Classic Disney movie - Jacks Lament lyrics

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Song by The Nightmare Before Christmas<br /><br>

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

For my talents are renowned far and wide<br>

When it comes to surprises in the moonlit night<br>

I excel without ever even trying<br>

With the slightest little effort of my ghostlike charms<br>

I have seen grown men give out a shriek<br>

With the wave of my hand, and a well-placed moan<br>

I have swept the very bravest off their feet<br>

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Yet year after year, it's the same routine<br>

And I grow so weary of the sound of screams<br>

And I, Jack, the Pumpkin King<br>

Have grown so tired of the same old thing<br>

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Oh, somewhere deep inside of these bones<br>

An emptiness began to grow<br>

There's something out there, far from my home<br>

A longing that I've never known<br>

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I'm a master of fright, and a demon of light<br>

And I'll scare you right out of your pants<br>

To a guy in Kentucky, I'm Mister Unlucky<br>

And I'm known throughout England and France<br>

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And since I am dead, I can take off my head<br>

To recite Shakespearean quotations<br>

No animal nor man can scream like I can<br>

With the fury of my recitations<br>

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But who here would ever understand<br>

That the Pumpkin King with the skeleton grin<br>

Would tire of his crown, if they only understood<br>

He'd give it all up if he only could<br>

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Oh, there's an empty place in my bones<br>

That calls out for something unknown<br>

The fame and praise come year after year<br>

Does nothing for these empty tears<br>

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