh no!  We can't take off in this!  The reindeer can't see an inch in  front of their noses.

Sally: Whew!

Vampire: This fog's as thick as, as...

Cyclops: Jelly brains

Vampire: Thicker!

Jack: There go all of my hope, my precious plans, my glorious dreams.

Kid: [crying]  There goes Xmas.

Zero: barks

Jack: No Zero, down boy.  My what a brilliant nose you have.  The better to  light my way!  To the head of the team, Zero!  We're off!

Sally: Wait Jack, no!

[Jack is off!]

[cheers]

Jack: ho ho ha ha ha 

Sally: Good bye Jack, my dearest Jack.  Oh how I hope my premonition is wrong.

	Sally's Song

	Performed by Catherine O'Hara

I sense there's something in the wind

That feels like tragedy's at hand

And though I'd like to stand by him

Can't shake this feeling that I have

The worst is just around the bend

And does he notice my feelings for him?

And will he see how much he means to me?

I think it's not to be

What will become of my dear friend?

Where will his actions lead us then?

Although I'd like to join the crowd

In their enthusiastic cloud

Try as I may, it doesn't last

And will we ever end up together?

No, I think not, it's never to become

For I am not the one

[Jack playing Sandy]

Jack: ho ho ho ho ho ho he he he 

[lands loudly & wakes up little kid]

A little kid Santa! [sees Jack] [gasps]  Santa?

Jack: Merry Xmas!  And what is your name?

Kid: uh uh

Jack: That's all right.  I have a special present for you anyway. There you go sonny.  Hohohohehehe 

[goes back up chimney]

Mother: And what did Santa bring you honey?

[pulls out shrunken head]

[mother and father scream]

Jack: Merry Xmas!

Cop [ON PHONE] Hello, police. [frantic peanuts-type talk] att*cked by Xmas toys?  That's strange.  That's the second toy complaint we've had.

Jack: hohohohehehe

[k*ller wreath, snake, Vampire toy, k*ller duck]

[screams]

[Jack puts toys down chimneys]

[screams]

[Jack in the box chases fat kid]

Jack: You're welcome one and all!

Cop [on phone] Where'd you spot him?

---Fast as we can, ma'am

---Police

---I know, I know a skeleton

---Keep calm

---Turn off all the lights

---Make sure the doors are Locked

---Hello, police

Newscaster: Reports are pouring in from all over the globe that an impostor is shamelessly impersonating Santa Claus, mocking and mangling this joyous holiday.

Halloween residents [cheers]

Newscaster: Police assure us that this moment, military units are mobilizing to stop  the perpetrator of this heinous crime.

Sally: [over the Newscaster] Jack, someone has to help Jack.  Where'd they take that Sandy Claws?

Newscaster: --Come back and save Xmas

Jack: Look Zero, search lights!  

[f*ring at Jack]

Jack: They're celebrating!  They're thanking us for doing such a good job.

[almost hits Zero]

Jack: Whoa, careful down there, you almost h*t us.  

Zero: bark

Jack: It's ok, Zero.  Head higher!

[Oogie lair]

Oogie Boogie:Are you a gamblin man, Sandy?  Let's play.   

[sees Sally's leg]

Oogie Boogie:Mmmm.. my, my....what have we here?

[Sally's hands start to rescue Sandy]

Sally: [whispering]  I'll get you out of here.

Oogie Boogie:Ah, lovely.  Tickle, tickle, tickle.  Tickle, tickle, tickle.

[Sally's hands untie Sandy]

[Oogie realizes that there's no body to the leg]

Oogie Boogie:What?!?  You trying to make a dupe out of me?

[Oogie sucks Sandy and Sally back in]

[back to Jack]

Jack: Who's next on my list.  Ah, little Harry and Jordan.  Won't they be  surprised.

[sleigh gets h*t]

Jack: They're trying to h*t us!  ZERO!

Zero: Bark

[sleigh gets h*t]

[as Jack's falling]

Jack: Merry Xmas to all and to all a good night...

[Halloween]

Werewolf: howl!

Mayor: (with white face) I knew this Xmas thing was a bad idea.  I felt it in my gut.  Terrible news folks.  The worst tragedy of our times.  Jack has been blown to smithereens.  Terrible, terrible news.

[back to "normal" town]

Cop [in car] Attention, attention citizens.  Terrible news.  There's still no sign of Santa Claus.  Although the impostor has been sh*t down, it looks like Xmas will have to be canceled this year.  I repeat the impostor has been sh*t down but there's still no sign ......

[Jack in cemetery]

	Poor Jack

	Performed by Danny Elfman

What have I done? 

What have I done?

How could I be so blind?

All is lost, where was I?

Spoiled all, spoiled all

Everything's gone all wrong

What have I done?

What have I done?

Find a deep cave to hide in

In a million years they'll find me

Only dust and a plaque

That reads, 'Here Lies Poor Old Jack"

But I never intended all this madness, never

And nobody really understood, well how could they?

That all I ever wanted was to bring them something great

Why does nothing ever turn out like it should?

Well, what the heck, I went and did my best

And, by god, I really tasted something swell

And for a moment, why, I even touched the sky

And at least I left some stories they can tell, I did

And for the first time since I don't remember when

I felt just like my old bony self again

And I, Jack, the Pumpkin King

That's right! I am the Pumpkin King, ha, ha, ha, ha

And I just can't wait until next Halloween

'Cause I've got some new ideas that will really make them scream

And, by God, I'm really going to give it all my might

Uh oh, I hope there's still time to set things right

Sandy Claws, hmm

[Oogie lair]

Sally: You wait till Jack: hears about this.  By the time he's through with you,  you'll be lucky if you... 

Mayor: The king of Halloween has been blown to smithereens.  Skeleton Jack: is  now a pile of dust.

Sally: [gasp]

Jack: Come on Zero.  Xmas isn't over yet!

Oogie Boogie:What's that you were saying about luck, rag doll?

Sally: Help, help, help, help

Oogie Boogie:Sandy, looks like it's Oogie's turn to boogie.

Sally: [scream]

Oogie Boogie:one 2 3 4 5 6 7 -- hahaha

Sandy Claws:This can't be happening!

Oogie Boogie:Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust.  Oh, I'm feeling weak...with hunger. One more roll of the dice oughta do it.  Haha [rolls dice] What!  Snake eyes.  [bang on table] Eleven!  Haha  looks like I won the jackpot! Bye bye doll face and sandman. Ha, ha, ha [about to dump Sally & Sandy Claus into the lava] What the...

Jack: Hello Oogie

Oogie Boogie:Jack, but they said you were d*ad.  You must be double d*ad. Well come on bone man.

Zero: bark bark

Oogie Boogie:oooo ooo ooo.  Pull an arm.  ha ha

Sally: Jack look out!

Oogie Boogie:So long, Jack.  haha

Jack: How dare you treat my friends so shamefully.

[Jack pulls the thread that came loose that held Oogie together]

Oogie Boogie:Now look what you've done.  My bugs, my bugs, my bugs, bye bye bye

Jack: Forgive me Mr. claws, I'm afraid I've made a terrible mess of your holiday.

Sandy Claws:Bumpy sleigh ride, Jack?  The next time you get the urge to take over someone else's holiday, I'd listen to her!  She's the only one who makes any sense around this insane asylum! Skeletons....

Jack: I hope there's still time--

Sandy Claws:To fix Xmas?  Of course there is, I'm Santa Claus!

[and laying a finger aside of his nose, up Oogie's chimney he rose]

Sally: He'll fix things Jack.  He knows what to do.

Jack: How did you get down here Sally?

Sally: Oh, I was trying to, well, I wanted to, to --

Jack: to help me 

Sally: I couldn't just let you just...

Jack: Sally, I can't believe I never realized...that you...

Mayor: Jack, Jack!

Barrel:Here he is!

Lock: Alive!

Shock:Just like we said.

Mayor: Grab a hold my boy!

Jack & Sally: whoa!

Newscaster: Good news, folks.  Santa Claus, the one and only has finally been spotted.  Old Saint Nick appears to be traveling at supersonic speed.  He's setting things right, bringing joy and cheer wherever he goes.  Yes folks, Kris Kringle has pulled it out of the bag and delivered Xmas to excited children all over the world!

	Finale

	Performed by Danny Elfman, Catherine O'Hara, and the Citizens of Halloween

Chorus: La, la, la, (etc.)  Jack's OK, and he's back, OK

Child Corpse and Chorus: He's all right

Mayor: AND CHORUS Let's shout, make a fuss Scream it out, wheee

Chorus: Jack is back now, everyone sing In our town of Halloween

Jack: It's great to be home!

Sandy Claws:Hohohohoho Happy Halloween!

[Sandy Claws brings snow to Halloween]

Jack: Merry Xmas!

Child Corpse: What's this?

Cyclops: What's this?

Harlequin Demon: I haven't got a clue

Mr. Hyde: What's this?

Clown:Why it's completely new

Off-Screen Voice: What's this?

Wolfman: Must be a Christmas thing

Off-Screen Voice: What's this?

Mayor: It's really very strange

Chorus: This is Halloween Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

What's this? What's this?

(Repeat)

Dr. Finkelstein: Careful, my precious jewel!

[Dr. F. with his new wife!]

Jack: My dearest friend, if you don't mind I'd like to join you by your side Where we can gaze into the stars 

Jack and Sally: And sit together, now and forever For it is plain as anyone can see We're simply meant to be

[at the end of FINALE, Zero zooms off into the heavens]

THE END!
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