"When You're an Addams" from "The Addams Family"

ANCESTRAL VOICES
Ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah
Ah! Ah!
GOMEZ
Ah, the intoxicating spell 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 indecided and let us celebrate what it is to be an Addams.
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 gray
You have to put some poison in your day
MORTICIA
(Spoken, in rhythm)
That's the way.
MORTICIA, GOMEZ
When you're an Addams
GOMEZ
You need to have a sense of humor
(Tickles MORTICIA and SHE giggles)
GOMEZ, MORTICIA
When you're an Addams
MORTICIA
You need to have a taste for death
MORTICIA, GOMEZ
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
Aa-oooh!
ADDAMS FAMILY
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 'til 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 and 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 born asunder
Down six feet under
We get to gather here
MALE ANCESTOR ONE
Dead for forever
MALE ANCESTOR TWO
Bled from whatever
MALE ANCESTORS ONE, TWO
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
Line dance!
(They dance.)
Bunny hop!
Do the twist!
Rigor mortis!
ALL
When you're an Addams
MALE ANCESTORS
That's right!
When you're an Addams
ADDAMS FAMILY, FEMALE ANCESTORS
You have a very special duty
MALE ANCESTORS
Late night! Out with the Addams!
ADDAMS FAMILY, FEMALE ANCESTORS
When you're an Addams
MALE ANCESTORS
With one bite
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!