Finish "The Monster Mash" lyric "I was working in the lab, late one night"...?

The lyric “I was working in the lab, late one night” continues with “When my eyes beheld, an eerie sight.” Those words open the dramatic scene in “Monster Mash,” the 1962 novelty hit performed by Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers.

The song is narrated by a mad scientist whose monster rises from a laboratory slab and introduces a new dance craze. Its horror-movie imagery draws heavily on classic characters such as Frankenstein’s monster, while the upbeat rhythm turns the macabre story into a playful party song.

“Monster Mash” also reflects early-1960s dance culture. Its title refers to the Mashed Potato, a popular dance of the period, and the fictional monster’s routine becomes a “graveyard smash.” The record reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1962 and became a recurring Halloween favorite.

Listeners sometimes remember the next line as “a scary sight,” but the canonical lyric uses “an eerie sight.” The song’s narrator is the scientist, not the monster itself, which is why the opening is told in the first person.