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 into the night

Hey ah ma ma ma hey ah

Life in a northern town

Hey ah 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 of '63

Felt like the world would freeze

With John F. Kennedy and the Beatles

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

Hey ah ma ma ma into the night

Hey ah ma ma ma hey ah

They shut the factory down

Hey ah ma ma ma

The evening had turned to rain

Watched the water roll down the drain

As they followed him down to the station

And he would never wave goodbye

You could see it written in his eyes

As the train pulled out of sight right by

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

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