I can trace the lunacy of the season
back to 1974
when the masks came out
and one by one
we knocked on every door
some tricks
some treats
some smelly feet
but, never anything healthy - pLeAsE!
October brought childish release
and a chance to stay out late.
some were hand me downs
some were home-made
some years came from the store
but what mattered most
to all of us
was who got the biggest scorereese's, mounds and clark bars
popcorn balls and m&m's
and sometimes daddy drove the car
we'd give the lamest ones to him
one by one we laid them out
real treasures to be sure
you'd mark them so there was no doubt
which pile there was yours
watering eyes and runny noses
rosey cheeks and grins with teeth
some parents lifted masks, exposin'
who was hidin' underneath
yeah, if I could escape into a memory
and visit me back then
October and that energy
is the first place I'd begin
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