[Verse 1]
It's a quixotic quest on a hot summer's night
I got a fistful of fireworks, I'm gonna try and set things right
I lost my inhibition, I think I may have lost my wallet, too
In this dying land of plenty, there's a whole lot of nothing to do

[Verse 2]
Oh I, I'm Billy Pilgrim, you're a Dresden doll
They carpet bombed the city, thank God they spared the mall
Let's hold a vigil for the kinda, sorta innocent
I guess I should defend your virtue but the truth is I'm still on the fence

[Verse 3]
And old Heinrich Himmler, he never broke the law
Well, technically speaking, ask Sam Peckinpah
Sometimes you need a vigilante if you wanna get a just thing done
And I don't wanna kill nobody whose only crime is worshiping the sun

[Chorus]
Breakfast of napalm
Burnt down the place where I belong
Arch-rivals make love
And they gotta keep it secret
They still do it with the lights on
(Woo)
[Verse 4]
And I got bad nostalgia for what came before
Sad reenactments of our civil war
My heartache is obsessive, I just wish that I could let it go
But there's a mountain down in Georgia with a kickass laser light show

[Verse 5]
And I can always convince you, you're just like Patty Hearst
Oh, you're sympathetic, baby, when I'm at my worst
I don't wanna brainwash you, I just wish that you would change your tune
'Cause I've been gunning for redemption and I think I hit the bullseye soon
(Yeah)

[Chorus]
Chartreuse and menthols
Burnt down the town that we were from
I lost my true love to a three-alarm fire
They tried to put out with a squirt gun
(Órale)

(Let's go to D chord)

[Verse 6]
Sing little child like a nightingale
Sing little child, send me anthrax through the mail
I wanna know you, I wanna know if you are true
'Cause the closer I get to you is the further that I feel from you
[Chorus]
Breakfast of napalm
Burnt down the place where we belong
Arch-rivals make love
And they gotta keep it secret
Yeah, they gotta keep it secret
Yeah, they gotta keep it secret
They still do it with the lights on