Musical Interlude - People are Strange; Life in a Northern Town

 I love this song. People Are Strange, by The Doors. The lyrics quite often feel quite apt.

The second song is dedicated to those of us who live the Northern Life. Dream Academy, Life In A Northern Town.

Lyrics for People Are Strange:

People are strange

When you're a stranger

Faces look ugly

When you're alone

Women seem wicked

When you're unwanted

Streets are uneven

When you're down

When you're strange

Faces come out of the rain

When you're strange

No one remembers your name

When you're strange

When you're strange

When you're strange

People are strange

When you're a stranger

Faces look ugly

When you're alone

Women seem wicked

When you're unwanted

Streets are uneven

When you're down

When you're strange

Faces come out of the rain

When you're strange

No one remembers your name

When you're strange

When you're strange

When you're strange

All right, yeah

When you're strange

Faces come out of the rain

When you're strange

No one remembers your name

When you're strange

When you're strange

When you're strange

Lyrics for Life in a Northern Town

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

Ah

Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma

Dee-doo-din-nie-ya-ya

Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma

Hey-y-yah

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

He said, "In winter 1963

It felt like the world would freeze

With John F. Kennedy

And The Beatles"

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma

Dee-doo-din-nie-ya-ya

Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma

Hey-y-yah

Life in a northern town

Hey-ma-ma-ma-ma

Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma

Dee-doo-din-nie-ya-ya

Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma

Hey-y-yah

All the work shut down

The evening turned to rain (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

You could see it written in his eyes

As the train rolled out of sight

Bye-bye

Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma

Dee-doo-din-nie-ya-ya

Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma

Hey-y-yah

Life in a northern town

Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma (Life in a northern town)

Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma

Dee-doo-din-nie-ya-ya

Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma (All the work shut down)

Hey-y-yah

Life in a northern town

Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma (Where ya goin' now?)

Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma

Dee-doo-din-nie-ya-ya

Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma

Hey-y-yah

Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma-ma

Take it easy on yourself

Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma

Dee-doo-din-nie-ya-ya

Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma

Hey-y-yah

Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma (Take it easy on yourself)

Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma

Dee-doo-din-nie-ya-ya

Ah-hey-ma-ma-ma

Hey-y-yah