A Salvation Army
band played
and the children
drank 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
away
Heya ma ma ma
Hey dee du ni aah
Heya ma ma ma
Hey-ay-ay-ay aah
Life in a northern town
hey ma ma ma ma
They sat on
the stony ground
and he took
a cigarette out
And everyone else
came down
to listen
It was the winter
nineteen sixty-three
it felt like the world
would freeze
With John F. Kennedy
and The Beatles
Heya ma ma ma
Hey dee du ni aah
Heya ma ma ma
Hey-ay-ay-ay aah
Life in a northern town
Hey ma ma ma ma
Heya ma ma ma
Hey dee du ni aah
Heya ma ma ma
Hey-ay-ay-ay aah
They shut
the factory down
Heya ma ma ma ma
The evening had
turned to rain
Watched the water
roll down the drain
As we followed
him down
to the station
And he would never
wave goodbye
you could see it
written in his eyes
As the train
rolled out of sight
Bye bye
Heya ma ma ma
Hey dee du ni aah
Heya ma ma ma
Hey-ay-ay-ay aah
Life in a northern town
hey ma ma ma ma
take it easy on yourself
Heya ma ma ma
Hey dee du ni aah
Heya ma ma ma
Hey-ay-ay-ay aah
Life in a northern town
Hey ma ma ma ma
Heya ma ma ma
Hey dee du ni aah
Heya ma ma ma
Hey-ay-ay-ay aah
Life in a northern town
Hey ma ma ma ma
Heya ma ma ma
Hey dee du ni aah
Heya ma ma ma
Hey-ay-ay-ay aah
Life in a northern town
Hey ma ma ma ma