Chemical Plant

In a small town down on the highway to coast
Factories and churches lay on dusty gravel roads
This is where they first met
Such a long time ago

Young lovers, wet behind the ears
Foolish and unguarding, following blindly without fear
Skippin' school and hoppin' fences
Making love down by the pear

Love like elements react
Constellations in the black
The lights from the chemical plant
Burn bright in the night like an old kerosene lamp
From a car parked by the ocean
What a vision to behold
The lights from the chemical plant

She says my heart is like an orphan
And your words are like home
I do not deserve such kindness
Keeps me warm down to my arms
We bear some strange familiar likeness
To a man I feel I know

As if to keep each other safe
They spent the night and locked in embrace

And the lights from the chemical plant
Burn bright in the night like an old kerosene lamp
When all seemed unstable
I could watch how they were there
The lights from the chemical plant

All the years pass by them both not so unkindly
And whenever things got rough, the pain they'd share
But no matter when death comes it is untimely
She sat next to him
As she tried hard to prepare

Ooh, can you still see them?
Through the window if you looked
They are still there
Open up your eyes
Just once more, darling
'Cause without I know I just can't bear

The lights from the chemical plant
Burn bright in the night like an old kerosene lamp
I was sure that they would always be there
And then one day they were gone
The lights from the chemical plant