When you called me on the phonenI almost prayed that you'd forgive men'Cause with everything you knownThere's always something that you don'tnnI hadn't seen you in a whilenNot since that mix-up at the rock clubnI wish we coulda talked all nightnBut that evening took a spillnAnd we woke up feeling things might never be the samennOh oh, 'cause everybody everybody everybody knowsnWe're the rulers of this placenWe're the leaders of the new schoolnnYeah, everybody everybody everybody knowsnWe're the rulers of this placenWe're the leaders of the new schoolnYeahnnTook the records from the dennDown to the rec room in the basementnAnd we did anything we wantnTore the white stripes off the wallnnIt didn't take me long to see nThat I was just your new distractionnBut when I walked you home that nightnYou know I kissed you anywaynAnd the bus route to your heart may still be on the waynnOh oh, 'cause everybody everybody everybody knowsnWe're the rulers of this placenWe're the leaders of the new schoolnnYeah, everybody everybody everybody knowsnWe're the rulers of this placenWe're the leaders of the new schoolnYeahnnCould've seen those nights would fadenAnd all the plans we made would follownLike the pharaohs laid to restnOr the river that runs drynnI hear you're seeing someone newnPlays guitar and writes you lettersnHe pretends he knows you wellnBut we both know that that's not truenAnd still some nights the stars remind me we're the samennOh oh, 'cause everybody everybody everybody knowsnWe're the rulers of this placenWe're the leaders of the new schoolnnYeah, everybody everybody everybody knowsnWe're the rulers of this placenWe're the leaders of the new school