It was like someone took a hammer and smashed a jack o' lantern and spread it all over the sky over the Meadowlands And the swamps And the smokestacks And the traffic jams How I used to hate the city--it was too loud for me! Needed quiet and serenity, but there I went on Halloween I was a face in the crowd Another shadow in a stranger's dream It was all that I wanted to be A brigade of ghosts and skeletons creeping towards spectators, a joy I keep close to my chest for later. Replace the snakes squirmin' in my stomach's pit. Live for flashing lights and wonderment I was a face in the crowd I was a shadow in a stranger's dream It was all that I wanted to be Treat myself gently Walk invisibly Let no one know me It was all I wanted (I was a face in the crowd) It was all I wanted on Halloween (Another shadow in a stranger's dream)