[ti:Jack's Lament] [ar:Disney] [al:Classic Disney :60 Years Of Musical Magic VOL III] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Jack's Lament (From “The Nightmare Before Christmas”/Soundtrack Version) - Danny Elfman [00:14.52]There are few who deny at what I do I am the best [00:19.02]For my talents are reowned far and wide [00:23.24]When it comes to surprises in the moonlit night [00:27.60]I excel without ever even trying [00:31.78]With the slightest little effort of my ghostlike charms [00:36.30]I have seen grown men give out a shriek [00:40.61]With the wave of my hand and a well-placed moan [00:45.30]I have swept the very bravest off their feet [00:49.42]Yet year after year it's the same routine [00:54.87]And I grow so weary of the sound of screams [01:00.23]And I Jack the PUMPKIN KING [01:04.94]Have grown so tired of the same old thing [01:14.64]Oh somewhere deep inside of these bones [01:19.38]And emptiness begins to grow [01:25.53]There's something out there far from my home [01:31.79]A longing that I've never known [01:41.65]I'm a master of fright and a demon of light [01:46.01]And I'll scare you right out of your pants [01:50.34]To a guy in Kentucky I'm Mister Unlucky [01:54.81]And I'm known throughout England and France [01:59.02]And since I am dead I can take off my head [02:03.23]To recite Shakespearean quotations [02:07.75]No animal or man can scream like I can [02:12.25]With the fury of my recitations [02:16.75]But who here would ever understand [02:21.91]That the Pumpkin King with the skeleton grin [02:26.91]Would tire of his crown- if they only understood [02:32.05]He would give it all up if he only could [02:39.62]Oh there's an empty place in my bones [02:45.80]That calls out for something unknown [02:51.84]The fame and praise come year after year [02:58.23]Does nothing for these empty tears