Got a surprise from my honey
Got a message from my girl
When she picked up her pen from beside her bed
And wrote me a scribbled note
Said she'd be comin' back to see me
She would be visiting real soon
Gonna get up from her lone white bed
And leave this cold white room
wah-oooo-oo-oo-oo-oooo-ooooh
wah-oooo-oo-oo-oo-oooo-ooooh
wah-oooo-oo-oo-oo-oooo-ooh
We would once more live together
Go out on a lovin' spree
Just like before the accident
My baby would look at me
I saw her sweet face tremblin'
As she tried to open her eyes
I jumped with the joy of a grateful little boy
The day my baby gave me a surprise
wah-oooo-oo-oo-oo-oooo-ooooh
wah-oooo-oo-oo-oo-oooo-ooooh
wah-oooo-oo-oo-oo-oooo-ooh
Got a surprise from my honey
Got a message from my girl
When she picked up her pen from beside her bed
And wrote me a scribbled note
I saw her sweet face tremblin'
As she tried to open her eyes
I jumped with the joy of a grateful little boy
The day my baby gave me a surprise
wah-oooo-oo-oo-oo-oooo-ooooh
wah-oooo-oo-oo-oo-oooo-ooooh
wah-oooo-oo-oo-oo-oooo-ooh
Got a message from my girl
When she picked up her pen from beside her bed
And wrote me a scribbled note
Said she'd be comin' back to see me
She would be visiting real soon
Gonna get up from her lone white bed
And leave this cold white room
wah-oooo-oo-oo-oo-oooo-ooooh
wah-oooo-oo-oo-oo-oooo-ooooh
wah-oooo-oo-oo-oo-oooo-ooh
We would once more live together
Go out on a lovin' spree
Just like before the accident
My baby would look at me
I saw her sweet face tremblin'
As she tried to open her eyes
I jumped with the joy of a grateful little boy
The day my baby gave me a surprise
wah-oooo-oo-oo-oo-oooo-ooooh
wah-oooo-oo-oo-oo-oooo-ooooh
wah-oooo-oo-oo-oo-oooo-ooh
Got a surprise from my honey
Got a message from my girl
When she picked up her pen from beside her bed
And wrote me a scribbled note
I saw her sweet face tremblin'
As she tried to open her eyes
I jumped with the joy of a grateful little boy
The day my baby gave me a surprise
wah-oooo-oo-oo-oo-oooo-ooooh
wah-oooo-oo-oo-oo-oooo-ooooh
wah-oooo-oo-oo-oo-oooo-ooh
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I went down to the St. James infirmary, I saw my baby there
She was stretched out on a long white table, so cold, and fine, and fair.
It seems to me that the song is about a girlfriend in a coma (OK, or a similarly serious condition) who's started to wake up. If you look at the lyrics in that mindset, it's actually kind of sweet - the narrator jumps with joy when he sees his "baby" is starting to recover.
Thanks for the reference that pretty much confirms the source! Either that, or amazing coincidence.
(goes off to Google "Saint James Infirmary Blues")...
-Phase