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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 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 xtion. And though he never rode away goodbye e You could see it written in his eye, As the train rolled out of sight, bye bye. .
Life in a northern town.. --------------------------------------------------