Sally's Song

"Sally's Song" is a song from the 1994 stop-motion animated film The Nightmare Before Christmas. It features Sally Finklestein as she worries for Jack Skellington's safety, and wishes that he would notice her romantic feelings towards him.

The song was performed by Sally's voice actress Catherine O'Hara.

Lyrics
I sense there's something in the wind That feels like tragedy's at hand And though I'd like to stand by him Can't shake this feeling that I have
 * -|Film=

The worst is just around the bend And does he notice my feelings for him? And will he see how much he means to me? I think it's not to be

What will become of my dear friend Where will his actions lead us then? Although I'd like to join the crowd In their enthusiastic cloud

Try as I may, it doesn't last And will we ever end up together?

And will we ever end up together? No, I think not, it's never to become For I am not the one We should have known not to believe And things would not have turned so bad
 * -|Oogie's Revenge=

It's true his plan was to deceive But that should not make you so sad

But danger waits at every turn

And I am ready To set things right here

How can you say that you will be okay? And come back another day? What will become of our dear town? Now that we've let our leader down

You know, dear Sally, that's not true We can take this town back, me and you

There's so much danger yet to face

But I'm not worried, back home I hurried

Now we must stop That evil Oogie's scheme And save our Halloween

We should have known not to believe And things would not have turned so bad

It's true his plan was to deceive But that should not make you so sad

But danger waits at every turn

And I am ready To set things right here

How can you say that you will be okay? And come back another day? What will become of our dear town? Now that we've let our leader down

You know, dear Sally, that's not true We can take this town back, me and you

There's so much danger yet to face

But I'm not worried, back home I hurried

You surely will Now we all count on you To see this trouble through We should have known not to believe And things would not have turned so bad

It's true his plan was to deceive But that should not make you so sad

But danger waits at every turn

And I am ready To set things right here

How can you say that you will be okay? And come back another day? What will become of our dear town? Now that we've let our leader down

You know, dear Sally, that's not true We can take this town back, me and you

There's so much danger yet to face

But I'm not worried, back home I hurried

If we work hard We'll overcome our shame And beat him at his game

Other Appearances

 * The song was featured on the film's soundtrack and its special edition.
 * A cover by singer Amy Lee was included on The Nightmare Before Christmas cover album Nightmare Revisited. Both it and the original were also featured on the album Jack 2 Pack.
 * A cover by Fiona Apple was featured on the film's special edition soundtrack.
 * A version of the song with different lyrics was later featured in the 2005 video game The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge, this time being a romantic duet between Jack and Sally as Sally worries about Jack going to fight Oogie Boogie. This version was performed by Jack's voice actor Chris Sarandon and Sally's voice actress Kath Soucie.