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-heya ma ma ma into the night-ahh
Hey ma ma ma

Life in a northern town

They sat on the stony 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


Ah-heya ma ma ma into the night-ahh
Hey ma ma ma
Life in a northern town


Ah-heya ma ma ma into the night-ahh
Hey ma ma ma hey-ay-ay-ay ah

They shut the factory down

The evening had turned to rain

Watched the water roll down the drain
As we 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


Ah-heya ma ma ma into the night-ahh
Heya ma ma ma hey-ay-ay-ay ah
Life in a northern town

Ah-hey ma ma ma take it easy on yourself
Ah-heya ma ma ma into the night-ahh
Heya ma ma ma

Life in a northern town
Ah hey ma ma ma ma
Ah heya ma ma ma into the night-ahh

Heya ma ma ma
Life in a northern town
Ah hey ma ma ma ma

Ah-heya ma ma ma into the night-ahh
Hey ma ma ma hey-ay-ay-ay ah
Life in a northern town