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



Ah hey ma ma ma

Into the night

Ah hey ma ma ma hey ah

Life in a northern town

Ah hey ma ma ma ma



They sat on the stoney ground

And he took a cigarette out

And everyone else came down to listen

It was the winter 1963

It felt like the world would freeze

With John F. Kennedy

And The Beatles



Yeah, yeah, yeah



Ah hey ma ma ma

Into the night

Ah hey ma ma ma hey ah

Life in a northern town

Ah hey ma ma ma ma

Ah hey ma ma ma

Into the night

Ah hey ma ma ma hey ah

They shut the factory down

Ah hey ma ma ma ma



The evening had turned to rain

Watch the water roll down the drain

As we followed him down to the station

And though he never would wave goodbye

You could see it written in his eyes

As the train rolled out of sight, bye-bye



Ah hey ma ma ma

Into the night

Ah hey ma ma ma hey ah

Life in a northern town

Ah hey ma ma ma ma

Take it easy on yourself

Ah hey ma ma ma

Into the night

Ah hey ma ma ma hey ah

Life in a northern town



Ah hey ma ma ma ma

Ah hey ma ma ma

Into the night

Ah hey ma ma ma hey ah

Life in a northern town

Ah hey ma ma ma ma

Ah hey ma ma ma

Into the night

Ah hey ma ma ma hey ah

Life in the northern town

Ah hey ma ma ma ma



(Fade)