Tim Burton & Danny Elfman (2005)

Tim Burton pays homage to the frolicking skeletons of swing in this fun little diddy, Remains of the Day.
Happy Halloween!
Hey!
Give me a listen, you corpses of cheer.
Least less of you who still got an ear,
Iâll tell âya a story, make your skeleton cry,
of our own judiciously lovely corpse bride.
Die, die we all pass away, but donât wear a frown âcuz itâs really okay.
You might try nâ hide, and you might try nâ pray,
but we all end up the remains of the day.
Die die die yeah yeah, die die die.
Well! Our girl is a beauty known for miles around.
A mysterious stranger came into town.
He was plenty good lookinâ but down on his cash,
and our poor little baby she fell hard and fast,
when her daddy said no, she just couldnât cope,
so our lovers came up with a plan to elope.
Die, die we all pass away, but donât wear a frown âcuz itâs really okay.
You might try nâ hide, and you might try nâ pray,
but we all end up the remains of the day.
Die die die yeah yeah,
die die die yeah yeah
die die die yeah yeah
die die die yeah yeah
Yeah, so they conjured up a plan to meet late at night,
they told not a soul kept the whole thing tight.
Now her motherâs wedding dress fit like a glove,
you donât need much when youâre really in love.
Except for a few things or so Iâm told,
like the family jewels and a satchel 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?
(And then?) She waited
(And then?) There in the shadows, was it a man?
(And then?) Her little heart beat sooo loud!
(And THEN?) And then baby, everything went black.
Now when she opened her eyes, she was dead as dust, her jewels were missinâ and her heart was bust, so she made a vow lyinâ under that tree
that sheâd wait for her true love to come set her free.
Always waitinâ for someone to ask for her hand, when outta the blue comes this groovy young man, who vows forever, to be by her side, and thatâs the story of our own, corpse bride
Die, die we all pass away, but donât wear a frown âcuz itâs really okay.
You might try nâ hide, and you might try nâ pray,
but we all end up the remains of the day.