ARTIST: Dream Academy TITLE: Life in a Northern Town Lyrics and Chords [ A/D = ; Capo 2 ] 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, ah / D A/D D A/D / / Gmaj7 G6 G A D A/D D A/D / : {Refrain} Ah-hey ma ma ma, hey-dee-da-na-ya Hey ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay, ah Life in a northern town Ah hey ma ma ma ma / D A/D D A/D / / G6 Gmaj7 G6 Gmaj7 / D A/D D A/D / They sat on the stony ground And he took 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, yeah, yeah {Refrain} ...Life in a northern town... {Refrain} ...All of the work shut down... The 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 {Refrain twice} ...Life in a northern town... Ah-hey ma ma ma, take it easy on yourself Hey ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay, ah Life in a northern town Ah hey ma ma ma ma
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