Tonight the Street Belongs to Strangers

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

The porch light flickers twice

Then it dies without a sound

Something taps the window glass

Three slow knocks and nothing more

I told the kids to stay inside

Locked the cellar latched the gate

But the candles keep on bending

Toward the door I never opened

Pre-Chorus

And the wind is wearing footsteps

And the fog is wearing hands

Every shadow has a shadow

Standing just outside my yard

Chorus

Tonight the street belongs to strangers

Tonight the pumpkins grin and wait

Tonight the trees are full of fingers

Reaching down to touch the gate

(Reaching down to touch the gate)

Post-Chorus

Knock knock knock

Who goes there

Knock knock knock

No one there

Verse 2

My neighbor swears he saw a figure

Tall as rooftops thin as wire

Said it bowed and tipped a hat

Then it folded into fog

I checked the mail and checked the clocks

Hung the garlic by the stairs

But the mirrors started humming

Like a choir underground

Pre-Chorus

And the moon is getting closer

And the crickets all went quiet

Every window holds a face

That I did not invite

Chorus

Tonight the street belongs to strangers

Tonight the pumpkins grin and wait

Tonight the trees are full of fingers

Reaching down to touch the gate

(Reaching down to touch the gate)

Post-Chorus

Knock knock knock

Who goes there

Knock knock knock

No one there

Bridge

Trick or treat

Trick or treat

Give them something sweet to eat

Trick or treat

Trick or treat

Or they never let you sleep

Chorus

Tonight the street belongs to strangers

Tonight the pumpkins grin and wait

Tonight the trees are full of fingers

Reaching down to touch the gate

(Reaching down to touch the gate)

Post-Chorus

Knock knock knock

Who goes there

Knock knock knock

No one there