Life in a northern town (1985)
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1. A Salvation Army band played,
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and
the children drank lemonade,
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and the morning
lasted all day, all day.
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And through an open window
came,
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like
Sinatra in a younger day,
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pushing
the town away, oh.
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Ah, hey
ma ma ma
ma, hey ma
ma ma ma,
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hey ah, life in a northern
town, hey ma ma ma ma !
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2. They sat on the stony ground,
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and
he took a cigarette out,
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and
everyone else came down to listen.
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He said: In winter 1963
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it
felt like the world would freeze,
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with
John F. Kennedy and the Beatles.
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Ah, hey
ma ma ma
ma, hey ma
ma ma ma,
G D
hey ah, life in a northern town,
hey ma ma ma ma !
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Ah, hey
ma ma ma
ma, hey ma
ma ma ma,
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half of the world shut down.
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3. The evening had turned to rain,
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watch
the water roll down the drain,
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as we
followed him down to the
station.
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Though he’d
never would have waved goodbye,
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you
could see it written in his eyes,
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as
the train rolled out of sight, bye bye.
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Ah, hey
ma ma ma
ma, hey ma
ma ma ma,
G D
hey ah, life in a northern town,
hey ma ma ma ma !
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Ah, hey
ma ma ma
ma, hey ma
ma ma ma,
G D
hey ah, life in a northern town,
hey ma ma ma ma !
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+ Hey oh, ma ma ma, hey
oh, ma ma ma, hey ah, hey
ma ma ma
ma !
+ repeat last line (2x with
different bits of lyrics) ...
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Dream Academy)