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