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      Ah hey ma ma ma   Into the night   Ah hey ma ma ma hey ah   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   It was the winter 1963   It felt like the world would freeze   With John F. Kennedy   And The Beatles      Yeah, yeah, yeah      Ah hey ma ma ma   Into the night   Ah hey ma ma ma hey ah   Life in a northern town   Ah hey ma ma ma ma   Ah hey ma ma ma   Into the night   Ah hey ma ma ma hey ah   They shut the factory down   Ah hey ma ma ma ma      The evening had 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      Ah hey ma ma ma   Into the night   Ah hey ma ma ma hey ah   Life in a northern town   Ah hey ma ma ma ma   Take it easy on yourself   Ah hey ma ma ma   Into the night   Ah hey ma ma ma hey ah   Life in a northern town      Ah hey ma ma ma ma   Ah hey ma ma ma   Into the night   Ah hey ma ma ma hey ah   Life in a northern town   Ah hey ma ma ma ma   Ah hey ma ma ma   Into the night   Ah hey ma ma ma hey ah   Life in the northern town   Ah hey ma ma ma ma      (Fade)