Verse 1

We dragged our chairs into the open field

The sky still warm from everything we felt

Somebody's radio bleeding through the fence

We sang along to words we halfway knew

Chorus

We lit the whole sky up tonight

Not because we had to — because we could

Sparks over every rooftop, every yard

A country singing loud and feeling good

We lit the whole sky up tonight

The kind of night you talk about for years

All of us together in the dark and heat

Watching something beautiful disappear

Verse 2

The kids stayed up way past when they should

The ice chest half-empty, the laughter full

We counted down the booms like heartbeats drumming

Every color blooming overhead

Chorus

We lit the whole sky up tonight

Not because we had to — because we could

Sparks over every rooftop, every yard

A country singing loud and feeling good

We lit the whole sky up tonight

The kind of night you talk about for years

All of us together in the dark and heat

Watching something beautiful disappear

Bridge

We know it isn't perfect — nothing is

But tonight we let the fireworks speak

All of our contradictions in the smoke

All of our belonging in the streak

Outro

Happy birthday, happy birthday

We're still here, we're still here

The embers cooling in the grass

Another year, another year

Instrumental Outro

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