When You’re an Addams

Lyrics

GOMEZ (spoken): Ah, the intoxicating smell of the graveyard. Once a year when the last leaf of autumn falls, we gather to honor the great cycle of life and death. Come, every member of our clan - living, dead, and, undecided - and let us celebrate what it is to be an Addams. (sung) When you're an Addams You need to have a little moonlight When you're an Addams You need to feel a little chill You have to see the world in shades of grey You have to put some poison in your day MORTICIA (spoken): That's the way BOTH: When you're an Addams GOMEZ: You need to have a sense of humor MORTICIA: Ha BOTH: When you're an Addams MORTICIA: You need to have a taste for death BOTH: Who cares about the world outside And what it wants from you When you're an Addams You do what Addams always do! ADDAMS FAMILY: When you're an Addams GOMEZ: You gotta have a lotta passion ADDAMS FAMILY: When you're an Addams MORTICIA: You need to really love your wife GOMEZ (spoken): Several times a day ADDAMS FAMILY: You're happy when your toes are in the mud FESTER/GRANDMA: You smile a bit the moment you smell blood ADDAMS FAMILY: AA-OOOH!!! When you're an Addams WEDNESDAY: You need to grab a bow and arrow ADDAMS FAMILY: When you're an Addams PUGSLEY: You need a moment to explode GRANDMA: Just pour a potion FESTER: Flip the switch FESTER/GRANDMA/WEDNESDAY/PUGSLEY: And wait 'till things get hot ADDAMS FAMILY: When you're an Addams You have to really stir the pot FESTER: So keep your sunshine And keep your glee GOMEZ: Country music in Tennessee WEDNESDAY: Keep your laughter GRANDMA: And MTV ADDAMS FAMILY: And all will be all right Give us shadows and give us gloom Broken glass in a motel room Something fun we can all exhume And give it all tonight! GOMEZ (spoken): And on this special night, beneath our Family Tree, we summon our beloved Ancestors. ANCESTORS: Once torn asunder Down six feet under We get to gather here MALE ANCESTOR ONE: Dead for forever MALE ANCESTOR TWO: Bled from whatever BOTH: Called now to reappear MALE ANCESTOR THREE/FEMALE ANCESTOR ONE: Every cadaver Start the palaver Once in an Addams year ANCESTORS: Hold your decaying Hear what we're saying Time now to give a cheer GOMEZ (spoken): Line Dance! Bunny Hop! Do the Twist! Rigor Mortis! ALL: When you're an Addams MALE ANCESTORS:   That's right! When you're an Addams Late night! Out with the Addams!   With one bite ADDAMS FAMILY/FEMALE ANCESTORS:   You have a very special duty     When you're an Addams ALL: You're obligated to the clan It's family first and family last And family by and by When you're an Addams The standard answers don't apply When you're an Addams You do what Addams do or- LURCH: Ughhh ALL: Die!