A Salvation Army band played and the children drank lemonadeAnd the morning lasted all day, all dayAnd through an open window came like Sinatra in a younger dayPushing the town away, awayHey, ah, ma, ma, ma, into the nightHey, ah, ma, ma, ma, hey, ahLife in a northern townHey, ma, ma, ma, maThey sat on the stony ground and he took a cigarette outAnd everyone else came down to listenIt was the winter 1963, it felt like the world would freezeWith John F. Kennedy and the Beatles, yeah, yeah, yeahHey, ah, ma, ma, ma, into the nightHey, ah, ma, ma, ma, hey, ahLife in a northern townHey, ma, ma, ma, maHey, ah, ma, ma, ma, into the nightHey, ah, ma, ma, ma, hey, ahThey shut the factory downHey, ma, ma, ma, maThe evening had turned to rain, watched the water roll down the drainAs they followed him down to the stationAnd he would never wave goodbye, you could see it written in his eyesAs the train pulled out of sight, bye, byeHey, ah, ma, ma, ma, into the nightHey, ah, ma, ma, ma, hey, ahLife in a northern townHey, ma ma ma, take it easy on yourselfHey, ah, ma, ma, ma, into the nightHey, ah, ma, ma, ma, hey, ahLife in a northern townHey, ma, ma, ma, maHey, ah, ma, ma, ma, into the nightHey, ah, ma, ma, ma, hey, ahLife in a northern townHey, ma, ma, ma, maHey, ah, ma, ma, ma, into the nightHey, ah, ma, ma, ma, hey, ahLife in a northern townHey, ma, ma, ma, ma
