Midnight Masquerade

Masks of ghouls and goblins bright, on this spooky wedding night To the tune of a funky horn, in the place where jazz was born The priest in purple, standing high, reads their vows beneath the sky A chorus of the undead cheers, 'I do' is music to their ears The raven and his pumpkin dear, in the spotlight, love sincere [Pre-Chorus] As they take the ghostly stage, it's a ghoulish love the rage A raven dressed in feathers dark, oh Pumpkin glowing in the New Orleans park, oh Vows 'neath the moon so stark, they wed Gravestones cheerin' for the love they spread In the city of jazz on Halloween night Jack-o'-lanterns grinning in the pale moonlight Zydeco band with a bony hand, plays a tune, oh so grand In their suits and feathered hats, flapping wings, and this and that A pumpkin bride with her orange gown, twirling 'round and 'round To the trumpet's wail and the saxophone, in a graveyard not alone [Chorus] The whole town's here in this spooky fête Dancing skeletons can hardly wait