Michael Jackson

Songwriter: Michael Jackson Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis

Producer: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Michael Jackson

[Verse 1]
There's a ghost out in the hall
There's a ghoul beneath the bed
Now it's coming through the walls
Now it's coming down the stairs
Then there's spirit in the dark
Hear the beating of his heart
Can you feel it in the air?
Ghosts be hiding everywhere

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm gonna be
Exactly what you wanna see
It's you whose taunting me
Because you're warning me
To be the stranger in your life
Am I amusing you?
Or just confusing you?
Am I the beast you visualized?
And if you wanna see eccentricalities
I'll be grotesque before your eyes
Let them all materialize

[Chorus]
Is that scary for you, baby?
Is that scary for you, baby?
Am I scary for you, baby?
Am I scary for you, baby?
Is that scary for you, baby?
Is that scary for you, baby?

[Verse 2]
There's a creaking in the floor
There's a creep behind the door
There's a rocking in the chair
But nobody's sitting there
There's a ghastly smell around
But nobody to be found
And a coffin that lay open
Where a restless soul has spoken

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm gonna be
Exactly what you've come to see
So did you come to me
To see your fantasies
Performed before your very eyes
A haunting ghostly treat
The ghoulish trickery
And spirits dancing in the night
But if you came to see
The truth, the purity
It's here inside a lonely heart
So let the performance start

[Chorus]
Is that scary for you, baby?
Is that scary for you, baby?
Am I scary for you, baby?
Is that scary for you, baby?
Tell me, hoo!

[Bridge]
Masquerade the heart
Is it the height of hurting souls
I'm just not what you seek of me
Can the heart reveal the proof
Like a mirror reveals the truth
See the evil one is you

[Outro]
Is that scary for you, baby?
Tell me, hoo!
Am I scary for you, baby?
Am I scary for you, baby?
Is that scary for you, baby?
Tell me, hoo!
Hoo, hoo!
Ooh baby

Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana. Jackson began his career when he was seven years old as the lead singer of the Jackson 5, breaking into stardom in 1969 after signing into Motown. The Jackson 5’s first four singles all peaked at number one on the Billboard 100, and soon after Michael pursued a solo career.

His breakthrough fifth album, 1979’s Off The Wall produced four top ten hits (including “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough”) and sold 20 million copies, establishing him as a household name. The album was followed with 1982’s Thriller, which became the best selling album of all time, and was the first album to feature seven top 10 singles, including “Billie Jean” and “Beat It.”

In 1985, Michael contributed to the collaboration single “We Are The World”, which remains one of the best-selling singles of all time and raised nearly $65 million for famine relief.

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