The 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
Life in a Northern town
He sat on a stony ground
And he took a cigar out
And everyone else came down to listen
He said in Winter 1963
Everyone thought the whole world would freeze
With John F. Kennedy and the Beatles
Life in a northern town
All of the world struck down
In the evening we'd talk too late
Watch the water run down the drain
As we followed him down to the station
And though he never rode away goodbye
You could see it written in his eye
As the train rolled out of sight
Bye bye
Life in a northern town