D
A salvation army band played
A/D
And the children drank lemon-ade.
G D
And the morning lasted all day,
D
All day.
D
And through an open window came,
A/D
Like Sinatra in a younger day.
G
Pushing the town a-way
D
Away
[Chorus]
D
Ah hey ma ma ma ma, n-ny-ay
D G
Hey ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay
D
Life in a northern town
[Verse 2]
D
They sat on the stony ground.
A/D
And he took a cigarette out.
G D
And everyone else came down to listen.
D
He said in Winter 1963
A/D
It felt like the world would freeze,
G D
With John F. Kennedy and the Beatles.
[Chorus]
D
Ah hey ma ma ma ma, n-ny-ay
D G
Hey ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay
G D
All of the work shut down.
[Verse 3]
D
The evening had turned to rain.
A/D
Watch the water roll down the drain.
G D
As we followed him down to the station.
D
Although he never would waved goodbye.
A/D
You could see it written in his eyes
G D
As the train rolled out of sight, bye bye.
[Chorus]
D
Ah hey ma ma ma ma, n-ny-ay
D G
Hey ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay
G D
Life in a northern town.
