Jack`s Lament lyrics

Artist  : Burton Tim 
Song : Jack`s Lament



 Send "Jack`s Lament" Ringtone to your Cell 

 Performed by Danny Elfman



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

For my talents are renowned far and wide

When it comes to surprises in the moonlit
night

I excel without ever even trying

With the slightest little effort of my
ghostlike charms

I have seen grown men give
out a shriek

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

I have swept the very
bravest off their feet



Yet year
after year, it's the same routine

And I
grow so weary of the sound of screams

And
I, Jack, the Pumpkin King

Have grown so
tired of the same old thing



Oh,
somewhere deep inside of these bones

An
emptiness began to grow

There's something
out there, far from my home

A longing that
I've never known



I'm a master of
fright, and a demon of light

And I'll scare
you right out of your pants

To a guy in
Kentucky, I'm Mister Unlucky

And I'm known
throughout England and France

And since I
am dead, I can take off my head

To recite
Shakespearean quotations

No animal nor man
can scream like I can

With the fury of my
recitations



But who here would ever
understand

That the Pumpkin King with the
skeleton grin

Would tire of his crown, if
they only understood

He'd give it all up if
he only could



Oh, there's an empty
place in my bones

That calls out for
something unknown

The fame and praise come
year after year

Does nothing for these
empty tears