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All of the words shook down.
All of the work shut down.
All of the work shook down.
All of the work shut down.
All of the world came down
All of the work shut down
And through an open window cane.
or
And through a open wind, it came.
And through an open window came.
Evening tucked away
or
Evening turned to gray.
Evening turned to rain.
Evening turned to rape
or
Evening turned to night
Evening turned to rain
Everyone else came 'round to listen.
Everyone else came down to listen.
Hey your mama's ugly
And your wife is a boring clown.
Hey, o ma, ma, ma, ma, may
Life in a northern town.
Hey, na, na, na, na
or
Hey, Ron, Ron, Ron, Ron
or
Hey, ra, ra, ra, ra
Ah hey oh ma ma ma
Laughin' all the time
Life in a northern town
Laughing at olden times.
Life in a northern town.
Life ain't a ball all the time
Life in a northern town
Life in a foreign town
Life in a northern town
Like John F. Kennedy
And the beer.
With John F. Kennedy
And the Beatles.
Like Sinatra in a young bidet
Like Sinatra in a younger day
Lost in a foreign town
Life in a northern town
Pushing the tin away
Pushing the town away
The Salvation Army back laid.
A Salvation Army band played.
The evening talked to me
The evening turned to rain
Through an open window came
Like Sinatra and the other day.
Through an open window came
Like Sinatra in a younger day.
Well goodbye, girl.
We'll get by, girl.
Well goodbye, love.
We'll get by, girl.
You know he never really waved goodbye.
And though he never would wave goodbye.
You know we never really waved goodbye.
And though he never would wave goodbye.
All the words shut mouth
All the work shut down
All the world shut down
We made talk till day
Watched the water roll down the drain
As we followed it down - to the station
You know he never really waved goodbye
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
And he took a second out
And he took a cigarette out
And the morning was still day, oh all day
And the morning lasted all day, all day
And the world shot down
All the work shut down
Hey, ah, ma, ma, ma - she lives in Nyack.
Hey, ah, ma, ma, ma, into the night
I couldn't ride her
or
For the bus driver
Dee-doo-din-nie-ya-ya
Life in a modern time
or
Life in a modern town
Life in a northern town
Lots of nachos in the younger days
Like Sinatra in a younger day
Oh, mama, my head!
Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma
Hey-y-yah
They sat on a stormy ground
They sat on a stony ground
They sat on a story ground
They sat on a stony ground
With John F. K in a day
With John F. Kennedy