[00:01.99]Life In A Northern Town - The Dream Academy
[00:22.35]The Salvation Army band played
[00:25.83]And the children drunk lemonade
[00:29.82]And the morning lasted all day, all day
[00:38.23]And through an open window came
[00:41.57]Like Sinatra in a younger day
[00:45.80]Pushing the town away, oh
[00:53.87]hey Ah ma ma mommy doo-din-nie-ya
[00:57.75]Ah hey ma ma ma hey-y-yah
[01:03.84]Life in a northern town
[01:06.26]Ah hey ma ma ma ma
[01:09.71]They sat on the stoney ground
[01:13.28]And he took a cigarette out
[01:17.33]And everyone else came down to listen
[01:24.90]He said in winter 1963
[01:28.99]It felt like the world would freeze
[01:32.72]With John F. Kennedy
[01:36.70]And The Beatles
[01:40.59]Yeah, yeah
[01:41.50]Ah hey ma ma mommy doo-din-nie-ya
[01:45.19]Ah hey ma ma ma hey-y-yah
[01:50.97]Life in a northern town
[01:53.65]Hey ma ma ma ma
[01:57.05]Ah hey ma ma ma
[01:59.04]Ah hey ma ma ma hey-y-yah
[02:08.05]All the work shut down
[02:13.38]The evening turned to rain
[02:16.47]Watched the water roll down the drain
[02:20.40]As we followed him down to the station
[02:27.87]And though he never would wave goodbye
[02:31.90]You could see it written in his eyes
[02:36.08]As the train rolled out of sight bye bye
[02:47.53]Ah hey ma ma mommy doo-din-nie-ya
[02:51.76]Ah hey ma ma ma hey-y-yah
[02:57.79]Life in a northern town
[03:00.14]Ah hey ma ma ma ma
[03:03.37]Ah hey ma ma mommy doo-din-nie-ya
[03:07.35]Ah hey ma ma ma hey-y-yah
[03:13.49]Life in a northern town
[03:15.87]Ah hey ma ma ma ma
[03:19.20]Ah hey ma ma mommy doo-din-nie-ya
[03:22.98]Ah hey ma ma ma hey-y-yah
[03:30.96]Ah hey ma ma ma ma
[03:33.59]Take it easy on yourself
[03:37.58]it easy on yourself
[03:39.52]Ah-heya ma ma ma, As the train pulled out of sight,
[03:41.63]into the night-ahh
[03:47.09]Heya ma ma ma,
[03:49.43]Life in a northern town
[03:50.97]Ah-hey ma ma ma, Ah-hey ma ma ma,
[03:53.77]take it easy on yourself
[03:55.45]Ah-heya ma ma ma, into the night-ahh
[03:58.59]Heya ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay, ah
[04:01.67]Life in a northern towns
[04:02.68]the train pulled out of sight
[04:04.71]Ah hey ma ma ma
[04:06.20]As the train pulled out of sight
[04:08.46]Ah hey ma ma mommy doo-din-nie-ya
[04:09.29][00:01.96]Ah hey ma ma ma hey-y-yah

Life In A Northern Town - The Dream Academy
The Salvation Army band played
And the 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
hey Ah ma ma mommy doo-din-nie-ya
Ah hey ma ma ma hey-y-yah
Life in a northern town
Ah hey ma ma ma ma
They sat on the stoney 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
Ah hey ma ma mommy doo-din-nie-ya
Ah hey ma ma ma hey-y-yah
Life in a northern town
Hey ma ma ma ma
Ah hey ma ma ma
Ah hey ma ma ma hey-y-yah
All the work shut down
The evening turned to rain
Watched 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
Ah hey ma ma mommy doo-din-nie-ya
Ah hey ma ma ma hey-y-yah
Life in a northern town
Ah hey ma ma ma ma
Ah hey ma ma mommy doo-din-nie-ya
Ah hey ma ma ma hey-y-yah
Life in a northern town
Ah hey ma ma ma ma
Ah hey ma ma mommy doo-din-nie-ya
Ah hey ma ma ma hey-y-yah
Ah hey ma ma ma ma
Take it easy on yourself
it easy on yourself
Ah-heya ma ma ma, As the train pulled out of sight,
into the night-ahh
Heya ma ma ma,
Life in a northern town
Ah-hey ma ma ma, Ah-hey ma ma ma,
take it easy on yourself
Ah-heya ma ma ma, into the night-ahh
Heya ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay, ah
Life in a northern towns
the train pulled out of sight
Ah hey ma ma ma
As the train pulled out of sight
Ah hey ma ma mommy doo-din-nie-ya
Ah hey ma ma ma hey-y-yah