town meeting song

• nightmare before christmastaki parçalardan biridir.
  jack skellington christmas townı halloween town sakinlerine anlatmaya çalışırken söylenir.
  santa claus'un sandy claws olması da bu parçaya rastlar.
  sözleri aşağıdaki gibidir:
  
  "[jack;]
  there were objects so peculiar
  they were not to be believed
  all around, things to tantalize my brain
  
  it's a world unlike anything i've ever seen
  and as hard as i try
  i can't seem to describe
  like a most improbable dream
  
  but you must believe when i tell you this
  it's as real as my skull and it does exist
  here, let me show you
  
  this is a thing called a present
  the whole thing starts with a box
  
  [devil;]
  a box?
  is it steel?
  
  [werewolf;]
  are there locks?
  
  [harlequin demon;]
  is it filled with a pox?
  
  [devil, werewolf and harlequin demon;]
  a pox
  how delightful, a pox
  
  [jack;]
  if you please
  just a box with bright-colored paper
  and the whole thing's topped with a bow
  
  [witches;]
  a bow?
  but why?
  how ugly
  what's in it?
  what's in it?
  
  [jack;]
  that's the point of the thing, not to know
  
  [clown;]
  it's a bat
  will it bend?
  
  [creature under the stairs;]
  it's a rat
  will it break?
  
  [undersea gal;]
  perhaps it's the head that i found in the lake
  
  [jack;]
  listen now, you don't understand
  that's not the point of christmas land
  
  now, pay attention
  now we pick up an oversized sock
  and hang it like this on the wall
  
  [mr. hyde;]
  oh, yes! does it still have a foot?
  
  [medium mr. hyde;]
  let me see, let me look
  
  [small mr. hyde;]
  is it rotted and covered with gook?
  
  [jack;]
  hmm, let me explain
  there's no foot inside, but there's candy
  or sometimes it's filled with small toys
  
  [mummy and winged demon;]
  small toys
  
  [winged demon;]
  do they bite?
  
  [mummy;]
  do they snap?
  
  [winged demon;]
  or explode in a sack?
  
  [corpse kid;]
  or perhaps they just spring out
  and scare girls and boys
  
  [mayor;]
  what a splendid idea
  this christmas sounds fun
  why, i'll fully endorse it
  let's try it at once
  
  [jack;]
  everyone, please now, not so fast
  there's something here that you don't quite grasp
  well, i may as well give them what they want
  
  and the best, i must confess, i have saved for the last
  for the ruler of the christmas land
  is a fearsome king with a deep mighty voice
  least that's what i've come to understand
  
  and i've also heard it told
  that he's something to behold
  like a lobster, huge and red
  and sets out to slay with his rain gear on
  carting bulging sacks with his great big arms
  that is, so i've heard it said
  
  and on a dark, cold night
  under full moonlight
  he flies into a fog
  like a vulture in the sky
  and they call him sandy claws
  
  well, at least they're excited
  though they don't understand
  that special kind of feeling in christmas land
  oh, well..."