Boogie Woman

By Kathryn Morski

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You know, we all look out for the Boogie Man, especially 'round Hallowe'en
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He has greasy hair and purple nails, and his teeth are pointy green.
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His job's to scare, and is he good!  He can terrify a teen
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‘Cause the best word for the Boogie Man is just plain mean.

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But along about last September, out in the pumpkin patch,
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The world famous Boogie Man, he met his match.

She was small and slight, with hair as black as the inside of a tomb.
She was deathly pale and her orange eyes seemed to promise death and doom.
She was zapping gourds with mind control just to watch them go "ka-boom"
And she turned and looked him over in the moonless midnight gloom.

The Boogie Woman - Oooooo; The Boogie Woman - Ooooooo;
Along about last September, out in the pumpkin patch,
The world famous Boogie Man, he met his match.

Well, his creaky heart stopped beating first; then it seemed to jump and run
It was fate!  The shock waves hit like silver bullets from a gun
He knelt and howled a love song that was guaranteed to stun -
Said their marriage and their honeymoon would be love and war - what fun!

She said, "I like your style and your pointy teeth, I like your hairy hands,
But I have to say you're out of date with the honeymoon you've planned.
That stuff's passé - it's out, not fly, no good.  You understand?
But you and me and the ghouls back home would be an awesome New Wave Band!"

The Boogie Woman - Oooooo; The Boogie Woman - Ooooooo;
Along about last September, out in the pumpkin patch,
The world famous Boogie Man, he met his match.

Well, he loved her so, he soon agreed to the All Ghoul Boogie Band.
Now they're playin' and he's wailin' and they're famous, as she planned.
They're big with Wolfman Jack and MTV.  They're always in demand,
And they're pluggin' Tombstone Pizza, makin' big bucks in this land.

The Boogie Woman and the Boogie Man; The Boogie Woman and the Boogie Band;
Along about last September, out in the pumpkin patch,
The world famous Boogie Man, he met his match.

To the tune of “I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl Who Married Dear Old Dad)” –
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I want a ghoul, just like the ghoul that buried dear old Dad...

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