Intro: Young James McGill was born alive The doctors rescuing him with knives But his young mother went and died, James he cried, his first goodbye James he cried, Hello Goodbye oo-ooo-ooo-oo-o-oo-o-oo-ooo A doctor came with a blue zeal then diagnosed the boy surreal They sealed him in a room of steel To seal the world, to heal the boy He would no longer have to feel oo-ooo-ooo-oo-o-oo-o-oo-ooo So built a fortress in his manger So made a sun made out of paper So forged a friend of wind and vapor Oh come on James for godness sake, oh oo-ooo-ooo-oo-o-oo-o-oo-ooo-oo-ooo-ooo-oo-o-oo-o-oo-ooo From a spark to a flame to a fire in the rain To a smolder in sky that brings tear to your eyes That will stream to the sea, that will burn in the light That will lift to the clouds what will rain when you die Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadada Ladadada Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadada Ladadada Then one day, Then one day, Then one day old James he died His cold heart still his body's white But still he rose up to the sky He rolled his eyes Began to cry Hello Goodbye was just a lie Dear god I hope that the last part's true For as this song is nearly through One thing for sure can't be the night This song will end Ladadada Ladadada, Hello Goodbye oo-ooo-ooo-oo-o-oo-o-oo-ooo-oo-ooo-ooo-oo-o-oo-o-oo-ooo From a spark to a flame to a fire in the rain To a smolder in sky that brings tear to your eyes That will stream to the sea, that will burn in the light That will lift to the clouds what will rain when you die Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadada Ladadada Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadada Ladadada