"Sally's Song" is sung by Sally Finklestein sings in the film, The Nightmare Before Christmas after Jack leaves to do Christmas when her plan to stop him fails. During her song, she sings about how she hopes that Jack is safe, yet she feels that Jack will never accept her feelings for him.
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
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?
No, I think not, it's never to become
For I am not the one
Sally:
We should have known not to believe
And things would not have turned so bad
Jack:
It's true his plan was to deceive
But that should not make you so sad
Sally:
But danger waits at every turn
Jack:
And I am ready
To set things right here
Sally:
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
Jack:
You know, dear Sally, that's not true
We can take this town back, me and you
Sally:
There's so much danger yet to face
Jack:
But I'm not worried, back home I hurried
Jack and Sally:
Now we must stop
That evil Oogie's scheme
And save our Halloween
Sally:
We should have known not to believe
And things would not have turned so bad
Jack:
It's true his plan was to deceive
But that should not make you so sad
Sally:
But danger waits at every turn
Jack:
And I am ready
To set things right here
Sally:
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
Jack:
You know, dear Sally, that's not true
We can take this town back, me and you
Sally:
There's so much danger yet to face
Jack:
But I'm not worried, back home I hurried
Sally:
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
Jack:
It's true his plan was to deceive
But that should not make you so sad
Sally:
But danger waits at every turn
Jack:
And I am ready
To set things right here
Sally:
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
Jack:
You know, dear Sally, that's not true
We can take this town back, me and you
Sally:
There's so much danger yet to face
Jack:
But I'm not worried, back home I hurried
Jack and Sally:
If we work hard
We'll overcome our shame
And beat him at his game
Another song with a similar pattern of plot is City of Love, from the 2010Phineas and Ferb special episode "Phineas and Ferb Summer Belongs to You!", as Isabella Garcia-Shapiro tried to get the feelings of Phineas Flynn, but to no avail.
Fiona Apple covered the song for The Nightmare Before Christmas Special Edition Soundtrack.
Lead singer of Evanescence Amy Lee covered this song for the album "Nightmare Revisited".
For the video game "Oogie's Revenge", the song is changed to a duet between Jack and Sally with modified lyrics.
