Zombie Rave at the Chapel Gate

Intro

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Well now gather round the speakers for a tale of dreadful fun

Verse 1

Now the moon came up on a Tuesday night

and the graveyard started hummin a tune

I was walkin home past the chapel gate

with a half-eaten sandwich and a busted balloon

When a fella in a tuxedo rose up out the sod

said brother can you spare a little rhythm and blues

I said sir you are deceased but you got a decent beat

so I handed him my headphones and my dancin shoes

Pre-Chorus

And they came

And they came

And they came crawlin out the dirt

in their Sunday best

with the mud on their shirts

Chorus

It's a zombie rave

It's a zombie rave

Everybody shamblin like they just got saved

It's a zombie rave

It's a zombie rave

Somebody please tell my mama I behaved

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Verse 2

Now a lady with a jaw hangin by a thread

asked me politely if I'd save her a dance

I said ma'am your arm just fell in the punch

but I reckon that's a risk at a graveyard romance

So we boogied on the tombstones all crooked and slow

and a fella lost a finger in the punchbowl ice

The DJ was a skeleton spinnin old cassettes

and he only took requests that were played twice

Pre-Chorus

And they moaned

And they moaned

And they moaned in perfect time

with a tambourine

and a nursery rhyme

Chorus

It's a zombie rave

It's a zombie rave

Everybody shamblin like they just got saved

It's a zombie rave

It's a zombie rave

Somebody please tell my mama I behaved

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Bridge

Now the sheriff showed up with a flashlight and a frown

said folks this here is private property

But a ghoul in a cardigan sat him right down

and taught him the steps to the misery

So he loosened his belt and he joined the parade

with a shimmy and a shiver and a sideways sway

And I hollered at the heavens as the church bells rang

Guitar Solo

Chorus

It's a zombie rave

It's a zombie rave

Everybody shamblin like they just got saved

It's a zombie rave

It's a zombie rave

Somebody please tell my mama I behaved

Chorus

It's a zombie rave

It's a zombie rave

Crawl and stumble wiggle and wave

It's a zombie rave

It's a zombie rave

Lord have mercy on the ones who stayed

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