Ebeneezer
Alright, kids.   Get ready when he opens the door.

(Larry Talbot, a nervous looking man, opens the door and looks up at the moon.)

Talbot
Yes?

Ebeneezer and kids
Trick or Treat!

Talbot
Oh no!   It’s the full moon tonight – AND it’s Hallowe’en?!!!    You children shouldn’t be out here!  It’s not safe!

Ebeneezer
We know it’s not safe!   A man just got knifed in the back next door!

Talbot
Good lord!   What did he look like?

Ebeneezer
Nothing.   It was the invisible man.  We think someone on Monster Street did it and it turns out YOU, Larry Talbot, were one of the people he was attempting to blackmail!

Talbot
Me?  What secret do you think I could have that someone could blackmail me for?

Ebeneezer
Well, it says here that “Larry Talbot’s deep dark secret is that, whenever the moon is full, he transforms into a werewolf!” (Talbot looks horrified.)

Dracula
No!  You don’t say!   Our little Larry Talbot here, when the moon is full, transforms into The Wolfman?!! What a shock to all of us on Monster Street!

Talbot
(Sensing no sarcasm)   I’m sorry, Count.   I should have told you. (He sings)

Larry Talbot’s Lament

Verse One

Larry Talbot
It’s possible I killed him though I don’t remember now.
For I believe I’ve killed before ‘though I’m not quite sure how.
I’ve got a Beast inside of me and it’s the very worst!
And every time the moon is full, this is how I’ve been cursed!

Chorus One

I start to change!
And I feel my whole world go black!
I wake up in a field,
Lying on my back!
With my clothes torn to shreds
And my hands blood red!
So it just might be that
I killed - him - dead!

Verse Two

They say a werewolf bit me ‘though I know that seems insane.
I meet a lot of gypsy’s and they all carry Wolf’s bane!
But the moon is rising now so please run!  That’s right!
There’s no telling how many that I will kill tonight!

Chorus Two

Here comes the change!
Soon I’ll feed ‘though I don’t know how.
Yes, I might eat a sheep
Or I might eat a cow.
But I might eat a child
So you all must flee!
There’s no stopping the wolf
Who’s inside of me!

(Spoken) Now, go!!!

Instrumental

(Talbot goes inside and we see him transform into a werewolf through his window.  The Wolfman emerges and the music kicks up into a high tempo gospel-like revivalist style!)

Dracula’s Brides
(Spoken) Wolfie!!!

Verse Three

Wolfman
At last the Moon’s arisen and the night is beautiful!
You must admit that Talbot guy’s impossibly dull!
He’s so afraid of changing but I think he’s not too bright!
‘Cause on Monster Street he’s livin’, where the Moon’s full every night!

Chorus Three

At last I’ve changed!
Yes, I’m not just a man no more!
I’m a full blooded monster
From ancient lore!
But I haven’t killed someone
In quite awhile!
And a knife in the back-
It just ain’t my style!

Chorus Four

At last I’ve changed!

Dracula and his Brides
(echoing) Oh yes, he’s changed!

Wolfman
And I’m back here on

Everyone
Monster Street!

Wolfman
And I see there’s some kids here for

Everyone
Trick-or-treat!
So I’ll (he’ll) get you some candy,
The best you’ve seen!

Wolfman
How I love being Wolfman for

Everyone
Hallowe’en!
Yes, we all need a Wolfman
At Hallowe’en!

Ebeneezer
(spoken) Pleased to meet you, Mr. Wolfman.   So, how about those treats?

Wolfman
Who said anything about treats?  Oh, right, Hallowe’en!  Fortunately, my former landlady left some W & W candies here!   She said the WW stands for Werewolf.

Ebeneezer
I know you know these are M & Ms.

Wolfman
Hey, I’ve gotta have a gimmick. The alternative was to give out dog biscuits!  So, I’ve got the perfect alibi for your murder. I wasn’t even around.   And Talbot’s much too much of a goody good to do somebody in.

Ebeneezer
We’ll see about that.  Alright kids, I guess we’ve got more names on our list.  Let’s go!

(Sings)   There’s been a murder on Monster Street!
Monster Street!  Monster Street!
But Trick-or-Treating on Monster Street,
To the pyramid we’ll go!

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