Chemical Plant

Lyrics

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