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Halloween

Song · John McCutcheon · October 8, 2026 · 3 min · 252 words

The transcript of “Halloween”, an episode of John McCutcheon first broadcast October 8, 2026. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). The Night Shift plays John McCutcheon free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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On the last day of our tour, where the air is turning cold, Strange things happen in our neighborhood All the young people turn into old And all the old folks turn into goblins The boys and girls turn into bums We just turned into your driveway Halloween, here we come

Or just one night When the one you recognize Just one night, I'm the one you'll know for Just one night, I'm a love by the side Halloween, here we go Everyone tries to be scary Nobody tries to be scared Everybody's fixing to do a little trickin' And nobody's gonna be spared As there's half a bobbin down in the basement

The candy in the streets of the door Where are you heading with the living? I've been taking me to kick Nothing in the same anymore Or just one night I know one you recognize Or just one night I know one you know for I'm a love that sighs, Halloween, here we go To the Halloween everything's passed

On Halloween the false is true On Halloween there's always a scream So ordinary people might feel alone Or tonight the world's turned upside down Nothing's like it was in the light I crawl, I cry, I survive, I And I gotta do it all tonight Or just one night I know one you recognize

Or just one night I'm no one you know for Just one night I will not lose by the sides Halloween, here we go Oh

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