Now there's an old deserted mansion On an old forgotton road Where the better ghosts and goblins Always hang out One night they threw a party In a manner out of old And they cordially invited All the gang out Now at the dark bewitching hour When the fun was loud and hardy A notorious wallflower Became the life of the party The spooks were having their midnight fling Merrymaking was in full swing They shrieked and fell into a cheerful trance When the skeleton in the closet started to dance Now a gobilin, he giggled with fiendish glee A shout rang out from a big banshee Amazement was in every ghostly glance When the skeleton in the closet started to dance Now all the witches were in stitches While his steps made rhythmic sense And they nearly dropped their broomsticks When he tried to do the bounce Now you never heard such unearthly laughter Or such hilarious groans When the skeleton in the closet rattled his bones Instrumental break Now all the witches were in stitches While his steps made rhythmic sense And they nearly dropped their broomsticks When he tried to do the bounce Now you never heard such unearthly laughter Or such hilarious groans When the skeleton in the closet rattled his bones When the skeleton in the closet rattled his