Charted: 1986 Peaked at #7 Warner -- 28841 From the album "The Dream Academy" B-Side "Test Tape No. 3"
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, oh
Ah, hey ma ma ma Life in a northern town Ah, hey ma ma ma
They sat on the stony 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 Life in a northern town Ah, hey ma ma ma All the work shut down
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 Life in a northern town Ah, hey ma ma ma Life in a northern town
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