Life in a Northern Town
Dream Academy
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A 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,
Ohhhhh,

Ah hey-a ma ma ma
(Bebe de-nye-yah)
Hey-a ma ma ma-heyyyyyahhh
Life in a northern town
A-hey ma ma ma ma

He sat on the stony ground,
And he took a cigarette out,
And everyone else came down,
To listen.

He said, "In winter nineteen sixty-three,
It felt like the world would freeze
With John F. Kennedy
And The Beatles."

Yeah, yeah
Ah hey-a ma ma ma
(Bebe de-nye-yah)
Hey-a ma ma ma-heyyyyyahhh
Life in a northern town
Hey ma ma ma ma
Ah hey-a ma ma ma
(Bebe de-nye-yah)
Hey-a ma ma ma-heyyyyyahhh
All the work shut down

Evening turned to rain.
Watch 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-a ma ma ma
Bebe de-nye-yah
Hey-a ma ma ma-heyyyyyahhh
Life in a northern town
A-hey ma ma ma ma
(Where you gonna' - a northern town)
Ah hey-a ma ma ma
Bebe de-nye-yah
(All the work shut down)
Hey-a ma ma ma-heyyyyyahhh
(Life in a northern town)
Hey ma ma ma ma
(Where you gonna')
Ah hey-a ma ma ma
Bebe de-nye-yah
Hey-a ma ma ma-heyyyyyahhh
A-hey ma ma ma ma
(Make it easy on yourself)
Ah hey-a ma ma ma
Bebe de-nye-yah
(Society's to blame)
Hey-a ma ma ma-heyyyyyahhh
(So hard to desire)
(So hard to change)
A-hey ma ma ma ma
(Make it easy on yourself)
Ah hey-a ma ma ma
(So hard)
Bebe de-nye-yah
Hey-a ma ma ma-heyyyyyahhh
(So hard)
A-hey ma ma ma ma
(Life in a northern town)
Ah hey-a ma ma ma
Bebe de-nye-yah
Hey-a ma ma ma-heyyyyyahhh