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
 Ah
 Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma
 Dee-doo-din-nie-ya-ya
 Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma
 Hey-y-yah
 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
 He said, "In winter 1963
 It felt like the world would freeze
 With John F. Kennedy
 And The Beatles"
 Yeah, yeah, yeah
 Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma
 Dee-doo-din-nie-ya-ya
 Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma
 Hey-y-yah
 Life in a northern town
 Hey-ma-ma-ma-ma
 Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma
 Dee-doo-din-nie-ya-ya
 Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma
 Hey-y-yah
 All the work shut down
 The evening turned to rain (The evening turned to rain)
 Watched 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
 Dee-doo-din-nie-ya-ya
 Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma
 Hey-y-yah
 Life in a northern town
 Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma (Life in a northern town)
 Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma
 Dee-doo-din-nie-ya-ya
 Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma (All the work shut down)
 Hey-y-yah
 Life in a northern town
 Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma (Where ya goin' now?)
 Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma
 Dee-doo-din-nie-ya-ya
 Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma
 Hey-y-yah
 Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma-ma
 Take it easy on yourself
 Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma
 Dee-doo-din-nie-ya-ya
 Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma
 Hey-y-yah
 Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma (Take it easy on yourself)
 Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma
 Dee-doo-din-nie-ya-ya
 Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma
 Hey-y-yah