When You're An Addams (From "The Addams Family")

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 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 That's the way When you're an Addams You need to have a sense of humor When you're an Addams You need to have a taste for death Who cares about the world outside And what it wants from you? When you're an Addams You do what Addams always do When you're an Addams You gotta have a lotta passion When you're an Addams You need to really love your wife Several times a day You're happy when your toes are in the mud You smile a bit the moment you smell blood (ah-ooh!) When you're an Addams You need to grab a bow and arrow When you're an Addams You need a moment to explode Just pour a potion, flip the switch And wait 'til things get hot When you're an Addams You have to really stir the pot So keep your sunshine, and keep your glee Country music and Tennessee Keep your laughter and MTV 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! And on this special night Beneath our family tree We summon our beloved ancestors Once torn asunder Down six feet under We get to gather here Dead for forever Bled from whatever Called now to reappear Every cadaver, start the palaver Once in an Addams year Hold your decaying Hear what we're saying Time now to give a cheer Line Dance! Bunny Hop! Do the Twist! Rigor Mortis! When you're an Addams (that's right!) (When you're an Addams) you have a very special duty (Late night, out with the Addams!) When you're an Addams (with one bite) 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 (ugh) Die!