Life in a Northern Town

Life in a Northern Town - The Dream Academy

The Salvation Army band played

And the children drunk 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 oh

Ah hey ma ma mommy doo-din-nie-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

Ah hey ma ma mommy doo-din-nie-ya

Ah hey ma ma ma hey-y-yah

Life in a northern town

Hey ma ma ma ma

Ah hey ma ma ma

Ah hey ma ma ma hey-y-yah

All the work shut down

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 mommy doo-din-nie-ya

Ah hey ma ma ma hey-y-yah

Life in a northern town

Ah hey ma ma ma ma

Ah hey ma ma mommy doo-din-nie-ya

Ah hey ma ma ma hey-y-yah

Life in a northern town

Ah hey ma ma ma ma

Ah hey ma ma mommy doo-din-nie-ya

Ah hey ma ma ma hey-y-yah

Ah hey ma ma ma ma

Take it easy on yourself

Ah hey ma ma mommy doo-din-nie-ya

Ah hey ma ma ma hey-y-yah