“only a northern song” (lyrics)

VERSE 1:

if you’re listening to this song…
you may think the chords are going wrong…
but they’re not…
i just wrote it like that…

VERSE 2:

when you’re listening late at night…
you may think the band are not quite right…
but they are…
they just play it like that…

CHORUS 1:

it doesn’t really matter what chords i play…
what words i say or time of day it is…
as it’s only a “northern song”

CHORUS 2:

it doesn’t really matter what clothes i wear…
or how i fare or if my hair is brown…
when it’s only a “northern song”

VERSE 3:

if you think the harmony…
is a little dark and out of key…
you’re correct
there’s nobody there…

OUTRO:

and i told you there’s no one there…