Story Behind The Song

I take pictures of the kids who come knocking at my door to Trick-Or-Treat at Halloween time. Inspired by what I saw (witnessing their personality changes that magically happens when a kid puts on a "costume"), I put together a video and wrote this song. Some of the pics are kids who actually came to my Halloween parties over the years (I love a good Halloween party), and some were just kids who knocked on my door to Treat-Or-Treat and proudly agreed to pose for my camera. It's also fun to see/watch how grown-ups can act just like children when they too, put on a Halloween costume ... there's just something free-ing about becoming somebody else for one dark evening. The "Warlock" photograph in my video is actually a shot of my Great Great Grandfather, whom I've never met. I know that some people read way too much into Halloween, but this song and video has nothing to do with the occult or dark spirits ... its just simple fun. Halloween (for me) has always been just pure fun and one of my fond childhood memories, so don't read too much into the lyrics or the visuals in my video. What other ocassion would your parents allow you to eat on all the candy in the world you could ever want? Watch my (home-made) video here: https://youtu.be/YZQ4CfXWPCE

Song Description

"It's Halloween" . . . a Story ~ in Song ~ . . . About a Little Girl's Dream ~ There can be just something creepy ... and adorable ... about little kids at Halloween time. In this 4 minute reflection of Halloween, a little girl who is normally a "pretty little princess" decides to become something that scares the bee-gee-zee's out of you ... so whatever you do at Halloween, don't underestimate the power of a little girl.

Lyrics

I could be a W I T C H / I could be a W A R L O C K
I could be THE L I T T L E D E V I L in Y O U R H E A D
I could be THE G H O S T H I D I N ' in Y O U R CLOSET
I could be the D E A D M A N U N D E R your B E D
I could be the H E A D L E S S W A L K I N G ZOMBIE
A PRETTY LITTLE P R I N C E S S in B L O O D R E D
I could be A WRAPPED E G Y P T I A N M U M M Y
Or D R A C U L A 'S S U C C U L E N T BRIDE INSTEAD

WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF
WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF
YOU SHOULD BE AFRAID ... AFRAID OF ME
WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF
WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF
ARE YOU AFRAID? .... ITS HALLOWEEN

I could be a B L A C K C A T creepin' in the A L L E Y
I could be the S P I R I T H A U N T I N G this H O T E L
I could be an A N G E L in S H E A R W H I T E SATIN
Or a D E V I L I S H D E M O N sent from H E L L
I could be S W E E T I COULD be M E A N
I COULD be A N Y T H I N G . . . I T S H A L L O W E E N

WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF
WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF
ARE YOU AFRAID ... AFRAID OF ME?
WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF ~ WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID
ARE YOU AFRAID? .... I T S H A L L O W E E N


©2017 Linda Mckenzie
Addagirl Music (ASCAP)
www.LindaMckenzieMusic.com