James

Breathe, breathe
 What his lung saying begs him to scream
 Scream is what James wants
 But he can't be seen
 Seen by the boys
 Sleeping boys in their dreams
 Dreams on the banks of a riverbed
 They would have saved him
 If he could wake them
 Sleep through the midnight
 This night won't leave
 Deep, deep is the river
 That's under his feet
 Feet, dangling dark
 In the night but no sleep
 Sleep won't consume
 For this God-fearing boy
 Who's stuck in the cold fog of
 December trees
 They would have saved him
 If he could wake them
 Sleep through the midnight
 This night won't leave
 They would have saved him
 If he could wake them
 Sleep through the midnight
 This night won't fall
 Fall comes the rain down and wakes up them all
 All they can see is James' boots, and they crawl
 Crawl down the steep river's edge
 Slipping right past him
 That's where they screamed
 James, James
 Get out of the water
 Please, please
 Don't go down
 No farther
 There's rapids up ahead
 In this valley's bend
 Please, James
 James, James
 Get out of the water
 Please, please
 Don't go down
 No farther
 There's rapids up ahead
 In this valley's bend
 Please, James
 They would have saved him
 If he could wake them
 Sleep through the midnight
 This night won't
 They would have saved him
 If he could wake them
 Sleep through the midnight
 This night won't
 James, James
 Get out of the water
 Please, please
 Don't go down
 No farther
 There's rapids up ahead
 In this valley's bend
 Please, James
 James, James
 Get out of the water
 Please, please
 Don't go down
 No farther,
 There's rapids up ahead
 In this valley's bend
 James, James
 Get out of the water
 Please, please
 Don't go down
 No farther
 There's rapids up ahead
 In this valley's bend
 Please, James