It´s close to midnight And something evil´s lurking in the dark Under the moonlight You see a sight that almost stops your heart You try to scream But terror takes the sound before you make it You start to freeze As horror looks you right between the eyes, You´re paralyzed ´Cause this is thriller, thriller night And no one´s gonna save you From the beast about to strike You know it´s thriller, thriller night You´re fighting for your life Inside a killer, thriller tonight You hear the door slam And realize there´s nowhere left to run You feel the cold hand And wonder if you´ll ever see the sun You close your eyes And hope that this is just imagination But all the while You hear the creature creepin´ up behind You´re out of time ´Cause this is thriller, thriller night There ain´t no second chance against The thing with forty eyes Thriller You´re fighting for your life Inside a killer, thriller tonight Night creatures call And the dead start to walk In their masquerade There´s no escapin´ the jaws of the alien this time This is the end of your life They´re out to get you, There´s demons closing in on every side They will possess you Unless you change the number on your dial Now is the time For you and I to cuddle close together All through the night I´ll save you from the terrors on the screen, I´ll make you see That it´s a thriller, thriller night ´Cause I can thrill you more Than any ghost would dare to try Thriller, thriller night So let me hold you tight and share a Killer, diller, chiller, Thriller here tonight ´Cause it´s a thriller, thriller night Girl I can thrill you more Than any ghost would dare to try Thriller, thriller night So let me hold you tight and share a Killer, diller, ow! I´m gonna thrill ya tonight Darkness falls across the land The midnight hour is close at hand Creatures crawl in search of blood To terrorize y´alls neighborhood I´m gonna thrill ya tonight And whosoever shall be found Without the soul for getting down Must stand and face the hounds of hell And rot inside a corpse´s shell I´m gonna thrill ya tonight, Thriller, I´m gonna thrill ya tonight, ooh baby I´m gonna thrill ya tonight, Thriller, I´m gonna thrill ya tonight, oh darlin´ Thriller night, baby, ooh! The foulest stench is in the air The funk of forty thousand years And grizzly ghouls from every tomb Are closing in to seal your doom And though you fight to stay alive Your body starts to shiver For no mere mortal can resist The evil of the thriller