Don’t go down to the basement
Lock the attic door
Keep the cupboard shut
and put a padlock on that drawer
There are skeletons in the closet
knocking to be let out
There are skeletons in the closet
and they’re struggling to get out

I know it’s all a mystery
There’s something in our history

Something happened here
so long ago
Something we never talk about
but we all know
What has happened here
I dread to think
though it was all so long ago
it left a stink

Shake and rattle those bones
Shake and rattle those bones

Turn up the radio
Turn on the new TV
Play something loud and foolish
and put the kettle on for tea
There are skeletons in the closet
The children will take fright
There are skeletons in the closet
and they’re rattling through the night

I know it’s all a mystery
There’s something in our history

Something happened here
so long ago
Something we never talk about
but we all know
Murder, plague and pillage
have left their mark
You hear the ghosts of history
as soon as it’s dark

Shake and rattle those bones
Shake and rattle those bones

There are skeletons in the closet
knocking to be let out
There are skeletons in the closet
and they’re struggling to get out