Corpse Bride (2005)

Danny Elfman: Bonejangles

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• Bonejangles : Hit it, boys. Hey! Give me a listen, you corpses of cheer,/Least those of you who still got an ear./I'll tell you a story make a skeleton cry/Of our own jubiliciously lovely corpse bride!

  [the camera zooms in on Emily, who smiles wistfully] 

  Bone Boys : Die, die, we all pass away/But don't wear a frown 'cause it's really okay/And you might try and hide/And you might try and pray/But we all end up the remains of the day/Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...

  Bonejangles : Well, our girl was a beauty known for miles around/When a mysterious stranger came into town./He was plenty good-lookin', but down on his cash./And our poor little baby, she fell hard and fast

  [as he sings this, he dips the Corpse Bride] 

  Bonejangles : When her daddy said no, she just couldn't cope/So our lovers came up with a plan to elope!

  Bone Boys : Die, die, we all pass away/But don't wear a frown 'cause it's really okay/And you might try and hide/And you might try and pray/But we all end up the remains of the day/Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...

  Bonejangles : [after instrumental]  That's right. Okay. Oh, yeah. Come on, boys, pick it up. Yeah. Like it. Okay, Chancy, take it. Yeah. Yeah! That's nice. Yeah. So they conjured up a plan to meet late at night./They told not a soul, kept the whole thing tight./Now her mother's wedding dress fit like a glove./You don't need much when you're really in love./Except for a few things, or so I'm told,/Like the family jewls and a sachel of gold./Then next to the graveyard by the old oak tree,/On a dark foggy night at a quarter to three,/She was ready to go, but where was he?

  Short Dead Cook : And then?

  Bonejangles : She waited.

  Short Dead Cook , Mrs. Plum : And then?

  Bonejangles : There in the shadows, was it her man?

  Short Dead Cook , Mrs. Plum , Tall Dead Cook : And then?

  Bonejangles : Her little heart beat so loud!

  Short Dead Cook , Mrs. Plum , Tall Dead Cook , Paul The Head Waiter : And then?

  Bonejangles : And then, baby, everything went black./Now when she opened her eyes she was dead as dust./Her jewels were missin' and her heart was bust./So she made a vow lyin' under that tree/That she'd wait for her true love to come set her free./Always waiting for someone to ask for her hand./Then out of the blue comes this groovy young man/Who vows forever to be by her side./And that's the story of our own corpse bride!

  Bone Boys : Die, die, we all pass away/But don't wear a frown 'cause it's really okay/And you might try and hide/And you might try and pray/But we all end up the remains of the day/Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

• Victor Van Dort : What's going on here? Where am I? Who are you?

  The Corpse Bride : Well, that's kind of a long story.

  Bonejangles : What a story it is. A tragic tale of romance, passion and murder most foul.

• Bonejangles : [chasing a large woman]  Hey, come back! Ooh, I love me a lady with meat on her bones!