It was an easy sell It was something else For us to do Just one match to use We used to hang out Beside the park We used to fall apart And look for something new The brightest thing I ever saw Was the night you set fire to the lot The night you set the fire ♪ There was a way out Across the road Across the fields To a place that we could feel It wasn't hard to get to It wasn't far apart And it was at the start Of the end of town The brightest thing I ever saw Was the night you set fire to the lot We watched it burn until we were caught The night you set the fire ♪ The brightest thing I ever saw Was the night you set fire to the lot We watched it burn until we were caught The night you set the fire