VERSE 1

Showed up in a beater car, that he borrowed from his friend Joe
The kind of ride that’s rough and loud but plowed like a tank through snow
Put on a new plaid jacket, it’s a true fashion crime
Looked like a Volkswagen seat cover, from nineteen‑seventy‑nine

PRE-CHORUS

’Coz tonight’s got a magic light
With the prettiest girl right by his side
Two hearts wide open for a future together to decide

CHORUS

And he was her plaid‑jacket Romeo
Braving the Midwest winter cold
An Officer and a Gentleman
Nothing like the place that he called home
French fries and midnight laughter
Sharing dreams and all the things that mattered
Two awkward hearts learning how to glow
All from one brave, plaid‑jacket Romeo

VERSE 2

Threw on a parka over that plaid jacket, ‘coz it wasn’t enough
Brought a dozen red roses paid for with his hard‑earned cash
Pulled on leather snow boots, the snowfall wet and deep
Heard the stares and whispers flying, his master plan to keep

PRE-CHORUS

’Coz tonight’s got a magic light
With the prettiest girl right by his side
Two hearts wide open for a future together to decide

CHORUS

And he was her plaid‑jacket Romeo
Braving the Midwest winter cold
An Officer and a Gentleman
Nothing like the place that he called home
French fries and midnight laughter
Sharing dreams and all the things that mattered
Two awkward hearts learning how to glow
All from one brave, plaid‑jacket Romeo

BRIDGE

And if you saw them back in those days
You’d laugh at all their earnest ways
A beater car, a jacket so loud
A boy too nervous to face a crowd

FINAL CHORUS

And he was her plaid‑jacket Romeo
Braving the Midwest winter cold
An Officer and a Gentleman
Nothing like the place that he called home
French fries and midnight laughter
Sharing dreams and all the things that mattered
Two awkward hearts learning how to glow
All from one brave, plaid‑jacket Romeo
All from one brave, plaid‑jacket Romeo
"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything." — Plato