A Halloween song about poor planning. By DadJoke
It's Almost Halloween
(But I Never Got a Costume)
It's October 30th. I have exactly zero costumes.
The video is the full song, 2:33.
Planning a storytime or a costume parade?
Here's what you need to know before you press play:
- Spooky, not scary. No jump scares, nothing frightening. Just Halloween-y vibes. Safe for preschool.
- Clean lyrics. The costume at the end is a poop emoji, which kids find extremely funny.
- Easy to move to. A syncopated, lurching 12/8 groove at 100 bpm.
- 2:33 long. Leaves lots of room for the rest of your program.
- Free to use in classrooms, libraries, and storytimes. A credit is welcome but not required.
Lyrics
It's almost Halloween
And we've got our decorations out
Fall is in the air
And the ground is full of leaves
I'm psyched to trick or treat
But there's one thing I forgot about
It's almost Halloween
But I never got a costume
It's almost Halloween
So I'll do the best with what I've got
I would be a ghost
But I won't cut up my sheets
A bucket on my head
I could sort of be an astronaut
Or I could be a toddler in a booster seat
It's almost Halloween
Now I'm racing to the costume store
But it's too expensive
And things are looking grim
A forty dollar tiger
An eighty dollar dinosaur
It's almost Halloween
And I still don't have a costume
I've already been a piranha
And a peacock
I've been Captain Picard
I wish someone would send me something new
I wanted to go as Medusa
But that just made things hard
If I can't have my first choice
Then I wish someone would send my #2
Just then I'm surrounded by a soft spooky light
And I hear a voice from the beyond
"I heard what you demanded
So I cast a spell
And now your wish is granted
No, it's not a dream
Have a happy Halloween!"
Suddenly, out of the darkness it appears before me
I can just imagine how people will applaud
They'll gather round and cheer,
"It's the costume of the year!"
And now I'll show you what they mean
When I burst onto the scene
Singing, "Yay! It's Halloween
And now I finally have a costume!"
About DadJoke
DadJoke is the children's music project of Dave Reminick, an award-winning composer and educator, and the guitarist and singer of Chicago's Paper Mice. He writes songs for kids that are catchy, ridiculous, and often flagrantly overengineered — a surprising key change, a drastic stylistic shift, a chord nobody expects. Kids ask for it again. Adults are still happy to hear it on the thirtieth listen. Fun Intended, the first DadJoke album, came out in June 2026.
"one of the most purely enjoyable albums released in 2026" — Indie Dock Music Blog
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Artwork, artist photo, one sheet, full lyrics, and a WAV are available on request — just email and I'll send them over.