The final act of the First Wizarding War They sacrificed themselves so their son could live more Then he defeated the dark wizard, Lord Voldemort In the final act of the First Wizarding War For 11 years we have suffered under the power of him And his Death Eater Army, controlled by his whim We’ve had dark days for so long, but it’ll start to lighten Now that You-Know-Who’s gone, days won’t be so dim Because of the final act of the First Wizarding War They sacrificed themselves so their son could live more Then he defeated the dark wizard, Lord Voldemort In the final act of the First Wizarding War When I first heard the news that James and Lily had died I was outwardly heartbroken, but deep down inside I knew that if it helped defeat him, I thought as I sighed Then I’m grateful they’re gone, I just will not tell lies Because of the final act of the First Wizarding War When they sacrificed themselves so their son could live more He then defeated the dark wizard, Lord Voldemort In the final act of the First Wizarding War We allowed Dumbledore to choose where Harry would go Since his parents had died and he was all alone Dumbledore said that Harry’d live in his relative’s home Said something about old magic, then he wouldn’t say more The final act of the First Wizarding War James and Lily sacrificed themselves so their son could live more Then he defeated the dark wizard, Lord Voldemort In the final act of the First Wizarding War I have plans to become the Minister of Magic someday And I knew Albus and Barty would get in my way So I wish I’d been the one to make sure Harry was safe I, Fudge, would be Minister, but now I’ll just wither away All because of the final act of the First Wizarding War They sacrificed themselves so their son could live more Then he defeated the dark wizard, Lord Voldemort In the final act of the First Wizarding War I’ll work hard to use it to become Minister

I’ve been here a long time Been sitting all day Hagrid said he’d be here Though why, I can’t say I’ve been hearing rumors So here I’ll stay Hoping he’ll disprove them I hope they’re okay Because if what I’ve heard is really the truth... Eleven years We’ve been left with our fears That Death Eaters might kill us And take our world away If James and Lily Were killed last night instantly Leaving only Harry The Dark Lord’s gone away I’ll sit here and pray Truly don’t know What would be better Which way it could go The Order’s been hunted They all are my friends But if the Dark Lord is gone Then the war would end So I’ll just sit here wondering what to hope Eleven years We’ve been left with our fears That Death Eaters might kill us And take our world away If James and Lily Were killed last night instantly Leaving only Harry The Dark Lord’s gone away I’ll sit here and pray I’ve been hoping that James and Lily got out of this alright I see Albus, but I can’t make his face out in this light I summon all my might Eleven years We’ve been left with our fears That Death Eaters might kill us And take our world away James and Lily Were killed last night instantly Leaving only Harry And the Dark Lord’s gone away I don’t know what to say I’m hoping that the Dursleys will treat Harry just fine When we leave, I feel bad for leaving him behind I hope he’ll be alright That he’ll turn out just fine

I just can’t Can’t believe they’re gone You are alone And it feels so wrong James and Lily are dead, they saved your life And now you have to go To some Muggle’s house, away from magic And from your real home But I will follow Dumbledore’s command I trust and believe that he has a plan Harry, I’ll protect you on our flight Don’t worry, he’ll make everything alright A long flight, but we have now arrived Dumbledore’s here, he’ll help you to survive And I don’t know if I could stand any more pain and hurt tonight And we leave you on the Dursley’s doorstep, and we disappear from sight And I don’t know what the future could hold I hope to see you again when we are old-er Harry, I’ll wait ‘til we meet again Harry, I hope later we’ll be friends Don’t give up, even if things get bad Just be strong, be just like your dad You’ll be fine I must accept they’re gone But you’ll never be alone We’ll always be waiting here for you When you’re older, you’ll come to Hogwarts school Harry, there’s a place you will belong Don’t worry, soon we’ll correct this wrong Your real world’s waiting for you When you’re eleven, you’ll come to school Harry, you’re a hero to us all Harry, you caused You-Know-Who’s downfall Harry, goodbye

I haven’t heard from you in oh-so-long I didn’t know that anything was wrong I have to say, I don’t want to care that you’re gone, but I do When we were young, we use to be good friends Then you met Severus and that came to an end When you read that letter, we just couldn’t amend, sad but true So now I’ve come to realize that you and James have just died, leaving Harry I never wrote you, didn’t care what’d you say I married Vernon, and buried you away I found your child at my doorstep today Oh, what now? So now we’ll have to take him in, since I was his only kin, the letter said It was signed by Dumbledore, the man who had written me before, in shock I read I guess we’ll take Harry in But he’ll never have the life he could have had We’ll stamp the magic out of him And never tell him of you or his dad I’ve been bitter at you for very long I can’t tell you why now since you are gone I never told you what I wanted to do To learn magic up at Hogwarts school I was rejected, I took it out you So you see I’ve held it in for all my life I guess I’ll just be a good wife and raise my son I’ll just leave Harry to Vernon He’ll beat the magic out of him, though I’ll regret I’m sorry, Lily

In the Great Hall, ghosts coming in and out of the walls We don’t know what’s going on at all We’re confused now “Voldemort’s dead” - those are the words that Dumbledore said He must be telling the truth because he looks at peace now Because he looks at peace now The cheers go on for hours And no one goes to sleep Some react with big smiles While others begin to weep Now he’s gone I guess that we can all move on And far better days are on the dawn I look at my friends and I realize that We all will be safe for right now The next day, no professor had any classes Flitwick had said “Two people last night died for you They were former students of this school” Then he broke down – we sat there in silence He sobbed on, and then we were dismissed I’ll not forget that day I won’t forget his face The cheers went on for hours And that night, nobody slept Many people still were grinning And still, some people had wept Now he’s gone I guess that we can all move on And far better days are on the dawn I look at my friends and I realize that We all will be safe for right now He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named finally was destroyed We now have the chance to live a life that is not void Of joy and happiness; I barely can recall A single day when I was not afraid for my family But now it’s okay Everyone I know can live another day But now it’s okay – everything’s fine ‘Cause he’s gone And I guess that we can all move on And far better days are on the dawn I look at my friends and I realize that We all will be safe for right now Now he’s gone I guess that we can all move on And far better days are on the dawn I look at my friends and I realize that We all will be safe for right now

It’s been eleven years since this begun Death Eaters gave the Ministry a good run It’s true, you almost beat us But now You-Know-Who is dead and you lost your chance We’re rounding you up all day We’ll throw you all in Azkaban and take your wands away Before, you had a chance to win But that was before Harry Potter defeated him Well, it’s true he killed the Potters But it doesn’t matter He’s disappeared now, it’s all the same We caught Black in the act of a Muggle attack He killed Pettigrew And betrayed Lily and James But still not everything is quite good The Longbottom’s weren’t killed But what happened was truly worse We caught Bellatrix at the scene The son of Crouch even, they had used the Cruciatus Curse Bagnold said things’re good Well, should, would, could, don’t matter anymore You-Know-Who’s gone and that’s all there is to it Woulda done more ‘bout the war, still We’d escaped death’s door Would ‘ave gotten him, but Harry beat us to it When all’s said and done, we did our best, wasn’t enough Though now that Harry killed him, your attacks are rebuffed Round you all up, you’ll be away for a long time Betray your fellow wizards, it’s a war crime We’re all grateful Harry Potter was his demise Even though Lily and James had to die Eleven long, hard years we’ve had to fight To keep our world aimed for what is good and right Some great wizards died in the War The Prewett’s, McKinnon’s, Fenwick, and Dearborn Dorcas Meadowes and Edgar Bones, too All in the Order, all died opposing you I hope you suffer in your cells After all the people who died, your lives should be hell Ludo Bagman was accused, yeah, it’s true No one agreed, but Crouch said it, so what could we do? Council of Magical Law held a trial Crouch was in denial That Ludo got off with just a smile Igor Karkaroff tried to save his skin With fail, he begins We already got Dolohov and Travers Just as he’s about to be sent back He makes a comeback, said Rookwood We were silent as cadavers With Karkaroff’s help, we caught a spy Hidden before our eyes, no disguise Department of Mysteries, access to the Prophecy Let Karkaroff go, it goes to show If Dementor’s eat your soul, no testimony Lucky Barty didn’t make it policy You-Know-Who is gone, you’re caught, so the war’s over Work hard to give the families of those killed closure All the trials held, all the ones who got away Still, I think it’s fair to say It’s a good day Dumbledore is taking Harry to a safe place After all he did for us, I want to say, “Thanks.” Eleven years passed, now he is gone It’s been dark all these years, time to turn the lights on I do hope the peace we have will last I hope the Killing Curse will never again be cast Our future, it looks all clear The Death Eater’s didn’t kill us, we are still here Today, Dumbledore’s giving a speech Back to business as usual, the start of a new week Business as usual, start of a new week Business as usual, start of a new week We were right, the Ministry’s not weak

I heard You-Know-Who has been defeated And tears of joy had just sprung from my eyes I have to admit, I didn’t expect this It is a pleasant surprise He terrorized us for so many years now And we had no idea what we could do But the Boy Who Lived, he has saved us all And You-Know-Who, well, he is through It’s a sunny day, and everyone’s cheery For the first time in years I feel completely alright I’m not really sure what it’s like not to worry I think I’ll go to Dedalus Diggle’s tonight And we’re celebrating and sending up sparks now Dumbledore stopped by just for a minute I honestly thought we had already lost Who thought we could still win it? We are now free And forever we’ll be in glee True, there’s friends that I have lost I think we all paid the cost His parents were killed that night But he’ll be alright Despite the past strain, everything’s now okay No one in my family will come to any harm “Harry, thank you,” I whisper to myself As my wife sleeps in my arms “Harry, thank you,” I whisper to myself As my wife sleeps in my arms