Danny Elfman - Town Meeting Song (intro) lyrics

[JACK] Listen, there were 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 [HARLEQUIN DEMON] A box? [DEVIL] Is it steel? [WEREWOLF] Are there locks? [HARLEOUIN 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 [CREATURE UNDER THE STAIRS] Will it bend? [CLOWN] It's a rat! [CREATURE UNDER THE STAIRS] Will it break? [MONSTER FROM THE BLACK LAGOON] 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 Now 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] Hmm, 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 Why, 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 And 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 Though they don't understand That special kind of feeling in Christmas land Oh, well...