| 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 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, girl! | 
| But all the while you hear the creature creeping 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, girl | 
| Thriller, thriller night | 
| You’re fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight | 
| Night creatures calling, the dead start to walk in their masquerade | 
| There’s no escaping the jaws of the alien this time | 
| (They're open wide) | 
| 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 that number on your dial | 
| Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah | 
| All through the night I’ll save you from the terror on the screen | 
| I’ll make you see | 
| That this is thriller, thriller night | 
| 'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try | 
| Thriller, thriller night | 
| So let me hold you tight and share a | 
| Killer, diller, chiller, thriller here tonight | 
| 'Cause this is thriller, thriller night | 
| Girl, I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try | 
| Thriller, thriller night | 
| So let me hold you tight and share a killer, thriller, 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, ooh baby | 
| 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 |