[Intro]

      


[Verse 1]

             
There's talk o

              
n the street, 

              
it sounds so f

   
amiliar;
         
great expectat

            
ions, ev'rybod

           
y's watchin' y

ou.
             
People you mee

              
t they all see

       
m to know you,
         
even your old 

              
friends treat 

              
you like you'r

             
e somethin' ne

  
w.


[Chorus]

           
Johnny come la


tely,
           
the new kid in

  
 town.
        
Ev'rybody love

s you,
           
so don't let t

     
hem down.


[Verse 2]

             
You look in he

              
r eyes, the mu

         
sic begins to 

       
play,
        
hopeless roman

             
tics, here we 

     
go again.
             
But after a wh

             
ile you're loo

         
kin' the other

        
 way,
          
it's those    

            
  restless hea

             
rts that never

       
 mend.


[Chorus]

           
Johnny come la


tely,
           
the new kid in

  
 town.
           
Will she still

  
 love you
          
when you're no

   
t around?


[Bridge]

    

   

            
There's so man

              
y things you s

              
hould have tol

   
d her,
            
but night afte

              
r night you're

            
 willing to ho


ld her,
           
just hold her,

           
 tears on your

    
 shoul - der.


[Verse 3]

             
There's talk o

              
n the street, 

              
it's there to 

         
remind you.
             
Doesn't really

             
 matter which 

           
side you're on

.
             
You're walkin'

             
 away and they

             
're talkin' be

       
hind you,
             
they will neve

              
r forget you '

             
til somebody n

             
ew comes along

  
.


[Chorus]

           
Where've you b

     
een lately?
           
There's a new 

        
kid in town.
        
Ev'rybody love

s him (don't t

hey?)
           
Now he's holdi

            
n' her and you

             
're still arou

   (   
nd.


[Outro]

            
There's a new 

              
kid in town,
            
just another n

             
ew kid in town

     
.
             
Ev'rybody's ta

              
lkin' 'bout th

           
e new kid in t

    
own.
             
Ev'rybody's ta

              
lkin' 'bout th

           
e new kid in t

    
own.


[Outro]

             
There's a new 

              
kid in town, (


I don't want t

o hear it)
           
There's a new 

              
kid in town, (


I don't want t

o hear it)