@migu music@

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, hey-day-nigh-yahh

Hey ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay, ah

Life in a northern town

Ah hey ma ma ma ma

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, hey-dee-day-nigh-yahh

Hey ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay, ah

Life in a northern town

Ah hey ma ma ma ma

Ah-heya ma ma ma, hey-day-nigh-yahh

Hey ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay, ah

They shut the factory down

Ah hey ma ma ma ma

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, hey-day-nigh-yahh

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, hey-day-nigh-yahh

Heya ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay, ah

Life in a northern town

Ah hey ma ma ma ma

Ah-heya ma ma ma, hey-day-nigh-yahh

Heya ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay, ah

Life in a northern town

Ah hey ma ma ma ma

Ah-heya ma ma ma, hey-day-nigh-yahh

Hey ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay, ah

Life in a northern town

Ah hey ma ma ma ma