Life in a Northern Town (LP版) - The Dream Academy

Composed by：Gilbert Gabriel/Nick Laird-Clowes

A salvation Army Band played

And 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

Ah

Ah hey ma ma ma

Ah hey na e

Ah hey ma ma ma

Hey ah

Life in a northern town

Hey ma ma ma ma

They sat on the stoney ground

And he took out 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

Ah hey ma ma ma

Ah ne a

Ah hey ma ma ma

He ah

Life in a northern town

Hey ma ma ma ma

Ah hey ma ma ma

I'm good in night a

Ah hey ma ma ma

He ah

Life in a northern town

The evening had 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 pulled out of sight

Bye-bye

Ah hey ma ma ma

Ah hey na e

Hey ma ma ma

Hey ah

Life in a northern town

Ah hey ma ma ma

Life in a northern town

Ah hey ma ma ma

Ah ne a

Ah hey ma ma ma

He ah

Life in a northern town

Hey ma ma ma ma

Life in a northern town

Ah hey ma ma ma

Ah hey na e

Hey ma ma ma

Hey ah

Hey ma ma ma ma

Life in a northern town

Ah hey ma ma ma

Life in a northern town

Ah hey ma ma ma

All the work shut down

All the work shut down

Hey ma ma ma ma

Life in a northern town

Hey ma ma ma ma

The evening had turned to rain

Hey ma ma ma

Hey ah

Life in a northern town

Ah keep on gone

Ah hey ma ma ma

Life in a northern town

Hey ma ma ma ma