Life In a Northern Town

A salvation army band played

And the children drank lemonade

And the morning lasted all day, all day

And through an open window came

Like Sinatra in a younger day

Pushing the town away, away

Hey, ah, ma, ma, ma, hey, doo-din-dye

Hey, ah, ma, ma, ma, hey, ah

Life in a northern town

Hey, ma, ma, ma, ma

They say on the stoney ground

And he took a cigarette out

And everyone else came down to listen

It was the winter 1963

It felt that the world would freeze

With John F. Kennedy and the Beatles, yeah, yeah, yeah

Hey, ah, ma, ma, ma, hey, doo-din-dye

Hey, ah, ma, ma, ma, hey, ah

Life in a northern town

Hey, ma, ma, ma, ma

Hey, ah, ma, ma, ma, hey, doo-din-dye

Hey, ah, ma, ma, ma, hey, ah

They shut the factory down

Hey, ma, ma, ma, ma

The evening had turned to rain

We watched the water roll down the drain

As they followed him down to the station

He would never wave goodbye

You could see it written in his eyes

As the train pulled out of sight, bye bye

Hey, ah, ma, ma, ma, into the night

Hey, ah, ma, ma, ma, hey, ah

Life in a northern town

Hey, ah, ma, ma, ma, take it easy on yourself

Hey, ah, ma, ma, ma, hey, doo-din-dye

Hey, ah, ma, ma, ma, hey, ah

Life in a northern town

Hey, ma, ma, ma, ma

Hey, ah, ma, ma, ma, hey, doo-din-dye

Hey, ah, ma, ma, ma, hey, ah

Life in a northern town

Hey, ma, ma, ma, ma

Hey, ah, ma, ma, ma, hey, doo-din-dye

Hey, ah, ma, ma, ma, hey, ah

Life in a northern town

Hey, ma, ma, ma, ma