[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.

[GOMEZ]
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

[GOMEZ & MORTICIA]
When you're an Addams

[GOMEZ]
You need to have a sense of humor

[MORTICIA]
Ha

[GOMEZ & MORTICIA]
When you're an Addams

[MORTICIA]
You need to have a taste for death

[GOMEZ & MORTICIA]
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!