[Intro]
    (x2)

[Verse 1]
            
We're all bore

         
d, we're all s

o tired of eve

rything
    
We wait for tr

ains that just

 aren't coming
    
We show off ou

r different sc

arlet letters—
  
Trust me, mine

 is better
            
We're so young

           
 but we're on 

the road to ru

in
    
We play dumb b

ut we know exa

ctly what we'r

e doing
            
We cry tears o

     
f mascara in t

he bathroom
  
Honey, life is

 just a classr

oom

[Chorus]
            
'Cause, baby, 


I could build 

a castle
            
 Out of all th

     
e bricks they 

threw at me
            
And every day 

              
is like a batt

     
le
            
But every nigh

t with us is l

ike a dream

Baby, we're th

e new romantic

s

Come on, come 

along with me

Heart break is

 the national 

anthem

We sing it pro

udly

We are too bus

y dancing

To get knocked

 off our feet

Baby, we're th

e new romantic

s

The best peopl

e in life are 

free

[Verse 2]
            
We're all here

   
, the lights a

nd noise are b

linding
     
We hang back, 

it's all in th

e timing
       
It's poker, he

 can't see it 

in my face
            
But I'm about 

                
to play my Ace
            
We need love, 

     
but all we wan

t is danger
            
We team up the

              
n switch sides

  
 like a record

 changer
            
The rumors are

    
 terrible and 

cruel
              
But, honey, mo


st of them are

 true

[Chorus]
            
'Cause, baby, 


I could build 

a castle
            
 Out of all th

     
e bricks they 

threw at me
          
And every day 

              
is like a batt

        
le
            
But every nigh

t with us is l

ike a dream

Baby, we're th

e new romantic

s

Come on, come 

along with me

Heart break is

 the national 

anthem

We sing it pro

udly

We are too bus

y dancing

To get knocked

 off our feet

Baby, we're th

e new romantic

s

The best peopl

e in life are 

free
[Guitar solo]
     

[Bridge]
              
Please take my

          
 hand and
              
Please take me

           
 dancing and
              
Please leave m

     
e stranded
            
It's so romant

ic

[Chorus]
            
'Cause, baby, 


I could build 

a castle
            
 Out of all th

     
e bricks they 

threw at me
            
And every day 

              
is like a batt

     
le
            
But every nigh

t with us is l

ike a dream
            
'Cause, baby, 


I could build 

a castle
            
 Out of all th

     
e bricks they 

threw at me
            
And every day 

              
is like a batt

     
le
            
But every nigh

t with us is l

ike a dream

Baby, we're th

e new romantic

s

Come on, come 

along with me

Heart break is

 the national 

anthem

We sing it pro

udly

We are too bus

y dancing

To get knocked

 off our feet

Baby, we're th

e new romantic

s

The best peopl

e in life are 

free