So call the neighbor kids,
The trash can lids,
With buckets on their heads,
Cause I'm telling you,
We're gonna need a little help tonight

So hey man, check this out,
Downtown is a riot,
Somethings spreading through the crowd,
Try channel 9,
I'm pretty sure they're heading
Straight for this part of town,
I can't be certain,
But I swear I hear them just outside,
There's no way that this is real,
So count me in

So grab something sharp,
Find some cover,
Kill the lights,
Nail the back door shut,
This isn't funny anymore,
Oh, no, this means war

Don't take this the wrong way,
But I'd much rather choke and die,
Than sit alone and fall with out a fight

So call the neighbor kids,
The trash can lids,
With buckets on their heads,
Cause I'm telling you,
We're gonna need a little help tonight,
So call the neighbor kids,
The trash can lids,
With buckets on their heads,
Cause I'm telling you,
We're gonna need a little help tonight

And there she was,
Glaring,
With olive eyes,
And chalk white skin,
I want you to know,
That I won't be holding back tonight,
She stole my heart,
I'll be taking hers with a long dart now,
But look at the bright side,
It's not like she had one there to start,

Something tells me,
It's gonna be a long night,

So grab something sharp,
Find some cover,
Kill the lights,
Nail the back door shut,
This isn't funny anymore,
Oh, no, this means war,
And something tells me,
It's gonna be a long night

So call the neighbor kids,
The trash can lids,
With buckets on their heads,
Cause I'm telling you,
We're gonna need a little help tonight,
So call the neighbor kids,
The trash can lids,
With buckets on their heads,
Cause I'm telling you,
We're gonna need a little help tonight

So call the neighbor kids,
The trash can lids,
With buckets on their heads,
Cause I'm telling you,
We're gonna need a little help tonight,
So call the neighbor kids,
The trash can lids,
With buckets on their heads,
Cause I'm telling you,
We're gonna need a little help tonight


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Zombies Ate My Neighbors Lyrics as written by Joe Ginsberg Christopher Wayne Depew

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  • +2
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    hooray finally a song about killing the dead it makes me so happy :)

    xama55on November 27, 2010   Link
  • +1
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    "Something tells me it's gonna be a long night..." I lol'd.

    Gulletlesson May 25, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    The most creative break-up song I have ever heard!

    DotProducton June 20, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    haha this song is soo catchy.

    it's obviously about zombies attacking a town and everyone is gonna go to war with them.

    The part in the middle "and there she was glaring..." talks about one of the zombies, that i'm assuming he once fell in love with, but since she's a zombie, he can kill her. "...i wont be holding back tonight"

    I think this song is interesting though, because throughout the whole song, it never mentions anything about zombies, and refers to them as "they're" and "them". The only givaway is the title. The cool part is, if they changed the title to "vampires ate..." or "aliens ate..." then it could change the whole story.

    happyloozer1on December 20, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    I love this song. i heard on the radio that this song was based of an old NES game called the same thing.

    KrazyLuvon April 30, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    It was actually a Super NES game, search it on wikipedia.

    KingJohnon May 18, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    It was actually a Super NES game, search it on wikipedia.

    KingJohnon May 18, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    this song is so random. i love it. its not about what half the songs today are about and it really makes me smile. this band is really unique. i think im in love.

    korkheadon August 07, 2007   Link
  • 0
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    i love this song i mean any song about killing zombies w/ trashcan lids has 2 b sweet

    freshieman010on August 21, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Ok so after hearing them come up in Stanley Lake and do plenty of interviews on it; the song is about a love gone phsyco with her being the zombie later referred to as her never having a heart anyways.

    So it was a song to make him feel better after she apparently just went nuclear. I think I know what they mean >:(

    bigjimbobon November 04, 2007   Link

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