I've got this picture, stuck in my brain Of you beneath a streetlight, waiting for a train Shoes in your hands and a dress that is torn Some cool summer night in the town we were born Wake up with a dream of you lying on the floor The sun shines through the room, my flowers are in bloom Oh, we swore someday We would burn down this town We would never look back We were punks on the run The city is kind if you prefer to be alone I'm a brick in my building, another unknown Oh midnight in June under great northern skies I never learned how to fall asleep with the sun in my eyes Oh, the night below the streetlights We knew what was at stake A crooked path through the woods, until we found our mistake If I was a fire, you were a spark Now the city is silent And the windows are dark You said "All we have here Is passion and hope It's a broken mean world, babe Hanging by the ropes." We were raindrops on a windshield, Reflecting in the light Racing down the freeway, Putting up a fight And we swore someday We would burn down this town We would never look back We were punks on the run And we swore someday We would burn down this town We would never look back We were punks on the run