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
ah hey ma ma mommy doodinnieya
ah hey ma ma ma heyyyah
life in a northern town
ah hey ma ma ma ma
they sat on the stony ground
and he took a cigarette out
and everyone else came down
to listen
he said in winter 96
it felt like the world would freeze
with john f kennedy
and the beatles
yeah yeah
ah hey ma ma mommy doodinnieya
ah hey ma ma ma heyyyah
life in a northern town
hey ma ma ma ma
ah hey ma ma ma
ah hey ma ma ma heyyyah
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
byebye
ah hey ma ma mommy doodinnieya
ah hey ma ma ma heyyyah
life in a northern town
ah hey ma ma ma ma
ah hey ma ma mommy doodinnieya
ah hey ma ma ma heyyyah
life in a northern town
ah hey ma ma ma ma
ah hey ma ma mommy doodinnieya
ah hey ma ma ma heyyyah
ah hey ma ma ma ma
make it easy on yourself
society’s so
so hard to desert
so hard that you know
make it easy on yourself
life in a northern town
we’ll get back up
ah hey ma ma mommy doodinnieya
ah hey ma ma ma heyyyah
repeat to fade
Artist: The Dream Academy
Year: 1985
Decade: 80s
Language: en
Word Count: 154