All the stacks of time that we spent Could not buy us one regret, no I was livin' on a high road, I know You were livin' on a high Only six months down the neon track We were far too ignorant, so I was livin' in a lie, though, I know Wasn't ready for goodbye We were nomads, stuck in romance Fightin' wars with empty guns Our secret romance is how they sold it But I never bought it once I've been drivin' round in circles I've been burnin' myself out Tired of feelin' like a ghost Even when you're around Drownin' in a sea of regret I thought I lost you, but I just lost myself In these paper towns With bad-ass silhouettes We can't burn them down We can't burn them down In these paper towns In these paper towns I know your hands were tied, we tried to smile Five-star sales, we're home for now You were livin' in the clouds, in the clouds, love And I was buried up the ground We used to think we knew what love's about Until you climbed so high that the limelight Washed us out, yeah We were nomads, stuck in romance Fightin' wars with empty guns Our secret romance is how they sold it But I never bought it once I've been drivin' round in circles I've been burnin' myself out Tired of feelin' like a ghost Even when you're around Drownin' in a sea of regret I thought I lost you, but I just lost myself In these paper towns With bad-ass silhouettes We can't burn them down We can't burn them down We won't let them hold us down We won't let them hold us down We won't let them hold us down In these paper towns We won't let them hold us down No, we won't let them hold us down We won't let them hold us down In these paper towns In these paper towns In these paper towns We won't let them hold us down We won't let them hold us down We won't let them hold us down In these paper towns We won't let them hold us down No, we won't let them hold us down No, we won't let them hold us down In these paper towns No, we won't let them hold us down We won't let them hold us down We won't let them hold us down In these paper towns