Fearless

Fearless (Taylor's Version)
There's somethin' bout the way

The street looks when it's just rained
There's a glow off the pavement
Walk me to the car
And you know I wanna ask you to dance right there
In the middle of the parking lot
Yeah
We're drivin' down the road

I wonder if you know
I'm tryin' so hard not to get caught up now
But you're just so cool
Run your hands through your hair
Absent mindedly makin' me want you
And I don't know how it gets better than this

You take my hand and drag me head first
Fearless
And I don't know why but with you I'd dance
In a storm in my best dress
Fearless
So baby drive slow

Til we run out of road in this one horse town
I wanna stay right here in this passenger's seat
You put your eyes on me
In this moment now capture it remember it

Fearless
Fearless
Well you stood there with me in the doorway

my hands shake
I'm not usually this way but
You pull me in and I'm a little more brave
It's the first kiss, it's flawless, really something, it's fearless.

Fearless
Fearless
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Fifteen (Taylor's Version)
You take a deep breath

And you walk through the doors
It's the morning of your very first day
You say hi to your friends you ain't seen in awhile
Try and stay out of everybody's way
It's your freshman year

And you're gonna be here for the next four years
In this town
Hoping one of those senior boys
Will wink at you and say, "you know I haven't seen you around, before"
'Cause when you're fifteen,

Somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
And when you're fifteen
Feeling like there's nothing to figure out
Count to ten
Take it in
This is life before you know who you're gonna be
At fifteen
You sit in class next to a red-head named Abigail

And soon enough you're best friends
Laughing at the other girls
Who they think they're so cool
We'll be out of here as soon as we can
And then you're on your very first date

And he's got a car
And you're feeling like flying
And you're mama's waiting up
And you're thinking he's the one
And you're dancing around the room when the night ends
When the night ends

And your first kiss makes your head spin around
But in your life you'll do things

Greater than dating the boy on the football team
But I didn't know it at fifteen
When all you wanted

Was to be wanted
Wish you could go back
And tell yourself what you know now
Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday

But I realized some bigger dreams of mine
And Abigail gave everything she had
To a boy who changed his mind
And we both cried

Don't forget to look before you fall
I've found time can heal most anything

And you just might find who you're supposed to be
I didn't know who I was supposed to be
At fifteen
La la la la la
Your very first day
Take a deep breath girl
And take a deep breath as you walk through the doors
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Love Story (Taylor's Version)
We were both young when I first saw you

I close my eyes and the flashback starts
I'm standin' there
On a balcony in summer air
See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns
See you make your way through the crowd
And say, "Hello"
Little did I know
That you were Romeo, you were throwin' pebbles

And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet"
And I was cryin' on the staircase
Beggin' you, "Please don't go," and I said
Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone

I'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes"
So I sneak out to the garden to see you

We keep quiet, 'cause we're dead if they knew
So close your eyes
Escape this town for a little while, oh oh
'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter

And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet"
But you were everything to me
I was beggin' you, "Please don't go," and I said
Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone

I'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
Romeo, save me, they're tryna tell me how to feel
This love is difficult, but it's real
Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess
Oh, oh
I got tired of waiting
Wonderin' if you were ever comin' around
My faith in you was fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town, and I said
Romeo, save me, I've been feeling so alone

I keep waiting for you, but you never come
Is this in my head? I don't know what to think
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring
And said, "Marry me, Juliet
You'll never have to be alone
I love you and that's all I really know
I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
'Cause we were both young when I first saw you
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Hey Stephen (Taylor's Version)
Hey Stephen, I know looks can be deceiving

But I know I saw a light in you
And as we walked we would talk
And I didn't say half the things I wanted to
Of all the girls tossing rocks at your window
I'll be the one waiting there even when it's cold
Hey Stephen, boy you might have me believing
I don't always have to be alone
'Cause I can't help it if you look like an angel

Can't help it if I wanna kiss you in the rain, so
Come feel this magic I've been feeling since I met you
Can't help it if there's no one else
Mmm I can't help myself
Hey Stephen, I've been holding back this feeling

So I've got some things to say to you
I've seen it all, so I thought
But I've never seen nobody shine the way you do
The way you walk, way you talk, way you say my name
It's beautiful, wonderful, don't you ever change
Hey Stephen, why are people always leaving
I think you and I should stay the same
Cause I can't help it if you look like an angel

They're dimming the street lights, you're perfect for me

Why aren't you here tonight?
I'm waiting alone now so come on and come out
And pull me near and shine, shine, shine
Hey Stephen, I could give you fifty reasons

Why I should be the one you choose
All those other girls, well they're beautiful
But would they write a song for you?
Cause I can't help it if you look like an angel

I can't help myself if you look like an angel

myself
Mm
I can't help myself
I can't help myself
Oh, Oh,
Mm
Mm
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White Horse (Taylor's Version)
Say you're sorry

That face of an angel
Comes out just when you need it to
As I paced back and forth all this time
'Cause I honestly believed in you
Holding on
The days drag on
Stupid girl,
I should have known, I should have known
That I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairy tale

I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet,
Lead her up the stairwell
This ain't Hollywood, this is a small town,
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down
Now it's too late for you
And your white horse, to come around
Maybe I was naive,

Got lost in your eyes
And never really had a chance
My mistake I didn't know to be in love
You had to fight to have the upper hand
I had so many dreams
About you and me
Happy endings
Now I know
I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairy tale

I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet,
Lead her up the stairwell
This ain't Hollywood, this is a small town,
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down
Now it's too late for you
And your white horse, to come around
And there you are on your knees,

Begging for forgiveness, begging for me
Just like I always wanted but I'm so sorry
'Cause I'm not your princess, this ain't a fairytale

I'm gonna find someone someday who might actually treat me well
This is a big world, that was a small town
There in my rear view mirror disappearing now
And its too late for you and your white horse
Now its too late for you and your white horse, to catch me now
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa
Try and catch me now
Oh, it's too late
To catch me now
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You Belong with Me (Taylor's Version)
You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset

She's goin' off about somethin' that you said
'Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do
I'm in the room, it's a typical Tuesday night
I'm listenin' to the kind of music she doesn't like
And she'll never know your story like I do
But she wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts

She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreamin' 'bout the day when you wake up and find
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time
If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along, so why can't you see
You belong with me
You belong with me
Walkin' the streets with you and your worn-out jeans

I can't help thinkin' this is how it ought to be
Laughin' on a park bench, thinkin' to myself
"Hey, isn't this easy?"
And you've got a smile that could light up this whole town
I haven't seen it in a while since she brought you down
You say you're fine, I know you better than that
Hey, what you doin' with a girl like that?
She wears high heels, I wear sneakers

She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreamin' 'bout the day when you wake up and find
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time
If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
You belong with me
Standin' by and waitin' at your back door
All this time, how could you not know, baby
You belong with me
You belong with me
Oh, I remember you drivin' to my house

In the middle of the night
I'm the one who makes you laugh
When you know you're 'bout to cry
And I know your favorite songs
And you tell me 'bout your dreams
Think I know where you belong
Think I know it's with me
Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you?
You belong with me
Standin' by and waitin' at your back door
All this time, how could you not know, baby
You belong with me
You belong with me
You belong with me
Have you ever thought just maybe
You belong with me
You belong with me
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Breathe (Taylor's Version)
I see your face in my mind as I drive away,

'Cause none of us thought it was gonna end that way
People are people,
And sometimes we change our minds
But it's killing me to see you go after all this time
Music starts playin' like the end of a sad movie,

It's the kinda ending you don't really wanna see
'Cause it's tragedy and it'll only bring you down,
Now I don't know what to be without you around
And we know it's never simple,

Never easy
Never a clean break, no one here to save me
You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand,
And I can't,
Breathe,
Without you,
But I have to,
Breathe,
Without you,
But I have to
Never wanted this, never wanna see you hurt

Every little bump in the road I tried to swerve
People are people,
And sometimes it doesn't work out,
Nothing we say is gonna save us from the fall out

Never easy
You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand,
And I can't,
Breathe,
Without you,
But I have to,
Breathe,
Without you,
But I have to
It's two am
Feelin' like I just lost a friend
Hope you know it's not easy,
Easy for me
It's two am
Feelin' like I just lost a friend
Hope you know this ain't easy,
Easy for me

Never easy
I can't,
Breathe,
Without you,
But I have to,
Breathe,
Without you,
But I have to
Breathe,
Without you,
But I have to
Sorry (oh) sorry

Sorry sorry
Sorry sorry
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Tell Me Why (Taylor's Version)
I took a chance, I took a shot

And you might think I'm bulletproof, but I'm not
You took a swing, I took it hard
And down here from the ground I see who you are
I'm sick and tired of your attitude

I'm feeling like I don't know you
You tell me that you love me then you cut me down
And I need you like a heartbeat

But you know you got a mean streak
Makes me run for cover when you're around
And here's to you and your temper
Yes, I remember what you said last night
And I know that you see what you're doing to me
Tell me why
You could write a book on how to ruin someone's perfect day

Well I get so confused and frustrated
Forget what I'm trying to say, oh
I'm sick and tired of your reasons

I got no one to believe in
You tell me that you want me, then push me around
And I need you like a heartbeat

But you know you got a mean streak
Makes me run for cover when you're around
And here's to you and your temper
Tell me why
Why, do you have to make me feel small

So you can feel whole inside
Why, do you have to put down my dreams
So you're the only thing on my mind
Well I'm sick and tired of your attitude

I'm feeling like I don't know you
You tell me that you want me then cut me down
I'm sick and tired of your reasons
I've got no one to believe in
You ask me for my love then you push me around

Here's to you and your temper
Tell me why
Why, tell me why
I take a step back, let you go

I told you I'm not bulletproof
Now you know
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You're Not Sorry (Taylor's Version)
All this time I was wasting

Hoping you would come around
I've been giving out chances every time
And all you do is let me down
And it's taking me this long
Baby but I figured you out
And you're thinking we'll be fine again
But not this time around
You don't have to call anymore

I won't pick up the phone
This is the last straw
Don't wanna hurt anymore
And you can tell me that you're sorry
But I don't believe you baby
Like I did before
You're not sorry, no no, no no
Looking so innocent
I might believe you if I didn't know
Could've loved you all my life
If you hadn't left me waiting in the cold
And you got your share of secrets
And I'm tired of being last to know
And now you're asking me to listen
Cause it's worked each time before
But you don't have to call anymore

This is the last straw
Don't wanna hurt anymore
Like I did before
You're not sorry, no no
You're not sorry, no no
You had me crawling for you honey

And it never would've gone away, no
You used to shine so bright
But I watched all of it fade
You don't have to call anymore

This is the last straw there's nothing left to beg for
Like I did before you're not sorry
No, no, no
You're not sorry, no no (no)
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The Way I Loved You (Taylor's Version)
He is sensible and so incredible

And all my single friends are jealous
He says everything I need to hear and it's like
I couldn't ask for anything better
He opens up my door and I get into his car
And he says you look beautiful tonight
And I feel perfectly fine
But I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain

And it's two a.m. and I'm cursing your name
You're so in love that you act insane
And that's the way I loved you
Breakin' down and coming undone
It's a roller coaster kinda rush
And I never knew I could feel that much
He respects my space
And never makes me wait
And he calls exactly when he says he will
He's close to my mother
Talks business with my father
He's charming and endearing
And I'm comfortable
But I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain

You're so in love that you act insane
He can't see the smile I'm faking

And my heart's not breaking
Cause I'm not feeling anything at all
And you were wild and crazy
Just so frustrating intoxicating
Complicated, got away by some mistake and now
I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain

I'm so in love that I acted insane
And that's the way I loved you oh, oh

Never knew I could feel that much
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Forever & Always (Taylor's Version)
Once upon a time, I believe it was a Tuesday when I caught your eye
And we caught onto something
I hold onto the night, you looked me in the eye and told me you loved me
Were you just kidding?

'Cause it seems to me, this thing is breaking down
We almost never speak
I don't feel welcome anymore
Baby what happened? Please tell me
'Cause one second it was perfect, now you're halfway out the door
And I stare at the phone, he still hasn't called

And then you feel so low you cant feel nothing at all
And you flashback to when he said forever and always
Oh, and it rains in your bedroom
Everything is wrong
It rains when you're here and it rains when you're gone
'Cause I was there when you said forever and always
Was I out of line?

Did I say something way too honest, made you run and hide
Like a scared little boy
I looked into your eyes
Thought I knew you for a minute, now I'm not so sure
So here's to everything coming down to nothing

Here's to silence, that cuts me to the core
Where is this going? Thought I knew for a minute, but I don't anymore
And I stare at the phone, he still hasn't called

And you flashback to when he said forever and always
Oh, and it rains in your bedroom
Everything is wrong
You didn't mean it baby, I don't think so
Oh back up, baby, back up

Did you forget everything?
Back up, baby, back up
Did you forget everything?
'Cause it rains in your bedroom

Everything is wrong
Oh, I stare at the phone, he still hasn't called

And you flashback to when we said forever and always
And it rains in your bedroom

Everything is wrong
You didn't mean it baby,
You said forever and always, yeah.
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The Best Day (Taylor's Version)
I'm five years old
It's getting cold
I've got my big coat on
I hear your laugh

And look up smiling at you
I run and run
Past the pumpkin patch
And the tractor rides
Look now, the sky is gold
I hug your legs
And fall asleep on the way home
I don't know why all the trees change in the fall

But I know you're not scared of anything at all
Don't know if Snow White's house is near or far away
But I know I had the best day with you today
I'm thirteen now

And don't know how
My friends could be so mean
I come home crying
And you hold me tight
And grab the keys
And we drive and drive

Until we found a town far enough away
And we talk and window shop
'Till I forgotten all their names
I don't know who I'm gonna talk to now at school

But I know I'm laughing
On the car ride home with you
Don't know how long it's gonna take to feel okay
But I know I had the best day with you today
I have an excellent father

His strength is making me stronger
God smiles on my little brother
Inside and out he's better than I am
I grew up in a pretty house
And I had space to run and I
had the best days with you
There is a video I found
From back when I was three
You set up a paint set in the kitchen
And you're talking to me
It's the age of princesses and pirate ships
And the seven dwarfs
And Daddy's smart
And you're the prettiest lady in the whole wide world
And now I know why the all the trees change in the fall
I know you were on my side
Even when I was wrong
And I love you for giving me your eyes
Staying back and watching me shine and
I didn't know if you knew

So I'm taking this chance to say
That I had the best day with you today.
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Change (Taylor's Version)
And it's a sad picture, the final blow hits you

Somebody else gets what you wanted again and
You know it's all the same, another time and place
Repeating history and you're getting sick of it
But I believe in whatever you do
And I'll do anything to see it through
Because these things will change

Can you feel it now?
These walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down
It's a revolution, the time will come
For us to finally win
And we'll sing hallelujah, we'll sing hallelujah
So we've been outnumbered

Raided and now cornered
It's hard to fight when the fight ain't fair
We're getting stronger now
Find things they never found
They might be bigger
But we're faster and never scared
You can walk away, say we don't need this
But there's something in your eyes
Says we can beat this
Because these things will change

Can you feel it now?
These walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down
It's a revolution, the time will come
For us to finally win
And we'll sing hallelujah, we'll sing hallelujah
Tonight we'll stand, get off our knees

Fight for what we've worked for all these years
And the battle was long, it's the fight of our lives
But we'll stand up champions tonight
It was the night things changed

Can you see it now?
These walls that they put up to hold us back fell down
It's a revolution, throw your hands up
'Cause we never gave in
And we'll sing hallelujah, we sang hallelujah
Hallelujah
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Jump Then Fall (Taylor's Version)
I like the way you sound in the morning,

We're on the phone and without a warning
I realize your laugh is the best sound I have ever heard
I like the way I can't keep my focus,

I watch you talk you didn't notice
I hear the words but all I can think is we should be together
Every time you smile, I smile

And every time you shine, I'll shine for you
Whoa oh I'm feeling you baby

Don't be afraid to jump then fall, jump then fall into me
Baby, I'm never gonna leave you,
Say that you wanna be with me too
Cuz I'ma stay through it all so jump then fall
Well I like the way your hair falls in your face

You got the keys to me I love each freckle on your face, oh,
I've never been so wrapped up,
Honey, I like the way you're everything I've ever wanted
I had time to think it all over and all I can say is come closer,
Take a deep breath and jump then fall into me

And every time you shine, I'll shine for you
Whoa oh I'm feeling you baby

Don't be afraid to jump then fall, jump then fall into me

I'ma stay through it all so jump then fall
The bottoms gonna drop out from under our feet

I'll catch you, I'll catch you
When people say things that bring you to your knees,
I'll catch you
The time is gonna come when you're so mad you could cry
But I'll hold you through the night until you smile
Whoa oh I need you baby

Don't be afraid please
Jump then fall, jump then fall into me

I'ma stay through it all so jump then fall
Jump then fall baby

Jump then fall into me, into me

And every time you shine, I'll shine
And every time you're here baby, I'll show you, I'll show you
You can jump then fall, jump then fall, jump then fall
Into me, into me yeah
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Untouchable (Taylor's Version)
Untouchable like
A distant diamond sky
I'm reaching out

And I just
Can't tell you why
I'm caught up in you

I'm caught up in you
Untouchable burning
Brighter than the sun
And when you're close
I feel like coming undone

When I'm in this dream
It's like
A million little stars
Spelling out your name
You gotta come on, come on
Say that we'll be together
Come on, come on
Little taste of heaven
It's half full

And I won't wait here
All day
I know you're saying
That you'd be here
Anyway
But you're
Untouchable burning
Now that you're close

It's like
You gotta, come on, come on
Come on, come on

Wakin' from this dream
I wanna feel you
By my side
Standing next to me
Come on, come on
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
I'm caught
Up in you
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
It's your
Untouchable burning
Now that you're close

It's like
You gotta come on, come on
Come on, come on
Oh, oh
It's like
Come on, come on
Come on

We can form this dream
I wanna feel you by my side
Standing next to me
Come on, come on
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Forever & Always (Piano Version) [Taylor's Version]
[Instrumental]
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Come in with the Rain (Taylor's Version)
I could go back to every laugh

But I don't wanna go there anymore and I
know all the steps up to your door
But I don't wanna go there anymore
Talk to the wind, talk to the sky

Talk to the man with the reasons why
And let me know what you find
I'll leave my window open

'Cause I'm too tired tonight to call your name
Just know I'm right here hoping
That you'll come in with the rain
I could stand up and sing you a song

But I don't wanna have to go that far and I
I've got you down
I know you by heart
And you don't even know where I start
Talk to yourself, talk to the tears

Talk to the man who put you here
And don't wait for the sky to clear
I'll leave my window open

'Cause I'm too tired tonight to call your name oh
I've watched you so long, screamed your name

I don't know what else I can say
But I'll leave my window open

'Cause I'm too tired at night for all these games
I could go back to every laugh

But I don't wanna go there anymore
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Superstar (Taylor's Version)
This is wrong but

I can't help but feel like
There ain't nothing more right babe
Misty morning comes again and I can't
Help but wish I could see your face
And I knew from the first note played

I'd be breaking all my rules to see you
You smile that beautiful smile
And all the girls in the front row scream your name
So dim that spotlight, tell me things like
I can't take my eyes off of you
I'm no one special, just another wide-eyed girl
Who's desperately in love with you
Give me a photograph to hang on my wall
Superstar
Good morning loneliness

Comes around when I'm not dreaming about you
When my world wakes up today you'll be in another town
And I knew when I saw your face I'd be
Counting down the ways to see you
And you smile that beautiful smile
And all the girls in the front row scream your name

Superstar
You played in bars, you play guitar

And I'm invisible and everyone knows who you are
And you'll never see, you sing me to sleep
Every night from the radio

Superstar
Sweet, sweet superstar
Superstar
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The Other Side of the Door (Taylor's Version)
In the heat of the fight I walked away

Ignoring words that you were saying
Trying to make me stay
I said, 'This time I've had enough'
And you've called a hundred times
But I'm not picking up
Cause I'm so mad I might tell you that it's over
But if you look a little closer
I said, "Leave," but all I really want is you

To stand outside my window throwing pebbles screaming,
'I'm in love with you'
Wait there in the pouring rain, come back for more
And don't you leave cause I know
All I need is on the other side of the door
Me and my stupid pride are sitting here alone

Going through the photographs, staring at the phone
I keep going back over things we both said
And I remember the slamming door and all the things that I misread
So babe if you know everything, tell me why you couldn't see
When I left I wanted you to chase after me
Yeah, I said, "Leave," but all I really want is you

And I'll scream out the window

I can't even look at you
I don't need you but I do, I do, I do
I say, "There's nothing you can say to make this right
I mean it, I mean it"
What I mean is
I said, "Leave," but baby all I want is you

With your face and the beautiful eyes

And the conversation with the little white lies
And the faded picture of a beautiful night
You carry me from your car to the stairs
And I broke down crying, was she worth this mess?
After everything and that little black dress
After everything I must confess, I need you
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Today Was a Fairytale (Taylor's Version)
Today was a fairytale

You were the prince
I used to be a damsel in distress
You took me by the hand and you picked me up at six

I wore a dress
You wore a dark gray t-shirt
You told me I was pretty when I looked like a mess
Time slows down whenever you're around
But can you feel this magic in the air?

It must have been the way you kissed me
Fell in love when I saw you standing there
It must have been the way

You've got a smile that takes me to another planet
Every move you make everything you say is right
All that I can say is now it's getting so much clearer
Nothin' made sense 'til the time I saw your face

Yeah yeah

I can feel my heart
It's beating in my chest
Did you feel it?
I can't put this down

Oh oh yeah yeah oh
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SPEAK NOW
Mine
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
You were in college, working part-time, waiting tables

Left a small town, never looked back
I was a flight risk, with a fear of fallin'
Wondering why we bother with love, if it never lasts
I say, "Can you believe it?"
As we're lyin' on the couch
The moment, I can see it
Yes, yes, I can see it now
Do you remember, we were sittin', there by the water?

You put your arm around me for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing, that's ever been mine
Flash forward, and we're takin' on the world together

And there's a drawer of my things at your place
You learn my secrets and you figure out why I'm guarded
You say we'll never make my parents' mistakes
And we got bills to pay

We got nothin' figured out
When it was hard to take
Yes, yes
This is what I thought about
Do you remember, we were sittin' there, by the water?

You put your arm around me, for the first time
Do you remember all the city lights on the water?

You saw me start to believe, for the first time
Oh, oh, oh, oh
And I remember that fight, two-thirty a.m.

'Cause everything was slipping right out of our hands
I ran out, crying, and you followed me out into the street
Braced myself for the goodbye,

'Cause that's all I've ever known
Then, you took me by surprise
You said, "I'll never leave you alone"
You said, "I remember how we felt, sitting by the water.

And every time I look at you, it's like the first time.
I fell in love with a careless man's careful daughter.
She is the best thing that's ever been mine."

Do you believe it?

We're gonna make it now
And I can see it
(I can see it now)
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Sparks Fly
The way you move is like a full on rainstorm

And I'm a house of cards
You're the kind of reckless that should send me running
But I kinda know that I won't get far
And you stood there in front of me just

Close enough to touch
Close enough to hope you couldn't see
What I was thinking of
Drop everything now

Meet me in the pouring rain
Kiss me on the sidewalk
Take away the pain
'Cause I see sparks fly, whenever you smile
Get me with those green eyes, baby

As the lights go down
Gimme something that'll haunt me when you're not around
My mind forgets to remind me you're a bad idea

You touch me once and it's really something
You find I'm even better than you imagined I would be
I'm on my guard for the rest of the world
But with you, I know it's no good
And I could wait patiently
But I really wish you would
Drop everything now

Take away the pain

I run my fingers through your hair

And watch the lights go wild
Just keep on keeping your eyes on me
It's just wrong enough to make it feel right
And lead me up the staircase
Won't you whisper soft and slow
I'm captivated by you, baby
Like a fireworks show
Drop everything now

Take away the pain
'Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile

And the sparks fly, oh, baby, smile

And the sparks fly
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Back to December
I'm so glad you made time to see me

How's life? Tell me, how's your family?
I haven't seen them in a while
You've been good, busier than ever
We small talk, work and the weather
Your guard is up and I know why
Because the last time you saw me

Is still burned in the back of your mind
You gave me roses and I left them there to die
So this is me swallowin' my pride

Standin' in front of you sayin' I'm sorry for that night
And I go back to December all the time
It turns out freedom ain't nothin' but missin' you
Wishin' I'd realized what I had when you were mine
I'd go back to December, turn around and make it alright
I go back to December all the time
These days, I haven't been sleepin'

Stayin' up playin' back myself leavin'
When your birthday passed and I didn't call
Then I think about summer, all the beautiful times
I watched you laughin' from the passenger's side
And realized I loved you in the fall
And then the cold came, the dark days

When fear crept into my mind
You gave me all your love and all I gave you was goodbye
So this is me swallowin' my pride

And I go back to December all the time
I'd go back to December, turn around and change my own mind
I miss your tan skin, your sweet smile

So good to me, so right
And how you held me in your arms that September night
The first time you ever saw me cry
Maybe this is wishful thinkin'
Probably mindless dreamin'
But if we loved again, I swear I'd love you right
I'd go back in time and change it, but I can't

So if the chain is on your door, I understand
But this is me swallowin' my pride

And I go back to December
I'd go back to December, turn around and make it alright
I'd go back to December, turn around and change my own mind
All the time
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Speak Now
I am not the kind of girl

Who should be rudely bargin' in on a white veil occasion
But you are not the kind of boy
Who should be marryin' the wrong girl
I sneak in and see your friends

And her snotty little family, all dressed in pastel
And she is yelling at a bridesmaid
Somewhere back inside a room
Wearing a gown shaped like a pastry
This is surely not what you thought it would be
I lose myself in a daydream
Where I stand and say
"Don't say yes, run away now

I'll meet you when you're out
Of the church at the back door
Don't wait or say a single vow
You need to hear me out"
And they said, "speak now"
Fond gestures are exchanged

And the organ starts to play
A song that sounds like a death march
And I am hiding in the curtains
It seems I was uninvited by your lovely bride-to-be
She floats down the aisle like a pageant queen
But I know you wish it was me
You wish it was me, don't you?
Don't say yes, run away now

You need to hear me out
Don't say yes, run away now

Your time is running out
I hear the preacher say

"Speak now or forever hold your peace"
There's a silence, there's my last chance
I stand up with shaking hands
All eyes on me
Horrified looks from everyone in the room
But I'm only lookin' at you
I am not the kind of girl

Who should be rudely bargin' in on a white veil occasion
But you are not the kind of boy,
Who should be marryin' the wrong girl
So don't say yes, run away now

You need to hear me out
And you say, "let's run away now

I'll meet you when I'm out of my tux at the back door
Oh baby, I didn't say my vow
So glad you were around when they said, "speak now"
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Dear John
Long were the nights when my days once revolved around you
Counting my footsteps
Praying the floor won't fall through, again
My mother accused me of losing my mind
But I swore I was fine, you paint me a blue sky
And go back and turn it to rain
And I lived in your chess game
But you changed the rules every day
Wondering which version of you I might get on the phone
Tonight, well I stopped picking up, and this song is to let you know why
Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone

Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
The girl in the dress, cried the whole way home, I should've known
Well maybe it's me and my blind optimism to blame

Maybe it's you and your sick need to give love then take it away
And you'll add my name to your long list of traitors who don't understand
And I'll look back and regret how I ignored when they said "run as fast as you can"

The girl in the dress, cried the whole way home
Dear John, I see it all, now it was wrong

Don't you think nineteen is too young
To be played by your dark twisted games, when I loved you so?
I should've known
You are an expert at sorry

And keeping the lines blurry
Never impressed by me acing your tests
All the girls that you've run dry
Have tired, lifeless eyes
'Cause you burned them out
But I took your matches before fire could catch me
So don't look now, I'm shining like fireworks over your sad, empty town

The girl in the dress, cried the whole way home
I see it all now that you're gone
The girl in the dress wrote you a song
You should've known, you should've known
Don't you think I was too young? You should've known
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Mean
You, with your words like knives

And swords and weapons that you use against me
You have knocked me off my feet again
Got me feeling like a nothing
You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard
Callin' me out when I'm wounded
You, pickin' on the weaker man
Well, you can take me down

With just one single blow
But you don't know what you don't know
Someday, I'll be livin' in a big old city

And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
Why you gotta be so mean?
You, with your switching sides

And your wildfire lies and your humiliation
You have pointed out my flaws again
As if I don't already see them
I walk with my head down
Tryna block you out 'cause I'll never impress you
I just wanna feel okay again
I'll bet you got pushed around

Somebody made you cold
But the cycle ends right now
'Cause you can't lead me down that road
And you don't know what you don't know
Someday, I'll be livin' in a big old city
And I can see you years from now in a bar talkin' over a football game
With that same big loud opinion, but nobody's listening
Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things
Drunk and grumbling on about how I can't sing
But all you are is mean

All you are is mean
And a liar, and pathetic
And alone in life and mean
And mean, and mean, and mean
But someday, I'll be livin' in a big old city

And all you're ever gonna be is mean, yeah
(Why you gotta be so mean?)
Someday, I'll be livin' in a big old city (why you gotta be so mean?)
And all you're ever gonna be is mean (why you gotta be so mean?)
Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me (why you gotta be so mean?)
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The Story of Us
I used to think one day we'd tell the story of us

How we met and the sparks flew instantly
People would say, "they're the lucky ones"
I used to know my place was a spot next to you

Now I'm searching the room for an empty seat
'Cause lately I don't even know what page you're on
Oh, a simple complication

Miscommunications lead to fall out
So many things that I wish you knew
So many walls up I can't break through
Now I'm standing alone In a crowded room

And we're not speaking and I'm dying to know
Is it killing you like it's killing me yeah
I don't know what to say since the twist of fate
When it all broke down and the story of us
Looks a lot like a tragedy now next chapter
How'd we end up this way?

See me nervously pulling at my clothes
And trying to look busy
And you're doing your best to avoid me
I'm starting to think one day I'll tell the story of us
How I was losing my mind when I saw you here
But you held your pride like you should have held me
Oh, I'm scared to see the ending
Why are we pretending this is nothing?
I'd tell you I miss you but I don't know how
I've never heard silence quite this loud
Now I'm standing alone in a crowded room

Looks a lot like a tragedy now
This is looking like a contest

Of who can act like they care less
But I liked it better when you were on my side
The battle's in your hands now
But I would lay my armor down
If you'd say you'd rather love than fight
So many things that you wish I knew
But the story of us might be ending soon
Now I'm standing alone in a crowded room

Looks a lot like a tragedy now, the end
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Never Grow Up
Your little hand's wrapped around my finger

And it's so quiet in the world tonight
Your little eyelids flutter 'cause you're dreamin'
So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light
To you, everything's funny
You got nothing to regret
I'd give all I have honey
If you could stay like that
Oh, darlin', don't you ever grow up

Don't you ever grow up
Just stay this little
It could stay this simple
I won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
And no one will desert you
Just try to never grow up
Never grow up
You're in the car on the way to the movies

And you're mortified your mom's droppin' you off
At fourteen, there's just so much you can't do
And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots
But don't make her drop you off around the block
Remember that she's gettin' older too
And don't lose the way that you dance
Around in your PJs getting ready for school

And no one's ever burned you
Nothing's ever left you scarred
And even though you want to
Just try to never grow up
Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room

Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said
And all your little brother's favorite songs
I just realized everything I have is someday gonna be gone
So here I am in my new apartment

In a big city, they just dropped me off
It's so much colder than I thought it would be
So I tuck myself in and turn my nightlight on
Wish I'd never grown up

I wish I'd never grown up
Oh, I don't wanna grow up

Could still be little
Oh, I don't wanna grow up
It could still be simple
I won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
And even though you want to
Please try to never grow up
Oh, oh
Oh (never grow up)
Just never grow up
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Enchanted
There I was again tonight

Forcing laughter, faking smiles
Same old tired, lonely place
Walls of insincerity, shifting eyes and vacancy
Vanished when I saw your face
All I can say is, it was enchanting to meet you
Your eyes whispered, "Have we met?"

'Cross the room your silhouette
Starts to make its way to me
The playful conversation starts
Counter all your quick remarks
Like passing notes in secrecy
And it was enchanting to meet you

All I can say is, I was enchanted to meet you
This night is sparkling, don't you let it go

I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way home
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew
I was enchanted to meet you
The lingering question kept me up

2 AM, who do you love?
I wonder 'til I'm wide awake
And now I'm pacing back and forth
Wishing you were at my door
I'd open up and you would say, "Hey"
It was enchanting to meet you

All I know is, I was enchanted to meet you

That this night is flawless, don't you let it go
I'm wonderstruck, dancing around all alone
This is me praying that

This was the very first page
Not where the story line ends
My thoughts will echo your name, until I see you again
These are the words I held back, as I was leaving too soon
Please don't be in love with someone else
Please don't have somebody waiting on you

This night is flawless, don't you let it go
I'm wonderstruck, dancing around all alone

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Better than Revenge
Now go stand in the corner and think about what you did
Ha, time for a little revenge
The story starts when it was hot and it was summer

And, I had it all I had him right there where I wanted him
She came along, got him alone, and let's hear the applause
She took him faster than you could say sabotage
I never saw it coming, nor would I have suspected it
I underestimated just who I was dealing with
She had to know the pain was beating on me like a drum
She underestimated just who she was stealing from
She's not a saint and she's not what you think

She's an actress, whoa
She's better known for the things that she does
On the mattress, whoa
Soon she's gonna find
Stealing other people's toys on the playground
Won't make you many friends
She should keep in mind,
She should keep in mind
There is nothing I do better than revenge, ha
She looks at life like it's a party and she's on the list
She looks at me like I'm a trend and she's so over it
I think her ever present frown is a little troubling
And, she thinks I'm psycho
'Cause I like to rhyme her name with things, but
Sophistication isn't what you wear, or who you know
Or pushing people down to get you where you wanna go
Oh they didn't teach you that in prep school
So it's up to me
But no amount of vintage dresses gives you dignity
(Think about what you did)

I'm just another thing for you to roll your eyes at honey
You might have him, but haven't you heard
I'm just another thing for you to roll your eyes at honey
You might have him, but I'll always get the last word
Whoa

And do you still feel like you know what you're doing,
'Cause I don't think you do, oh
Do you still feel like you know what you're doing
I don't think you do, I don't think you do
Let's hear the applause
C'mon show me how much better you are
See you deserve some applause
'Cause you're so much better
She took him faster than you could say sabotage
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Innocent
I guess you really did it this time

Left yourself in your war path
Lost your balance on a tightrope
Lost your mind trying to get it back
Wasn't it easier in your lunchbox days?

Always a bigger bed to crawl into
Wasn't it beautiful when you believed in everything
And everybody believed in you?
It's alright, just wait and see

Your string of lights are still bright to me, oh
Who you are is not where you've been
You're still an innocent
Still an innocent
Did some things you can't speak of

But at night, you live it all again
You wouldn't be shattered on the floor now
If only you had seen what you know now then
Wasn't it easier in your firefly-catching days?

When everything out of reach
Someone bigger brought down to you
Wasn't it beautiful running wild 'til you fell asleep
Before the monsters caught up to you?

It's okay, and life is a tough crowd
Thirty-two and still growing up now
Who you are is not what you did
Time turns flames to embers

You'll have new Septembers
Every one of us has messed up too, ooh
Minds change like the weather
I hope you remember
Today is never too late to be brand new, oh

It's okay, and life is a tough crowd
Thirty-two and still growing up now
Who you are is not what you did
Lost your balance on a tightrope, oh

It's never too late to get it back
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Haunted
You and I walk a fragile line

I have known it all this time
But I never thought I'd live to see it break
It's getting dark and it's all too quiet
And I can't trust anything now
And it's comin' over you like it's all a big mistake
Whoa, holding my breath

Won't lose you again
Something's made your eyes go cold
Come on, come on, don't leave me like this

I thought I had you figured out
Something's gone terribly wrong, you're all I wanted
Can't breathe whenever you're gone
Can't turn back, now I'm haunted
Stood there and watched you walk away

From everything we had
But I still mean every word I said to you
He will try to take away my pain
And he just might make me smile
But the whole time I'm wishing he was you instead
Oh, holding my breath

Won't see you again
Something keeps me holding on to nothing

Something's gone terribly wrong, you're all I wanted
Can't turn back, now I'm haunted
I know
I know
I just know
You're not gone, you can't be gone
No

Something's gone terribly wrong, won't finish what you started
Can't go back, I'm haunted
Oh, oh, oh, oh

You and I walk a fragile line
I have known it all this time
Never ever thought I'd see it break
Never thought I'd see it
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Last Kiss
I still remember the look on your face

Lit through the darkness at 1:58
The words that you whispered for just us to know
You told me you loved me, so why did you go
Away?
Away
I do recall now the smell of the rain

Fresh on the pavement, I ran off the plane
That July 9th, the beat of your heart
It jumps through your shirt, I can still feel your arms
But now I'll go

Sit on the floor wearin' your clothes
All that I know is I don't know
How to be somethin' you miss
I never thought we'd have a last kiss

I never imagined we'd end like this
Your name, forever the name on my lips
I do remember the swing of your step

The life of the party, you're showin' off again
And I'd roll my eyes, and then you pull me in
I'm not much for dancin', but for you I did
Because I love your handshake, meetin' my father
I love how you walk with your hands in your pockets
How you'd kiss me when I was in the middle of sayin' somethin'
There's not a day I don't miss those rude interruptions
And I'll go

Ooh
So I'll watch your life in pictures like I used to watch you sleep
And I feel you forget me like I used to feel you breathe
And I keep up with our old friends just to ask them how you are
Hope it's nice where you are
And I hope the sun shines and it's a beautiful day

And something reminds you, you wish you had stayed
You can plan for a change in weather and time
But I never planned on you changin' your mind
So I'll go

Just like our last kiss
Forever the name on my lips
Forever the name on my lips
Just like our last
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Long Live
I said remember this moment

In the back of my mind
The time we stood with our shaking hands
The crowds in stands went wild
We were the kings and the queens
And they read off our names
The night you danced like you knew our lives
Would never be the same
You held your head like a hero
On a history book page
It was the end of a decade
But the start of an age
Long live the walls we crashed through

How the kingdom lights shined just for me and you
I was screaming, "Long live all the magic we made"
And bring on all the pretenders
One day we will be remembered
I said remember this feeling

I passed the pictures around
Of all the years that we stood there on the sidelines
Wishing for right now
We are the kings and the queens
You traded your baseball cap for a crown
When they gave us our trophies
And we held them up for our town
And the cynics were outraged
Screaming, "This is absurd"
'Cause for a moment, a band of thieves
In ripped up jeans got to rule the world

I was screaming, "Long live all the magic we made"
And bring on all the pretenders, I'm not afraid
Long live all the mountains we moved
I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you
I was screaming, "Long live the look on your face"
One day we will be remembered
Hold on to spinning around

Confetti falls to the ground
May these memories break our fall
Will you take a moment?

Promise me this
That you'll stand by me forever
But if, God forbid, fate should step in
And force us into a goodbye
If you have children someday
When they point to the pictures
Please tell them my name
Tell them how the crowds went wild
Tell them how I hope they shine

I had the time of my life with you
Long, long live the walls we crashed through
And I was screaming, "Long live all the magic we made"
And bring on all the pretenders, I'm not afraid
Singing long live all the mountains we moved
I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you
And long, long live the look on your face
One day, we will be remembered
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REPUTATION
...Ready For It?
Knew he was a killer first time that I saw him

Wonder how many girls he had loved and left haunted
But if he's a ghost, then I can be a phantom
Holdin' him for ransom
Some, some boys are tryin' too hard
He don't try at all, though
Younger than my exes but he act like such a man, so
I see nothing better, I keep him forever
Like a vendetta-ta
I-I-I see how this is gon' go

Touch me and you'll never be alone
I-Island breeze and lights down low
No one has to know
In the middle of the night, in my dreams

You should see the things we do, baby, mmm
I know I'm gonna be with you
So I take my time
Are you ready for it?
Knew I was a robber first time that he saw me

Stealing hearts and running off and never saying sorry
But if I'm a thief, then he can join the heist
And we'll move to an island, and
And he can be my jailer, Burton to this Taylor
Every lover known in comparison is a failure
I forget their names now, I'm so very tame now
Never be the same now, now
No one has to know
(No one has to know)

In the middle of the night in my dreams
So I take my time
Ooh, are you ready for it?
Baby, let the games begin

Let the games begin
Let the games begin
Let the games begin
Let the games begin

No one has to know
In the middle of the night, in my dreams (my dreams)

In the middle of the night, in my dreams (my dreams)
So I take my time

Let the games begin
Let the games begin
Let the games begin
Let the games begin
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End Game
I wanna be your endgame

I wanna be your first string
I wanna be your A-Team (whoa-whoa, whoa)
I wanna be your endgame, endgame
Big reputation, big reputation

Ooh, you and me, we got big reputations, ah
And you heard about me, ooh
I got some big enemies (yeah)
Ooh, you and me, we'd be a big conversation, ah
And I heard about you, ooh (yeah)
You like the bad ones too
You so dope, don't overdose

I'm so stoked, I need a toast
We do the most
I'm in the Ghost like I'm whippin' a boat
I got a reputation, girl, that don't precede me (yeah)
I'm one call away, whenever you need me (yeah)
I'm on a G5 (yeah), come to the A-Side (yeah)
I got a bad boy persona, that's what they like
You love it, I love it too 'cause you my type
You hold me down and I protect you with my life
I don't wanna touch you (I don't wanna be)

Just another ex-love (you don't wanna see)
I don't wanna miss you (I don't wanna miss you)
Like the other girls do
I don't wanna hurt you (I just wanna be)
Drinkin' on a beach with (you all over me)
I know what they all say (I know what they all say)
But I ain't tryna play
I wanna be your endgame (endgame)

I wanna be your first string (first string)
I wanna be your A-Team (A-Team)
Knew her when I was young

Reconnected when we were little bit older
Both sprung, I got issues and chips on both of my shoulders
Reputation precedes me, in rumors I'm knee-deep
The truth is, it's easier to ignore it, believe me
Even when we'd argue, we'd not do it for long
And you understand the good and bad end up in the song
For all your beautiful traits, and the way you do it with ease
For all my flaws, paranoia, and insecurities
I've made mistakes, and made some choices that's hard to deny
After the storm, something was born on the Fourth of July
I've passed days without fun, this endgame is the one
With four words on the tip of my tongue I'll never say
I don't wanna touch you (I don't wanna be)

Just another ex-love (you don't wanna see)
I don't wanna miss you (I don't wanna miss you)
Like the other girls do
I don't wanna hurt you (I just wanna be)
Drinkin' on a beach with (you all over me)
I know what they all say, yeah
But I ain't tryna play

I wanna be your first string (wanna be your first string)

Ooh, you and me, we got big reputations, ah
And you heard about me, oh
I got some big enemies (hey)
Big reputation, big reputation (yeah)
Ooh, you and me, we'd be a big conversation, ah
And I heard about you, ooh
You like the bad ones too
I hit you like, "Bang"

We tried to forget it, but we just couldn't
And I bury hatchets but I keep maps of where I put 'em
Reputation precedes me, they told you I'm crazy
I swear I don't love the drama, it loves me
And I can't let you go, your handprint's on my soul
It's like your eyes are liquor, it's like your body is gold
You've been calling my bluff on all my usual tricks
So here's the truth from my red lips

I wanna be your first string (me and you) (first string)
I wanna be your A-Team (be your A-Team now)
I wanna be your endgame (oh, I do)
I wanna be your first string (first string)
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I Did Something Bad
I never trust a narcissist

But they love me
So I play 'em like a violin
And I make it look oh so easy
'Cause for every lie I tell them
They tell me three
This is how the world works
Now all he thinks about is me
I can feel the flames on my skin

Crimson red paint on my lips
If a man talks shit, then I owe him nothing
I don't regret it one bit, 'cause he had it coming
They say I did something bad

Then why's it feel so good?
But why's it feel so good?
Most fun I ever had
And I'd do it over and over and over again if I could
It just felt so good, good
I never trust a playboy

But they love me
So I fly him all around the world
And I let them think they saved me
They never see it comin'
What I do next
This is how the world works
You gotta leave before you get left
I can feel the flames on my skin

He says, "Don't throw away a good thing"
But if he drops my name, then I owe him nothin'
And if he spends my change, then he had it comin'

Most fun I ever had
It just felt so good
They're burning all the witches, even if you aren't one

They got their pitchforks and proof
Their receipts and reasons
They're burning all the witches, even if you aren't one
So light me up (light me up), light me up (light me up)
Light me up, go ahead and light me up (light me up)
Light me up (light me up), light me up (light me up)
Light me up (light me up), light me up (light me up)

Most fun I ever had
Oh, you say I did something bad

Then why's it feel so good, good?
So bad, why's it feel so good?
Why's it feel, why's it feel so good? (Bad)
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Don't Blame Me
Don't blame me, love made me crazy

If it doesn't, you ain't doin' it right
Lord, save me, my drug is my baby
I'll be usin' for the rest of my life
I've been breakin' hearts a long time, and

Toyin' with them older guys
Just playthings for me to use
Something happened for the first time, in
The darkest little paradise
Shakin, pacin', I just need you
For you, I would cross the line

I would waste my time
I would lose my mind
They say, "She's gone too far this time"

Oh, Lord, save me, my drug is my baby
My name is whatever you decide

And I'm just gonna call you mine
I'm insane, but I'm your baby (your baby)
Echoes (echoes) of your name inside my mind
Halo, hiding my obsession
I once was poison ivy, but now I'm your daisy
And baby, for you, I (I) would (would) fall from grace
Just (just) to (to) touch your face
If (if) you (you) walk away
I'd beg you on my knees to stay

I'll be usin' for the rest of my life (yeah, ooh)
I get so high, oh
Every time you're, every time you're lovin' me
You're lovin' me
Trip of my life, oh
Every time you're, every time you're touchin' me
You're touchin' me

Oh Lord, save me, my drug is my baby
Usin' for the rest of my life, ohh-oh

If it doesn't, you ain't doin' it right (doin' it right, no)
I'll be usin' for the rest of my life (oh)
Don't blame me, love made me crazy (ooh)
If it doesn't, you ain't doin' it right (you ain't doin' it right)
I'll be usin' for (I'll be usin') the rest of my life (I'll be usin')
I get so high, oh
You're lovin' me
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Delicate
This ain't for the best

My reputation's never been worse, so
You must like me for me
We can't make
Any promises now, can we, babe?
But you can make me a drink
Dive bar on the East Side, where you at?
Phone lights up my nightstand in the black
Come here, you can meet me in the back
Dark jeans and your Nikes, look at you
Oh damn, never seen that color blue
Just think of the fun things we could do
'Cause I like you

Yeah, I want you
We can't make
Is it cool that I said all that?

Is it chill that you're in my head?
'Cause I know that it's delicate (delicate)
Is it cool that I said all that
Is it too soon to do this yet?
'Cause I know that it's delicate
Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it?
Delicate
Third floor on the West Side, me and you

Handsome, you're a mansion with a view
Do the girls back home touch you like I do?
Long night, with your hands up in my hair
Echoes of your footsteps on the stairs
Stay here, honey, I don't wanna share
'Cause I like you

Yeah, I want you
We can't make

Delicate
Sometimes I wonder when you sleep

Are you ever dreaming of me?
Sometimes when I look into your eyes
I pretend you're mine, all the damn time
'Cause I like you

Yeah, I want you
'Cause I like you
Yeah, I want you
Delicate
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Look What You Made Me Do
I don't like your little games

Don't like your tilted stage
The role you made me play
Of the fool, no, I don't like you
I don't like your perfect crime
How you laugh when you lie
You said the gun was mine
Isn't cool, no, I don't like you (oh)
But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of time
Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time
I've got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined
I check it once, then I check it twice, oh
Ooh, look what you made me do

Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me
I don't like your kingdom keys

They once belonged to me
You ask me for a place to sleep
Locked me out and threw a feast (what?)
The world moves on, another day, another drama, drama
But not for me, not for me, all I think about is karma
And then the world moves on, but one thing's for sure (sure)
Maybe I got mine, but you'll all get yours
But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of time (nick of time)
Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time (I do it all the time)
I've got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined
I check it once, then I check it twice, oh

I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me

I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams
I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me (yeah)
I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me (ah, ah, ah, ah)
I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams (ah, ah, ah, ah)
I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me (ah, ah, ah, ah)
(Ooh, look what you made me do)
(Look what you made me do)
(Look what you just made me do)
"I'm sorry, the old Taylor can't come to the phone right now" (Ooh, look what you made me do)
"Why?" (Look what you made me do)
"Oh, 'cause she's dead" (Oh)


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So It Goes...
See you in the dark

All eyes on you, my magician
All eyes on us
You make everyone disappear, and
Cut me into pieces
Gold cage, hostage to my feelings
Back against the wall
Trippin', trip-trippin' when you're gone
'Cause we break down a little

But when you get me alone, it's so simple
'Cause baby, I know what you know
We can feel it
And all the pieces fall

Right into place
Getting caught up in a moment
Lipstick on your face
So it goes
I'm yours to keep
And I'm yours to lose
You know I'm not a bad girl, but I
Do bad things with you
So it goes
Met you in a bar

All eyes on me, your illusionist
All eyes on us
I make all your grey days clear and
Wear you like a necklace
I'm so chill, but you make me jealous
But I got your heart
Skippin', skip-skippin' when I'm gone
'Cause we break down a little

But when I get you alone, it's so simple
'Cause baby, I know what you know
We can feel it
And all the pieces fall

Right into place
Getting caught up in a moment
So it goes
I'm yours to keep
And I'm yours to lose
Do bad things with you
So it goes
Come here, dressed in black now

So, so, so it goes
Scratches down your back now
So, so, so it goes
You did a number on me

But, honestly, baby, who's counting?
I did a number on you
You did a number on me
Who's counting?
One, two, three
And all the pieces fall (pieces fall)

Right into place
Getting caught up in a moment (caught up, caught up)
So it goes
I'm yours to keep (oh)
And I'm yours to lose (baby)
(I) do bad things with you
So it goes

So, so, so it goes
So, so, so it goes
So, so, so it goes
So, so, so it goes
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Gorgeous
(Gorgeous)
You should take it as a compliment

That I got drunk and made fun of the way you talk
You should think about the consequence
Of your magnetic field being a little too strong
And I got a boyfriend, he's older than us
He's in the club doing, I don't know what
You're so cool, it makes me hate you so much (I hate you so much)
Whisky on ice, Sunset and Vine

You've ruined my life, by not being mine
You're so gorgeous
I can't say anything to your face
'Cause look at your face
And I'm so furious
At you for making me feel this way
But, what can I say?
You're gorgeous
You should take it as a compliment

That I'm talking to everyone here but you (but you, but you)
And you should think about the consequence
Of you touching my hand in the darkened room (dark room, dark room)
If you've got a girlfriend, I'm jealous of her
But if you're single that's honestly worse
'Cause you're so gorgeous it actually hurts
(Honey, it hurts)
Ocean blue eyes looking in mine

I feel like I might sink and drown and die
You're so gorgeous
I can't say anything to your face (to your face)
'Cause look at your face (look at your face)
And I'm so furious
At you for making me feel this way
But what can I say?
You're gorgeous
You make me so happy, it turns back to sad, yeah

There's nothing I hate more than what I can't have
You are so gorgeous it makes me so mad
Guess I'll just stumble on home to my cats
Alone, unless you wanna come along, oh
You're so gorgeous
I can't say anything to your face (to your face)
'Cause look at your face (look at your face)
And I'm so furious (I'm so furious)
At you for making me feel this way (feel this way)
But what can I say? (I say)
You're gorgeous

You're gorgeous
You're gorgeous
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Getaway Car
(No, nothing good starts in a getaway car)
He was the best of times, the worst of crimes

I struck a match
And blew your mind, but I didn't mean it
And you didn't see it
The ties were black, the lies were white
And shades of grey in candlelight
I wanted to leave him
I needed a reason
X marks the spot

Where we fell apart
He poisoned the well, I was lyin' to myself
I knew it from the first Old Fashioned, we were cursed
We never had a shotgun shot in the dark
You were drivin'

The getaway car
We were flyin'
But we'd never get far
Don't pretend it's such a mystery
Think about the place where you first met me
We're ridin'
In a getaway car
There were sirens in the beat of your heart
Should've known I'd be the first to leave
In a getaway car, oh-oh
No, they never get far, oh-oh-ahh
No, nothing good starts
In a getaway car
It was the great escape

The prison break
The light of freedom on my face
But you weren't thinkin'
And I was just drinkin'
While he was runnin' after us
I was screamin', "Go, go, go!"
But with three of us, honey, it's a side show
And a circus ain't a love story
And now we're both sorry
(We're both sorry)
X marks the spot

Where we fell apart
He poisoned the well
Every man for himself
I knew it from the first Old Fashioned, we were cursed
It hit you like a shotgun shot to the heart
You were drivin'

The getaway car
We were flyin'
We're ridin'
In a getaway car
There were sirens
In the beat of your heart
Should've known I'd be the first to leave

In a getaway car
We were jet-set, Bonnie and Clyde (ohh)

Until I switched to the other side
To the other si-i-i-i-ide
It's no surprise I turned you in (ohh)
'Cause us traitors never win
I'm in a getaway car

I left you in a motel bar
Put the money in a bag and I stole the keys
That was the last time you ever saw me (go!)
Drivin'
The getaway car
We were flyin'
We're ridin'
In a getaway car
There were sirens
In the beat of your heart
(Should've known) should've known I'd be the first to leave

In a getaway car
I was ridin'
In a getaway car
I was cryin'
In a getaway car
I was dyin'
In a getaway car
Said goodbye in
A getaway car
Ridin'
In a getaway car
I was cryin'
In a getaway car
I was dyin'
In a getaway car
Said goodbye in
A getaway car
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King Of My Heart
I'm perfectly fine, I live on my own

I made up my mind, I'm better off bein' alone
We met a few weeks ago
Now you try on callin' me, baby, like tryin' on clothes
Salute to me, I'm your American Queen

And you move to me like I'm a Motown beat
And we rule the kingdom inside my room
'Cause all the boys and their expensive cars
With their Range Rovers and their Jaguars
Never took me quite where you do
And all at once, you are the one I have been waiting for
King of my heart, body and soul, ooh whoa
And all at once, you're all I want, I'll never let you go
And all at once, I've been waiting, waiting

Ooh whoa, ooh whoa
And all at once, you are the one, I have been waiting, waiting
Body and soul, ooh whoa
And all at once
Late in the night, the city's asleep

Your love is a secret I'm hoping, dreaming, dying to keep
Change my priorities
The taste of your lips is my idea of luxury
Salute to me, I'm your American Queen

And you move to me like I'm a Motown beat
And we rule the kingdom inside my room (inside my room, oh)
'Cause all the boys and their expensive cars
With their Range Rovers and their Jaguars
Never took me quite where you do (where you do)
King of my heart (my heart), body and soul, ooh whoa
And all at once (hey), I've been waiting, waiting (waiting)

Ooh whoa, ooh whoa
And all at once, you are the one, I have been waiting (waiting), waiting (waiting)
And all at once
Is this the end of all the endings?

My broken bones are mending
With all these nights we're spending
Up on the roof with a school girl crush
Drinking beer out of plastic cups
Say you fancy me, not fancy stuff
Baby, all at once, this is enough
King of my heart (my heart), body and soul (my soul), ooh whoa
And all at once, I've been waiting, waiting

Ooh whoa, ooh whoa (ooh whoa)
And all at once, you are the one, I have been waiting, waiting
And all at once
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Dancing With Our Hands Tied
I, I loved you in secret

First sight, yeah, we love without reason
Oh, twenty-five years old
Oh, how were you to know, and
My, my love had been frozen
Deep blue, but you painted me golden
Oh, and you held me close
Oh, how was I to know that
I could've spent forever with your hands in my pockets
Picture of your face in an invisible locket
You said there was nothing in the world that could stop it
I had a bad feeling
And darling, you had turned my bed into a sacred oasis
People started talking, putting us through our paces
I knew there was no one in the world who could take it
I had a bad feeling
But we were dancing

Dancing with our hands tied, hands tied
Yeah, we were dancing
Like it was the first time, first time
And I had a bad feeling
But we were dancing
I, I loved you in spite of

Deep fears that the world would divide us
So, baby, can we dance
Oh, through an avalanche?
And say, say that we got it
I'm a mess, but I'm the mess that you wanted
Oh, 'cause it's gravity
Oh, keeping you with me
I could've spent forever with your hands in my pockets

Picture of your face in an invisible locket
You said there was nothing in the world that could stop it
I had a bad feeling
But we were dancing

(Ooh, we had our hands tied)
But we were dancing
I'd kiss you as the lights went out
Swaying as the room burned down
I'd hold you as the water rushes in
If I could dance with you again
I'd kiss you as the lights went out
Swaying as the room burned down
I'd hold you as the water rushes in
If I could dance with you again

But we were dancing
Hands tied, hands tied
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Dress
Our secret moments in your crowded room

They got no idea about me and you
There is an indentation in the shape of you
Made your mark on me, a golden tattoo
All of this silence and patience, pining in anticipation

My hands are shaking from holding back from you (ah, ah, ah)
All of this silence and patience, pining and desperately waiting
My hands are shaking from all this (ah, ha, ha, ha)
Say my name and everything just stops

I don't want you like a best friend
Only bought this dress so you could take it off
Take it off
Carve your name into my bedpost
'Cause I don't want you like a best friend
Take it off
Inescapable, I'm not even gonna try

And if I get burned, at least we were electrified
I'm spilling wine in the bathtub
You kiss my face and we're both drunk
Everyone thinks that they know us
But they know nothing about
All of this silence and patience, pining in anticipation

My hands are shaking from holding back from you (ah, ah, ah)
All of this silence and patience, pining and desperately waiting
My hands are shaking from all this (ah, ha, ha, ha)

Take it off
Take it off
Flashback when you met me

Your buzzcut and my hair bleached
Even in my worst times
You could see the best of me
Flashback to my mistakes
My rebounds, my earthquakes
Even in my worst lies
You saw the truth in me
And I woke up just in time
Now I wake up by your side
My one and only, my lifeline
I woke up just in time
Now I wake up by your side
My hands shake, I can't explain this ah, ha, ha, ha

Take it off
Take it off
There is an indentation in the shape of you

You made your mark on me, golden tattoo
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This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
It was so nice throwing big parties

Jumping to the pool from the balcony
Everyone swimming in a champagne sea
And there are no rules when you show up here
Bass beat rattling the chandelier
Feeling so Gatsby for that whole year
So why'd you have to rain on my parade?

I'm shaking my head
I'm locking the gates
This is why we can't have nice things, darling

Because you break them
I had to take them away
This is why we can't have nice things, honey
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
This is why we can't have nice things
It was so nice being friends again

There I was giving you a second chance
But you stabbed my back while shaking my hand
And therein lies the issue
Friends don't try to trick you
Get you on the phone and mind-twist you
And so I took an axe to a mended fence
But I'm not the only friend you've lost lately, hm hm

If only you weren't
So shady

This is why we can't have nice (nice things)
Things (baby) honey
This is why we can't have
Here's a toast to my real friends

They don't care about that he said, she said
And here's to my baby
He ain't reading what they call me lately
And here's to my momma
Had to listen to all this drama
And here's to you
'Cause forgiveness is a nice thing to do
I can't even say it with a straight face
This is why we can't have nice things, darling (darling)

This is why we can't have nice things, honey
(And here's to my real friends)
Because you break them, I want to take them
And here's to my baby
Nice things, honey (they don't care about that he said, she said)
This is why we can't have nice things
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Call It What You Want
My castle crumbled overnight

I brought a knife to a gunfight
They took the crown, but it's alright
All the liars are calling me one
Nobody's heard from me for months
I'm doing better than I ever was
'Cause my baby's fit like a daydream

Walkin' with his head down, I'm the one he's walkin' to
So call it what you want, yeah, call it what you want to
My baby's fly like a jet stream
High above the whole scene, loves me like I'm brand new
All my flowers grew back as thorns

Windows boarded up after the storm
He built a fire just to keep me warm
All the drama queens taking swings
All the jokers dressin' up as kings
They fade to nothin' when I look at him
And I know I make the same mistakes every time

Bridges burn, I never learn, at least I did one thing right
I did one thing right
I'm laughin' with my lover, makin' forts under covers
Trust him like a brother, yeah, you know I did one thing right
Starry eyes sparkin' up my darkest night
My baby's fit like a daydream

(Call it what you want, call it what you want, call it)
I want to wear his initial

On a chain 'round my neck, chain 'round my neck
Not because he owns me
But 'cause he really knows me
Which is more than they can say, I
I recall late November
Holdin' my breath, slowly I said
"You don't need to save me
But would you run away with me?"
Yes (would you run away?)
My baby's fit like a daydream

(Call it what you want, call it)

Call it what you want, yeah, call it what you want
To
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New Year's Day
There's glitter on the floor after the party

Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby
Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor
You and me from the night before, but
Don't read the last page

But I stay when you're lost and I'm scared and you're turnin' away
I want your midnights
But I'll be cleanin' up bottles with you on New Year's Day
You squeeze my hand three times in the back of the taxi

I can tell that it's gonna be a long road
I'll be there if you're the toast of the town, babe
Or if you strike out and you're crawling home

But I stay when it's hard or it's wrong or we're makin' mistakes
Hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you

And I will hold on to you
Please don't ever become a stranger

Whose laugh I could recognize anywhere
Please don't ever become a stranger
Whose laugh I could recognize anywhere
There's glitter on the floor after the party

Girls carrying their shoes down in the lobby
Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor
You and me forevermore

But I stay when it's hard or it's wrong or we're makin' mistakes

And I will hold on to you (hold on)
Please, don't ever become a stranger (to the memories, they will hold on to you)
Whose laugh I could recognize anywhere (hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you)
Please, don't ever become a stranger (hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you)
Whose laugh I could recognize anywhere (I will hold on to you)
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1989
Welcome To New York
Walking through a crowd, the village is aglow

Kaleidoscope of loud heartbeats under coats
Everybody here wanted something more
Searching for a sound we hadn't heard before
And it said
Welcome to New York

It's been waiting for you
Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York
It's a new soundtrack
I could dance to this beat, beat
Forevermore
The lights are so bright
But they never blind me, me
Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York
When we first dropped our bags on apartment floors

Took our broken hearts, put them in a drawer
Everybody here was someone else before
And you can want who you want
Boys and boys and girls and girls
Welcome to New York

Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York

I could dance to this beat, beat
Forevermore
But they never blind me, me
Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York
Like any great love, it keeps you guessing

Like any real love, it's ever-changing
Like any true love, it drives you crazy
But you know you wouldn't change anything, anything, anything
Welcome to New York

Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York

I could dance to this beat
But they never blind me
Welcome to New York
New soundtrack
Welcome to New York
But they never blind me
Welcome to New York
So bright, they never blind me
Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York
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Blank Space
Nice to meet you, where you been?

I could show you incredible things
Magic, madness, heaven, sin
Saw you there and I thought
Oh my God, look at that face
You look like my next mistake
Love's a game, want to play?
New money, suit and tie

I can read you like a magazine
Ain't it funny, rumors fly
And I know you heard about me
So hey, let's be friends
I'm dying to see how this one ends
Grab your passport and my hand
I can make the bad guys good for a weekend
So it's gonna be forever
Or it's gonna go down in flames
You can tell me when it's over
If the high was worth the pain
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
'Cause you know I love the players
And you love the game
'Cause we're young and we're reckless

We'll take this way too far
It'll leave you breathless
Or with a nasty scar
But I've got a blank space, baby
And I'll write your name
Cherry lips, crystal skies

I could show you incredible things
Stolen kisses, pretty lies
You're the King, baby, I'm your Queen
Find out what you want
Be that girl for a month
Wait, the worst is yet to come, oh no
Screaming, crying, perfect storms

I can make all the tables turn
Rose garden filled with thorns
Keep you second guessing like
"Oh my God, who is she?"
I get drunk on jealousy
But you'll come back each time you leave
'Cause, darling, I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream

Boys only want love if it's torture

Don't say I didn't say, I didn't warn ya
Boys only want love if it's torture
Don't say I didn't say, I didn't warn ya


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Style
Midnight,
You come and pick me up, no headlights
Long drive,
Could end in burning flames or paradise
Fade into view, oh, it's been a while since I have even heard from you (heard from you)
I should just tell you to leave 'cause I

Know exactly where it leads but I
Watch us go 'round and 'round each time
You got that James Dean day dream look in your eye
And I got that red lip classic thing that you like
And when we go crashing down, we come back every time
'Cause we never go out of style
We never go out of style
You got that long hair, slicked back, white t-shirt

And I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt
We never go out of style.
So it goes
He can't keep his wild eyes on the road
Takes me home
Lights are off, he's taking off his coat
I say, "I heard, oh, that you been out and about with some other girl, some other girl."
He says, "What you've heard is true but I

Can't stop thinking about you," and I...
I said, "I've been there too a few times."
'Cause you got that James Dean day dream look in your eye
You got that long hair, slicked back, white t-shirt

And I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt
Take me home
Just take me home, yeah.
Just take me home
(out of style)
You got that James Dean day dream look in your eye
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Out Of The Woods
Looking at it now
It all seems so simple
We were lying on your couch
I remember
You took a Polaroid of us
Then discovered (then discovered)
The rest of the world was black and white
But we were in screaming color
And I remember thinking...
[Chorus 2x:]
Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods?
Are we in the clear yet?
In the clear yet?
Good
Are we out of the woods?
Looking at it now
Last December (last December)
We were built to fall apart
Then fall back together (back together)
Your necklace hanging from my neck
The night we couldn't quite forget
When we decided (we decided)
To move the furniture so we could dance,
Baby, like we stood a chance
Two paper airplanes flying, flying, flying
And I remember thinkin'
[Chorus 2x]
(Are we out of the woods?!)
Remember when you hit the brakes too soon?

Twenty stitches in the hospital room
When you started cryin', baby, I did, too
But when the sun came up, I was lookin' at you
Remember when we couldn't take the heat
I walked out and said, "I'm settin' you free,"
But the monsters turned out to be just trees
And when the sun came up, you were lookin' at me
You were lookin' at me
You were lookin' at me,
I remember, oh, I remember
[Chorus 4x]
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All You Had To Do Was Stay
People like you always want back the love they gave away
And people like me wanna believe you when you say you've changed
The more I think about it now the less I know
All I know is that you drove us off the road
Stay
Hey, all you had to do was stay
Had me in the palm of your hand
Then, why'd you had to go and lock me out when I let you in
Stay, hey, now you say you want it
Back now that it's just too late
Well could've been easy
All you had to do was stay

Here you are now, calling me up, but I don't know what to say
I've been picking up the pieces of the mess you made
People like you always want back the love they pushed aside
But people like me are gone forever when you say goodbye
Stay

Let me remind you this was what you wanted

You ended it
You were all I wanted
But not like this
Not like this
Not like this
Oh, all you had to do was stay



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Shake It Off
I stay out too late

Got nothing in my brain
That's what people say, mmm-mmm
I go on too many dates [chuckle]

But I can't make 'em stay
At least that's what people say, mmm-mmm
But I keep cruising

Can't stop, won't stop moving
It's like I got this music
In my mind
Saying, "It's gonna be alright."
'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play

And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off
Heart-breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break
And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake
I never miss a beat

I'm lightning on my feet
And that's what they don't see, mmm-mmm
that's what they don't see, mmm-mmm
I'm dancing on my own (dancing on my own)

I make the moves up as I go (moves up as I go)
And that's what they don't know, mmm-mmm
that's what they don't know, mmm-mmm
But I keep cruising

Can't stop, won't stop grooving
It's like I got this music
In my mind
Saying, "It's gonna be alright."

And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
Heart-breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break
And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake
Shake it off, I shake it off,

I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off,
I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off
Hey, hey, hey

Just think while you've been getting down and out about the liars and the dirty, dirty cheats of
the world,
You could've been getting down to this sick beat.
My ex-man brought his new girlfriend

She's like "Oh, my god!" but I'm just gonna shake.
And to the fella over there with the hella good hair
Won't you come on over, baby? We can shake, shake, shake
Yeah ohhh

And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate (haters gonna hate)
I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Heart-breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break (mmmm)
And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake (and fake, and fake, and fake)



I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off (you've got to),
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I Wish You Would
It's 2 am, in your car

Windows down, pass my street, the memories start
You say it's in the past, you drive straight ahead
You're thinking that I hate you now
Guess you still don't know what I never said
I wish you would come back

Wish I never hung up the phone like I did
I wish you knew that I'll never forget you as long as I live, I
Wish you were right here, right now, it's all good, I wish you would
It's 2 am, in my room

Headlights pass the window pane, I think of you
We're a crooked love in a straight line down
If you wanna run and hide then it makes you turn right back around

I wish we could go back

And remember what we were fighting for
I wish you knew that I miss you too much to be mad anymore
I I I, I I
I wish, I wish
I I I, I I
I wish, I wish
I I I, I I
I wish, I wish...
You always knew how to push my buttons

You give me everything and nothing
This mad mad love makes you come running
Stand back where you stood
I wish you would, I wish you would
I I I, I I
I wish, I wish...
2 am, here we are

See your face, hear my voice in the dark
We're a crooked love in a straight line down
Guess you wanna run and hide but it made us turn right back around


I wish we could go back

And remember what we were fighting for
I wish you knew that I miss you too much to be mad anymore
You always knew how to push my buttons

You give me everything and nothing
This mad mad love makes you come running
Stand back where you stood
I I I, I I
I wish, I wish
I I I, I I
I wish, I wish
I I I, I I
I wish, I wish you would
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Bad Blood
'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood

You know what used to be mad love
So take a look what you've done
Now we got problems
And I don't think we can solve them
You made a really deep cut
And, baby, now we got bad blood
Did you have to do this, I was thinking that you could be trusted
Did you have to ruin, what was shining now it's all rusted
Did you have to hit me, were I'm weak, baby, I couldn't breathe
And rub it in so deep, salt in the wound like you're laughing right at me
Oh, it's so sad to, think about the good times, you and I

You know it used to be mad love
(HEY)
Now we got problems
And, baby, now we've got bad blood
Did you think we'd be fine, still got scars on my back from your knife
So don't think it's in the past, these kinda wounds they last and they last
Did you think it all through; all these things will catch up to you
And time can heal but this won't, so if you're coming my way just don't
Oh, it's so sad to, think about the good times, you and I

Now we got problems
Band-aids don't fix bullet holes

You say sorry just for show
You live like that that you live with ghosts
Band-aids don't fix bullet holes
You say sorry just for show
If you live like that you live with ghosts
If you love like that blood runs cold

(mad love)
Now we got problems
(think we can solve them)

(look what you've done)
Now we got problems
(HEY)
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Wildest Dreams
He said, "Let's get out of this town

Drive out of the city, away from the crowds
I thought heaven can't help me now."
Nothing lasts forever, but this is gonna take me down
He's so tall and handsome as hell
He's so bad but he does it so well
I can see the end as it begins
My one condition is
Say you'll remember me standing in a nice dress staring at the sunset

Babe
Red lips and rosy cheeks say you'll see me again even if it's just in your
wildest dreams oh wildest dreams oh ah,
I said, "No one has to know what we do," his hands are in my hair
His clothes are in my room
And his voice is a familiar sound, nothing lasts forever
But this is getting good now

He's so tall and handsome as hell
He's so bad but he does it so well
And when we've had our very last kiss
My last request is

Babe
wildest dreams oh wildest dreams oh ah, wildest dreams
You see me in hindsight tangled up with you all night

Burn it down
Someday when you leave me I bet these memories follow you around
You'll see me in hindsight tangled up with you all night
Burning it down
Someday when you leave me I bet these memories follow you around
Say you'll remember me standing in a nice dress staring at the sunset, babe
Red lips and rosy cheeks say you'll see me again even if it's just pretend

Babe
wildest dreams oh wildest dreams oh ah, wildest dreams
Yeah even if it's just in your wildest dreams oh ah,
In your wildest dreams ah ah.

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How You Get The Girl
Oh Oh Oh.
Oh-oh.
Stand there like a ghost shaking from the rain (rain).

She'll open up the door and say "Are you insane ('ane)?"
Say it's been a long 6 months
And you were too afraid to tell her what you want.
And that's how it works.

That's how you get the girl.
And then you say.
I want you for worse or for better,

I would wait forever and ever,
Broke your heart, I'll put it back together.
I would wait forever and ever.
And that's how it works

It's how you get the girl, girl...
Oh.

Remind her how it used to be (Yeah, yeah)

With pictures in frames of kisses on cheeks (cheeks)
Tell her how you must have lost your mind. (Uh-uh)
And you left her all alone, and never told her why (why).
And that's how it works.

That's how you lost the girl.
And now you say
I want you for worse or for better,

I would wait forever and ever (ever and ever),
Broke your heart, I'll put it back together (together).
I would wait forever and ever (ever and ever).

Oh.

It's how you get the girl, girl... (Yeah, yeah)
And you could know (Oh-oh Oh Oh)

That I don't want you to go oh-oh..
Remind me how it used to be.

Pictures in frames of kisses on cheeks.
And say you want me.
Yeah...
And then you say,

I want you for worse or for better (for worse or for better),
I would wait forever and ever,
Broke your heart, I'll put it back together.
I want you forever and ever.

It's how you get the girl, girl.
Oh.
[x4]
That's how it works.

That's how you got the girl.
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This Love
Clear blue water, high tide came and brought you in

And I could go on and on, on and on, and I will
Skies grew darker, currents swept you out again
And you were just gone and gone, gone and gone
In silent screams,
in wildest dreams
I never dreamed of this
This love is good, this love is bad

This love is alive back from the dead
These hands had to let it go free
And this love came back to me
Tossing, turning, struggled through the night with someone new

And I could go on and on, on and on
Lantern burning, flickered in my mind for only you
But you're still gone, gone, gone
Been losing grip,

oh, sinking ships
You showed up just in time

This love left a permanent mark

This love is glowing in the dark
This love, this love, this love, this love... [4x]
Your kiss, my cheek, I watched you leave

Your smile, my ghost, I fell to my knees
When you're young you just run
But you come back to what you need

This love left a permanent mark

This love is glowing in the dark
This love, this love, this love, this love... [4x]
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I Know Places
You stand with your hand on my waist line

It's a scene and we're out here in plain sight
I can hear them whisper as we pass by
It's a bad sign, bad sign
Something happens when everybody finds out
See the vultures circling dark clouds
Love's a fragile little flame, it could burn out
It could burn out
Cause they got the cages, they got the boxes

And guns
They are the hunters, we are the foxes
And we run
Baby, I know places we won't be found

And they'll be chasing their tails tryin' to track us down
Cause I, I know places we can hide
I know places, I know places
Lights flash and we'll run for the fences

Let them say what they want, we won't hear it
Loose lips sink ships all the damn time
Not this time
Just grab my hand and don't ever drop it

My love
And we run

I know places

And we run
Just grab my hand and don't ever drop it
My love

I know places
They take their shots, but we're bulletproof

I know places
And you know for me, it's always you
I know places
In the dead of night, your eyes so green
I know places
And I know for you, it's always me
I know places
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Clean
The drought was the very worst

When the flowers that we'd grown together died of thirst
It was months, and months of back and forth
You're still all over me like a wine-stained dress I can't wear anymore
Hung my head, as I lost the war, and the sky turn black like a perfect storm
Rain came pouring down when I was drowning

That's when I could finally breathe
And by morning, gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean
There was nothing left to do

And the butterflies turned to dust they covered my whole room
So I punched a hole in the roof
Let the flood carry away all my pictures of you
The water filled my lungs, I screamed so loud but no one heard a thing

I think I am finally clean
Said, I think I am finally clean
10 months sober, I must admit

Just because you're clean don't mean you don't miss it
10 months older I won't give in
Now that I'm clean I'm never gonna risk it
The drought was the very worst
When the flowers that we'd grown together died of thirst
Finally clean, think I'm finally clean
Think I'm finally clean
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Wonderland
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Flashing lights and we

Took a wrong turn and we
Fell down a rabbit hole.
You held on tight to me

'Cause nothing's as it seems
I'm spinning out of control.
Didn't they tell us don't rush into things?

Didn't you flash your green eyes at me?
Haven't you heard what becomes of curious minds?
Ooooo
Didn't it all seem new and exciting?

I felt your arms twisting 'round me
I should have slept with one eye open at night.
We found wonderland
You and I got lost in it
And we pretended it could last forever
aye
We found wonderland
And life was never worse but never better
aye aye
Aye [x5]
In wonderland
Aye [x5]
In wonderland
Aye [x5]
In wonderland
Aye [x5]
In wonderland
So we went on our way

Too in love to think straight
All alone or so it seemed.
But there were strangers watching

And whispers turned to talking
And talking turned to screams.
Oooooh
Didn't they tell us don't rush into things?

Didn't you flash your green eyes at me?
Didn't you calm my fears with the Cheshire cat smile?
Ooooo
Didn't it all seem new and exciting?

I felt your arms twisting 'round me
It's all fun and games 'til somebody loses their mind.
But darling, we found wonderland

And we pretended it could last forever
aye
We found wonderland
Aye Aye
Aye [x5]
In wonderland
Aye [x5]
In wonderland
Aye [x5]
In wonderland
Aye [x5]
In wonderland
I reached for you but you were gone

I knew I had to go back home
You search the world for something else to make you feel like what we had
And in the end in wonderland we both went mad.
Oooooh
We found wonderland
And we pretended it could last forever (last forever)
aye aye
We found wonderland
You and I got lost in it (got lost in it)
And life was never worse but never better (never better)
aye aye
We found wonderland
You and I got lost in it (wonderland)
And we pretended it could last forever (in wonderland)
We found wonderland
You and I got lost in it (wonderland)
In wonderland
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You Are In Love
One look, dark room

Meant just for you
Time moved too fast
You play it back
Buttons on a coat
Lighthearted joke
No proof, not much
But you saw enough
Small talk, he drives
Coffee at midnight
The light reflects
The chain on your neck
He says look up
And your shoulders brush
No proof, one touch
You felt enough
You can hear it in the silence, silence

You can feel it on the way home, way home
You can see it with the lights out, lights out
You are in love, true love
You are in love
Morning, his place

Burn toast, Sunday
You keep his shirt
He keeps his word
And for once you let go
Of your fears and your ghosts
One step, not much
But it said enough
You kiss on sidewalks
You fight and you talk
One night he wakes
Strange look on his face
Pauses, then says
You're my best friend
And you knew what it was
He is in love

And so it goes
You two are dancing in a snow globe round and round
And he keeps the picture of you in his office downtown
And you understand now why they lost their minds and fought the wars
And why I've spent my whole life trying to put it into words
'Cause you can hear it in the silence

You can feel it on the way home
You can see it with the lights out
You're in love

You're in love

You're in love
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New Romantics
We're all bored, we're all so tired of everything

We wait for trains that just aren't coming
We show off our different scarlet letters
Trust me, mine is better
We're so young but we're on the road to ruin

We play dumb but we know exactly what we're doing
We cry tears of mascara in the bathroom
Honey, life is just a classroom
'Cause, baby, I could build a castle

Out of all the bricks they threw at me
And every day is like a battle
But every night with us is like a dream
Baby, we're the new romantics

Come on, come along with me
Heart break is the national anthem
We sing it proudly
We are too busy dancing
To get knocked off our feet
The best people in life are free
We're all here, the lights and boys are blinding

We hang back, it's all in the 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 want is danger

We team up then switch sides like a record changer
The rumors are terrible and cruel
But, honey, most of them are true


We sing it proudly
So come on, come along with me

Please take my hand and

Please take me dancing and
Please leave me stranded,
It's so romantic


We sing it proudly
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RED
State Of Grace
I'm walking fast through the traffic lights

Busy streets and busy lives
And all we know
Is touch and go
We are alone with our changing minds
We fall in love 'til it hurts or bleeds or fades in time
And I never (never) saw you coming

And I'll never (never) be the same
You come around and the armor falls

Pierce the room like a cannon boom
[Acoustic version:] (Pierce the room like a cannonball)
Now all we know is don't let go
We are alone, just you and me
Up in your room and our slates are clean
Just twin fire signs
Four blue eyes
So you were never a saint

And I've loved in shades of wrong
We learn to live with the pain
Mosaic broken hearts
But this love is brave and wild
And I never (never) {[x8:] Oh oh, oh oh oh-oh-oh-ooh} saw you coming

This is a state of grace
This is the worthwhile fight
Love is a ruthless game
Unless you play it good and right
These are the hands of fate
You're my Achilles heel
This is the golden age of something good and right and real
And I never (never) saw you coming

And I never (never) {[x8:] Oh oh, oh oh oh-oh-oh-ooh} saw you coming

This is a state of grace

This is the worthwhile fight
Love is a ruthless game
Unless you play it good and right
Writer: Taylor Swift

Copyright: Lyrics © Taylor Swift Music, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
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Red
[Verse 1:]
Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street
Faster than the wind, passionate as sin, ending so suddenly
Loving him is like trying to change your mind once you're already flying through the free fall
Like the colors in autumn, so bright just before they lose it all
[Chorus:]
Losing him was blue like I'd never known
Missing him was dark grey all alone
Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met
But loving him was red
Loving him was red
[Verse 2:]
Touching him was like realizing all you ever wanted was right there in front of you
Memorizing him was as easy as knowing all the words to your old favorite song
Fighting with him was like trying to solve a crossword and realizing there's no right answer
Regretting him was like wishing you never found out that love could be that strong
[Chorus:]
Losing him was blue like I'd never known
But loving him was red
Oh, red
Burning red
[Bridge:]
Remembering him comes in flashbacks and echoes
Tell myself it's time now, gotta let go
But moving on from him is impossible
When I still see it all in my head
In burning red
Burning, it was red
[Chorus:]
Oh, losing him was blue like I'd never known
'Cause loving him was red
Yeah, yeah, red
We're burning red
[Post-Chorus:]
And that's why he's spinnin' 'round in my head
Comes back to me, burning red
Yeah, yeah
His love was like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street

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Treacherous
Put your lips close to mine

As long as they don't touch
Out of focus, eye to eye
Till the gravity's too much
And I'll do anything you say
If you say it with your hands
And I'd be smart to walk away,
But you're quicksand
This slope is treacherous

This path is reckless
And I, I, I like it
I can't decide if it's a choice

Getting swept away
I hear the sound of my own voice
Asking you to stay
And all we are is skin and bone
Trained to get along
Forever going with the flow,
But you're friction

This path is reckless
And I, I, I like it
Two headlights shine through the sleepless night

And I will get you, and get you alone
Your name has echoed through my mind
And I just think you should, think you should know
That nothing safe is worth the drive and I would
Follow you, follow you home...
I'll follow you, follow you home...
This hope is treacherous

This daydream is dangerous
This hope is treacherous
I, I, I... I, I, I... I, I, I...
Two headlights shine through the sleepless night

And I will get you, and get you alone
Your name has echoed through my mind
And I just think you should, think you should know
That nothing safe is worth the drive and I will
Follow you, follow you home...

I, I, I like it
Writer: Daniel Dodd Wilson, Taylor Swift, Dan Wilson

Copyright: Lyrics © Chrysalis Music, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Sugar Lake Music, Taylor Swift
Music, Sugar Lake Music LLC
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I Knew You Were Trouble
[Music video spoken part:]

I think--I think when it's all over,
It just comes back in flashes, you know?
It's like a kaleidoscope of memories.
It just all comes back. But he never does.
I think part of me knew the second I saw him that this would happen.
It's not really anything he said or anything he did,
It was the feeling that came along with it.
And the crazy thing is I don't know if I'm ever gonna feel that way again.
But I don't know if I should.
I knew his world moved too fast and burned too bright.
But I just thought, how can the devil be pulling you toward someone who looks so much like an
angel when he smiles at you?
Maybe he knew that when he saw me.
I guess I just lost my balance.
I think that the worst part of it all wasn't losing him.
It was losing me.
Once upon a time a few mistakes ago

I was in your sights, you got me alone
You found me, you found me, you found me
I guess you didn't care, and I guess I liked that
And when I fell hard you took a step back
Without me, without me, without me
And he's long gone when he's next to me

And I realize the blame is on me
'Cause I knew you were trouble when you walked in

So shame on me now
Flew me to places I'd never been
'Til you put me down, oh
I knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on me now
Now I'm lying on the cold hard ground
Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble
No apologies. He'll never see you cry,

Pretends he doesn't know that he's the reason why.
You're drowning, you're drowning, you're drowning.
Now I heard you moved on from whispers on the street
A new notch in your belt is all I'll ever be
And now I see, now I see, now I see
He was long gone when he met me

And I realize the joke is on me, yeah!

So shame on me now
So shame on me now
And the saddest fear comes creeping in

That you never loved me or her, or anyone, or anything, yeah

So shame on me now
I knew you were trouble when you walked in (you were right there, you were right there)
So shame on me now
Trouble, trouble, trouble
Trouble, trouble, trouble
[Music video spoken part:]

I don't know if you know who you are until you lose who you are.
Writer: Taylor Swift, Max Martin, Shellback

Copyright: Lyrics © Taylor Swift Music, Mxm Music AB, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
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All Too Well
I walked through the door with you, the air was cold,
But something 'bout it felt like home somehow.
And I left my scarf there at your sister's house,
And you still got it in your drawer even now.
Oh, your sweet disposition and my wide-eyed gaze.

We're singing in the car, getting lost Upstate.
Autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place,
And I can picture it after all these days.
And I know it's long gone,

And that magic's not here no more,
And I might be okay,
But I'm not fine at all.
'Cause there we are again on that little town street.

You almost ran the red 'cause you were looking over me.
Wind in my hair, I was there, I remember it all too well.
Photo album on the counter, your cheeks were turning red.

You used to be a little kid with glasses in a twin-size bed
And your mother's telling stories about you on a tee ball team
You tell me 'bout your past, thinking your future was me.
And I know it's long gone

And there was nothing else I could do
And I forget about you long enough
To forget why I needed to...
'Cause there we are again in the middle of the night.
We dance around the kitchen in the refrigerator light
Down the stairs, I was there, I remember it all too well, yeah.
Maybe we got lost in translation, maybe I asked for too much,

And maybe this thing was a masterpiece 'til you tore it all up.
Running scared, I was there, I remember it all too well.
Hey, you call me up again just to break me like a promise.

So casually cruel in the name of being honest.
I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here
'Cause I remember it all, all, all... too well.
Time won't fly, it's like I'm paralyzed by it

I'd like to be my old self again, but I'm still trying to find it
After plaid shirt days and nights when you made me your own
Now you mail back my things and I walk home alone
But you keep my old scarf from that very first week
'Cause it reminds you of innocence and it smells like me
You can't get rid of it 'cause you remember it all too well, yeah
'Cause there we are again, when I loved you so

Back before you lost the one real thing you've ever known
It was rare, I was there, I remember it all too well
Wind in my hair, you were there, you remember it all

Down the stairs, you were there, you remember it all
It was rare, I was there, I remember it all too well
Writer: Liz Rose, Taylor Swift

Copyright: Lyrics © Liz Rose Music, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Taylor Swift Music, Warner-
tamerlane Publishing Corp.
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22
It feels like a perfect night to dress up like hipsters

And make fun of our exes, uh uh, uh uh.
It feels like a perfect night for breakfast at midnight
To fall in love with strangers, uh uh, uh uh.
Yeah,
We're happy, free, confused, and lonely at the same time
It's miserable and magical.
Oh, yeah
Tonight's the night when we forget about the deadlines
It's time
Uh oh!
I don't know about you
But I'm feeling 22
Everything will be alright
If you keep me next to you
You don't know about me
But I'll bet you want to
If we just keep dancing like we're
22, ooh-ooh
22, ooh-ooh
It seems like one of those nights,

This place is too crowded.
Too many cool kids, uh uh, uh uh (who's Taylor Swift anyway, ew?)
It seems like one of those nights,
We ditch the whole scene and end up dreaming
Instead of sleeping.
Yeah,
We're happy, free, confused, and lonely in the best way
It's miserable and magical.
Oh, yeah
Tonight's the night when we forget about the heartbreaks
It's time
Uh oh! (hey!)
But I'm feeling 22
You don't know about me
Everything will be alright (alright)
22, ooh-ooh (oh, oh, oh)
22, ooh-ooh
22, ooh-ooh
22, ooh-ooh
It feels like one of those nights,

We ditch the whole scene.
We won't be sleeping.
You look like bad news.
I gotta have you,
I gotta have you.
Ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ye-e-e-e-eah, hey
I don't know about you (I don't know about you)
But I'm feeling 22
You don't know about me (you don't know about me)
22, ooh-ooh
22, ooh-ooh
22, ooh-ooh, yeah, yeah
22, ooh-ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah

We ditch the whole scene
We won't be sleeping
You look like bad news,
I gotta have you,
I gotta have you.
Writer: Max Martin, Taylor Swift, Johan Shellback, Shellback

Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Mxm Music AB, Taylor Swift Music
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I Almost Do
I bet this time of night you're still up.

I bet you're tired from a long hard week.
I bet you're sitting in your chair by the window looking out at the city.
And I bet sometimes you wonder about me.
And I just wanna tell you

It takes everything in me not to call you.
And I wish I could run to you.
And I hope you know that every time I don't
I almost do,
I almost do.
I bet you think I either moved on or hate you

'Cause each time you reach out there's no reply.
I bet it never ever occurred to you that I can't say "Hello" to you
And risk another goodbye.

I almost do,
I almost do.
Oh, we made quite a mess, babe.

It's probably better off this way.
And I confess, babe,
In my dreams you're touching my face
And asking me if I wanna try again with you.
And I almost do.

I almost do,
I almost do.
I bet this time of night you're still up.

I bet you're tired from a long hard week.
I bet you're sitting in your chair by the window looking out at the city.
And I hope sometimes you wonder about me.

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We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
I remember when we broke up the first time

Saying, "This is it, I've had enough," 'cause like
We hadn't seen each other in a month
When you said you needed space. (What?)
Then you come around again and say
"Baby, I miss you and I swear I'm gonna change, trust me."
Remember how that lasted for a day?
I say, "I hate you," we break up, you call me, "I love you."
Ooh, we called it off again last night

But ooh, this time I'm telling you, I'm telling you
We are never ever ever getting back together,

We are never ever ever getting back together,
You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together
Like, ever...
I'm really gonna miss you picking fights

And me falling for it screaming that I'm right
And you would hide away and find your peace of mind
With some indie record that's much cooler than mine
Ooh, you called me up again tonight

But ooh, this time I'm telling you, I'm telling you
We are never, ever, ever getting back together

We are never, ever, ever getting back together
You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me (talk to me)
Ooh, yeah, ooh yeah, ooh yeah

Oh oh oh
I used to think that we were forever ever

And I used to say, "Never say never..."
Uggg... so he calls me up and he's like, "I still love you,"
And I'm like... "I just... I mean this is exhausting, you know, like,
We are never getting back together. Like, ever"
No!
We are never ever ever getting back together

We are never ever ever getting back together
You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me
We, ooh, getting back together, ohhh,

We, ooh, getting back together
You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me (talk to me)

Writer: Taylor Swift, Max Martin, Johan Shellback, Shellback

Copyright: Lyrics © Taylor Swift Music, Mxm Music AB, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
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Stay Stay Stay
I'm pretty sure we almost broke up last night.

I threw my phone across the room at you.
I was expecting some dramatic turn-away,
but you stayed.
This morning I said we should talk about it.

'Cause I read you should never leave a fight unresolved.
That's when you came in wearing a football helmet and said "okay, let's talk."
And I said,
Stay, stay, stay.
I've been lovin' you for quite some time, time, time.
You think that it's funny when I'm mad, mad, mad.
But I think that it's best if we both stay.
Before you, I'd only dated self-indulgent takers,

that took all of their problems out on me.
But you carry my groceries, and now I'm always laughin'.
And I love you because you have given me no choice but to:
Stay, stay, stay.

But I think that it's best if we both stay, stay, stay, stay.
You took the time to memorize me:

my fears, my hopes, and dreams.
I just like hangin' out with you, all the time.
All those times that you didn't leave;
It's been occurring to me I'd like to hang out with you, for my whole life.
Stay.
And I'll be loving you for quite some time.
No one else is going to love me, when I get mad, mad mad.
So I think that it's best if we both stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay.
Stay, stay, stay.

But I think that it's best if we both stay, stay, stay, stay, stay, stay.
Stay, stay, stay.

But I think that it's best if we both stay.

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The Last Time
[Gary Lightbody:]
Found myself at your door,
Just like all those times before,
I'm not sure how I got there,
All roads they lead me here.
I imagine you are home,

In your room, all alone,
And you open your eyes into mine,
And everything feels better,
[Both:]
Right before your eyes,
I'm breaking, no past
No reasons why,
Just you and me.
This is the last time I'm asking you this,

Put my name at the top of your list,
This is the last time I'm asking you why,
You break my heart in the blink of an eye, eye, eye.
[Taylor Swift:]
You find yourself at my door,
Just like all those times before,
You wear your best apology,
But I was there to watch you leave,
And all the times I let you in,

Just for you to go again,
Disappear when you come back,
Everything is better.
[Both:]
Right before your eyes,
I'm aching, no past
Nowhere to hide,
Just you and me...

You break my heart in the blink of an eye, eye, eye...
[Taylor Swift:] This is the last time you tell me I've got it wrong,
[Gary Lightbody:] This is the last time I say it's been you all along,
[Taylor Swift:] This is the last time I let you in my door,
[Gary Lightbody:] This is the last time, I won't hurt you anymore.
Oh, oh, oh,

You break my heart in the blink of an eye.
This is the last time I'm asking you this (this is the last time I'm asking you this)
Put my name at the top of your list (put my name on the top of your list)
This is the last time I'm asking you why (this is the last time I'm asking you why)
You break my heart in the blink of an eye (You break my heart...)
[x4:]
This is the last time I'm asking you,
Last time I'm asking you,
Last time I'm asking you this...
Writer: Gary Lightbody, Jacknife Lee, Garret Noel Lee, Taylor Swift
Copyright: Lyrics © Big Life Music New Works, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Taylor Swift Music,
Universal Music Publishing Bl Ltd.
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Holy Ground
I was reminiscing just the other day,

While having coffee all alone and Lord, it took me away.
Back to a first-glance feeling on New York Time.
Back when you fit in my poems like a perfect rhyme.
Took off faster than a green light "Go".
Yeah, you skipped the conversation when you already know.
I left a note on the door with a joke we'd made,
And that was the first day.
And darling, it was good never looking down.

And right there where we stood was holy ground.
Spinning like a girl in a brand new dress,

We had this big wide city all to ourselves.
We blocked the noise with the sound of 'I need you',
And for the first time I had something to lose,
And I guess we fell apart in the usual way.
And the story's got dust on every page,
But sometimes I wonder how you think about it now.
And I see your face in every crowd.
Cause darling, it was good never looking down.

Tonight I'm gonna dance for all that we've been through.
But I don't wanna dance if I'm not dancing with you.
Tonight I'm gonna dance like you were in this room.
But I don't wanna dance if I'm not dancing with you,
It was good never looking down.

Tonight I'm gonna dance for all that we've been through.
Tonight I'm gonna dance like you were in this room.

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Sad Beautiful Tragic
Long handwritten note deep in your pocket

Words, how little they mean when you're a little too late
I stood right by the tracks, your face in a locket
Good girls, hopeful they'll be and long they will wait
We had a beautiful magic love there

What a sad beautiful tragic love affair
In dreams I meet you in warm conversation

We both wake in lonely beds in different cities
And time is taking its sweet time erasing you
And you've got your demons, and, darling, they all look like me
'Cause we had a beautiful magic love there

Distance, timing, breakdown, fighting

Silence, this train runs off its tracks
Kiss me, try to fix it, could you just try to listen?
Hang up, give up, for the life of us we can't get back
A beautiful magic love there

What a sad beautiful tragic, beautiful tragic, beautiful
What we had - a beautiful magic love there

We had a beautiful magic love there

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The Lucky One
New to town with a made up name in the angel city,

Chasing fortune and fame.
And the camera flashes, make it look like a dream.
You had it figured out since you were in school.
Everybody loves pretty, everybody loves cool.
So overnight you look like a sixties' queen.
Another name goes up in lights, like diamonds in the sky.
And they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one.

Yeah, they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one.
But can you tell me now, you're the lucky one, oh, oh, oh...
Now it's big black cars, and Riviera views,

And your lover in the foyer doesn't even know you
And your secrets end up splashed on the news front page.
And they tell you that you're lucky.

But you're so confused,
Cause you don't feel pretty, you just feel used.
And all the young things line up to take your place.
Another name goes up in lights. You wonder if you'll make it out alive.
And they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one.

Can you tell me now, you're the lucky one, oh, oh, oh.
It was a few years later, I showed up here.

And they still tell the legend of how you disappeared,
How you took the money and your dignity, and got the hell out.
They say you bought a bunch of land somewhere,
Chose the Rose Garden over Madison Square,
And it took some time, but I understand it now.
'Cause now my name is up in lights, but I think you got it right,
Let me tell you now, you're the lucky one.

Let me tell you now, you're the lucky one.
Let me tell you now, you're the lucky one, oh, oh, oh.
Yeah they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one.

And they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one, oh, oh, oh.
Oh, whoa, oh, oh

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Everything Has Changed
[Taylor Swift]
All I knew this morning when I woke
Is I know something now, know something now I didn't before.
And all I've seen since eighteen hours ago
Is green eyes and freckles and your smile
In the back of my mind making me feel like
[Taylor Swift]
I just wanna know you better, know you better, know you better now
[Both]
I just wanna know you, know you, know you
[Both]
'Cause all I know is we said, "Hello."
And your eyes look like coming home
All I know is a simple name
Everything has changed
All I know is you held the door
You'll be mine and I'll be yours
All I know since yesterday is everything has changed
[Ed Sheeran]
And all my walls stood tall painted blue
And I'll take them down, take them down and open up the door for you
[Taylor Swift (Album version) / Ed Sheeran (Remix version):]

And all I feel in my stomach is butterflies
The beautiful kind, making up for lost time,
[Album version:] Taking flight, making me feel right
[Remix version:] Taking flight, making me feel right like
[Both]
[Both]
'Cause all I know is we said, "Hello."
And you'll be mine and I'll be yours
[Bridge]
Come back and tell me why
I'm feeling like I've missed you all this time, oh, oh, oh.
And meet me there tonight
And let me know that it's not all in my mind.
[Taylor Swift]
[Both]
All I know is we said, "Hello."
You'll be mine and I'll be yours
[Taylor Swift]
All I know is we said, "Hello."
So dust off your highest hopes
All I know is pouring rain and everything has changed
All I know is a new found grace
All my days I'll know your face
Writer: Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran

Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Uk) Limited, Taylor Swift Music, Sony/ATV Tree
Publishing
Top▲
Starlight
I said, "Oh my, what a marvelous tune"

It was the best night, never would forget how we moved.
The whole place was dressed to the nines,
And we were dancing, dancing
Like we're made of starlight
Like we're made of starlight
I met Bobby on the boardwalk, summer of '45

Picked me up late one night at the window,
We were 17 and crazy, running wild, wild
Can't remember what song he was playing when we walked in
The night we snuck into a yacht club party
Pretending to be a duchess and a prince
And I said, "Oh my, what a marvelous tune"

It was the best night, never would forget how we moved.
Like we're made of starlight, starlight
He said, "Look at you, worrying so much about things you can't change
You'll spend your whole life singing the blues if you keep thinking that way"
He was trying to skip rocks on the ocean, saying to me,
"Don't you see the starlight, starlight?
Don't you dream impossible things?"
Like "Oh my, what a marvelous tune"

It was the best night, never would forget how we moved
Ooh ooh he's talking crazy

Ooh ooh dancing with me
Ooh ooh we could get married
Have ten kids and teach them how to dream
Oh my, what a marvelous tune

It was the best night, never would forget how we moved
Like we dream impossible dreams
Like starlight, starlight
Like we dream impossible dreams
Don't you see the starlight, starlight?
Don't you dream impossible things?

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Begin Again
Took a deep breath in the mirror

He didn't like it when I wore high heels
But I do
Turn the lock and put my headphones on
He always said he didn't get this song
But I do, I do
Walked in expecting you'd be late

But you got here early and you stand and wave
I walk to you
You pull my chair out and help me in
And you don't know how nice that is
But I do
And you throw your head back laughing like a little kid
I think it's strange that you think I'm funny 'cause he never did
I've been spending the last eight months
Thinking all love ever does is break and burn and end
But on a Wednesday in a cafe I watched it begin again
You said you never met one girl

Who had as many James Taylor records as you
But I do
We tell stories and you don't know why
I'm coming off a little shy
But I do
But you throw your head back laughing like a little kid

And we walked down the block to my car and I almost brought him up
But you start to talk about the movies that your family
Watches
Every single Christmas and I want to talk about that
And for the first time what's past is past
'Cause you throw your head back laughing like a little kid

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The Moment I Knew

You should've been there,
Should've burst through the door,
With that 'baby I'm right here' smile,
And it would've felt like,
A million little shining stars had just aligned,
And I would've been so happy.
Christmas lights glisten,

I've got my eye on the door,
Just waiting for you to walk in,
But the time is ticking,
People ask me how I've been
As I comb back through my memory,
How you said you'd be here,
You said you'd be here.
And it was like slow motion,

Standing there in my party dress,
In red lipstick,
With no one to impress,
And they're all laughing,
As I'm looking around the room,
But there's one thing missing,
And that was the moment I knew.
And the hours pass by,

Now I just wanna be alone,
But your close friends always seem to know
When there's something really wrong,
So they follow me down the hall,
And there in the bathroom,
I try not to fall apart,
And the sinking feeling starts,
As I say hopelessly,
"He said he'd be here."

In red lipstick,
And they're all laughing,
And asking me about you,
But there was one thing missing,
What do you say
When tears are streaming down your face
In front of everyone you know?
And what do you do when the one
Who means the most to you
Is the one who didn't show?
You should've been here.

And I would've been so happy.

In red lipstick,
And they're all standing around me singing
"Happy birthday to you",
But there was one thing missing,
Ooh, I knew.
Ooh,
You called me later,

And said, "I'm sorry, I didn't make it,"
And I said, "I'm sorry too,"

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Come Back... Be Here
You said it in a simple way,

4 AM, the second day,
How strange that I don't know you at all.
Stumbled through the long goodbye,
One last kiss, then catch your flight,
Right when I was just about to fall
I told myself don't get attached,
But in my mind I play it back,
Spinning faster than the plane that took you...
And this is when the feeling sinks in,

I don't wanna miss you like this,
Come back... be here, come back... be here.
I guess you're in New York today,
I don't wanna need you this way,
The delicate beginning rush,

The feeling you can know so much,
Without knowing anything at all.
And now that I can put this down,
If I had known what I'd known now,
I never would have played so nonchalant.
Taxi cabs and busy streets,

That never bring you back to me,
I can't help but wish you took me with you...
And this is when the feeling sinks in,

I guess you're in London today,
I don't wanna need you this way,
This is falling in love in the cruelest way,

This is falling for you and you are worlds away.
New York... be here.

But you're in London and I break down,
'Cause it's not fair that you're not around.
This is when the feeling sinks in,

I guess you're in New York today,
And I don't wanna need you this way,
I don't wanna miss you like this.

Come back... be here.
Come back... be here.
Writer: Taylor Swift, Dan Wilson

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Girl At Home
Don't look at me,

You've got a girl at home,
And everybody knows that,
Everybody knows that,
Don't look at me,
And everybody knows that.
I don't even know her,

But I feel a responsibility,
To do what's upstanding and right,
It's kinda like a code, yeah,
And you've been getting closer and closer,
And crossing so many lines.
And it would be a fine proposition,

If I was a stupid girl,
But honey I am no-one's exception,
This I have previously learned.
So don't look at me,

Don't look at me,
I see you turn off your phone,
And now you got me alone,
And I say,
Don't look at me,
Everybody knows that.
I just wanna make sure,

You understand perfectly,
You're the kind of man who makes me sad,
While she waits up,
You chase down the newest thing,
And take for granted what you have.
And it would be a fine proposition,

If I was a stupid girl,
And yeah I might go with it,
If I hadn't once been just like her.
Don't look at me,

Don't look at me,
I see you turn off your phone,
And now you've got me alone,
And I say,
Don't look at me,
Call a cab,
Lose my number,
You're about to lose your girl,
Call a cab,
Lose my number,
Let's consider this lesson learned.
Don't look at me,

Don't look at me,
Wanna see you pick up your phone,
And tell her you're coming home,
Don't look at me,
Don't look at me,
It would be a fine proposition,

If I hadn't once been just like her.
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LOVER
I Forgot That You Existed
How many days did I spend

Thinkin' 'bout how did me wrong, wrong, wrong
Lived in the shade you were throwin'
'Til all of my sunshine was gone, gone, gone
And I couldn't get away from you
In my feelings more than Drake, so yeah
Your name on my lips, tongue tied
Free rent, livin' in my mind
But then something happened one magical night
I forgot that you existed

And I thought that it would kill me, but it didn't
And it was so nice
So peaceful and quiet

It isn't love, it isn't hate
It's just indifference
I forgot that you

Brought out some popcorn
As soon as my rep starting going down, down, down
Laughed on the schoolyard
As soon as I tripped up and hit the ground, ground, ground
And I would've stuck around for ya
Would've fought the whole town for ya
Would've been right there front row
Even if nobody came to your show
But you showed who you are that one magical night

And it was so nice

It's just indifference
I forgot that you

Sent me a clear message
Taught me some hard lessons
I just forgot what they were
It's all just a blur

And it was so nice

I did, I did, I did
It isn't hate, it's just indifference
It's just indifference (so yeah)
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Cruel Summer
Fever dream high

In the quiet of the night
You know that I caught it
Bad, bad boys
Shiny toy with a price
You know that I bought it
Killing me slow, out the window

I'm always waiting for you to be waiting below
Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes
What doesn't kill me makes me want you more
And it's new

Shape of your body, it's blue
The feeling I've got
And it's ooh, whoa oh
It's a cruel summer
It's cool
That's what I tell 'em, no rules
Unbreakable heaven but
Ooh, whoa oh
It's a cruel summer
With you
Hang your head low

In the glow of the vending machine
I'm not dying
We say that we'll just screw it up in these trying times
We're not trying
So cut the headlights

Summer's a knife
I'm always waiting for you
Just to cut to the bone
Devils roll the dice
Angels roll their eyes
And if I bleed
You'll be the last to know
Oh, it's new

It's a cruel summer
It's cool
Ooh, whoa oh
It's a cruel summer
With you
I'm drunk in the back of the car

And I cried like a baby coming home from the bar (oh)
Said I'm fine, but it wasn't true
I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you
And I, snuck in through the garden gate
Every night that summer just to seal my fate (ohh)
And I screamed for whatever it's worth
I love you, ain't that the worst in you? Oh
He looks so pretty like a devil
It's new
It's a cruel summer
It's cool
Ooh, whoa oh
It's a cruel summer
With you
I'm drunk in the back of the car

And I cried like a baby coming home from the bar (oh)
Said I'm fine, but it wasn't true
I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you
And I, snuck in through the garden gate
Every night that summer just to seal my fate (ohh)
And I screamed for whatever it's worth
I love you, ain't that the worst in you? Oh
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Lover
We could leave the Christmas lights up 'til January

This is our place, we make the rules
And there's a dazzling haze, a mysterious way about you, dear
Have I known you twenty seconds or twenty years?
Can I go where you go?

Can we always be this close forever and ever?
And ah, take me out, and take me home
You're my, my, my, my lover
We could let our friends crash in the living room

This is our place, we make the call
And I'm highly suspicious that everyone who sees you wants you
I've loved you three summers now, honey, but I want 'em all

And ah, take me out, and take me home (forever and ever)
You're my, my, my, my lover
Ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand?

With every guitar string scar on my hand
I take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover
My heart's been borrowed and yours has been blue
All's well that ends well to end up with you
Swear to be overdramatic and true to my lover
And you'll save all your dirtiest jokes for me
And at every table, I'll save you a seat, lover

And ah, take me out, and take me home (forever and ever)
You're my, my, my, my
Oh, you're my, my, my, my
Darling, you're my, my, my, my lover
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The Man
I would be complex
I would be cool
They'd say I played the field before
I found someone to commit to
That would be okay
For me to do
Every conquest I had made
Would make me more of a boss to you
I'd be a fearless leader

I'd be an alpha type
When everyone believes you
What's that like?
I'm so sick of running

As fast as I can
Wondering if I'd get there quicker
If I was a man
And I'm so sick of them
Coming at me again
'Cause if I was a man
Then I'd be the man
I'd be the man
I'd be the man
They'd say I hustled

Put in the work
They wouldn't shake their heads
And question how much of this I deserve
What I was wearing, if I was rude
Could all be separated from my good ideas and power moves
And we would toast to me or, let the players play
I'd be just like Lyor, in St.Tropez

As fast as I can
If I was a man
Coming at me again
'Cause if I was a man
Then I'd be the man
I'd be the man
I'd be the man
What's it like to brag about raking in dollars

And getting bitches and models
And it's all good if you're bad
And it's okay if you're mad
If I was out flashin' my dollas

I'd be a bitch, not a baller
They paint me out to be bad
So it's okay that I'm mad

As fast as I can
If I was a man (you know this)
Coming at me again (coming at me again!)
'Cause if I was a man (if I was man)
Then I'd be the man (then I'd be the man!)

As fast as I can (as fast as I can)
If I was a man (hey!)

Coming at me again (coming at me again!)
'Cause if I was a man (if I was man)
Then I'd be the man
I'd be the man
I'd be the man (oh)
I'd be the man (yeah)
I'd be the man (I'd be the man)
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The Archer
Combat, I'm ready for combat

I say I don't want that, but what if I do?
'Cause cruelty wins in the movies
I've got a hundred thrown-out speeches I almost said to you
Easy they come, easy they go

I jump from the train, I ride off alone
I never grew up, it's getting so old
Help me hold onto you
I've been the archer
I've been the prey
Who could ever leave me, darling?
But who could stay?
Dark side, I search for your dark side

But what if I'm alright, right, right, right here?
And I cut off my nose just to spite my face
Then I hate my reflection for years and years
I wake in the night, I pace like a ghost

The room is on fire, invisible smoke
And all of my heroes die all alone
I've been the archer,

I've been the prey
Screaming, who could ever leave me, darling?
But who could stay?
(I see right through me, I see right through me)
'Cause they see right through me

They see right through me
They see right through
Can you see right through me?
They see right through
They see right through me
I see right through me
I see right through me
All the king's horses, all the king's men

Couldn't put me together again
'Cause all of my enemies started out friends
I've been the archer

I've been the prey
Who could ever leave me, darling?
But who could stay?
(I see right through me, I see right through me)
Who could stay?
Who could stay?
Who could stay?
You could stay
You could stay
You
Combat, I'm ready for combat
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I Think He Knows
I think he knows his footprints

On the sidewalk
Lead to where I can't stop
Go there every night
I think he knows his hands around

A cold glass
Make me wanna know that body
Like it's mine
He got that boyish look that I like in a man

I am an architect, I'm drawing up the plans
It's like I'm seventeen, nobody understands
No one understands
He got my heartbeat
Skipping down 16th Avenue
Got that, oh! I mean
Wanna see what's under that attitude
Like, I want you, bless my soul
And I ain't gotta tell him
I think he knows
I think he knows
I think he knows
When we get all alone
I'll make myself at home
And he'll want me to stay
I think he knows
He better lock it down
Or I won't stick around
'Cause good ones never wait
He got that boyish look that I like in a man
I am an architect, I'm drawing up the plans
He's so obsessed with me, and boy I understand
Boy I understand
He got my heartbeat
I think he knows
I think he knows
I want you, bless my

I want you, bless my soul
Lyrical smile, indigo eyes, hand on my thigh

We can follow the sparks, I'll drive
Lyrical smile, indigo eyes, hand on my thigh
We can follow the sparks, I'll drive
So where we gonna go?

I whisper in the dark
Where we gonna go?
I think he knows
He got my heartbeat
I think he knows
I think he knows


I ain't gotta tell him

I think he knows
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Miss America & The Heartbreak Prince
You know I adore you

I'm crazier for you
Then I was at sixteen
Lost in a film scene
Waving homecoming queens
Marching band playing
I'm lost in the lights
American glory
Faded before me
Now I'm feeling hopeless
Ripped up my prom dress
Running through rose thorns
I saw the scoreboard
And ran for my life
Ah, ah, ah
No cameras catch my pageant smile
I counted days, I counted miles
To see you there
To see you there
It's been a long time coming but
It's you and me

That's my whole world
They whisper in the hallway, "she's a bad, bad girl" (okay!)
The whole school is rolling fake dice
You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes
It's you and me
There's nothing like this
Miss Americana and The Heartbreak Prince (okay!)
We're so sad, we paint the town blue
Voted most likely to run away
With you
My team is losing
Battered and bruising
I see the high fives
Between the bad guys
Leave with my head hung
You are the only one
Who seems to care
American stories
Burning before me
I'm feeling helpless
The damsels are depressed
Boys will be boys, then
Where are the wise men?
Darling, I'm scared
Ah, ah, ah
No cameras catch my muffled cries
I counted days, I counted miles
To see you there
To see you there
And now the storm is coming, but
It's you and me

They whisper in the hallway, "she's a bad, bad girl" (okay!)
The whole school is rolling fake dice
You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes
It's you and me
We're so sad, we paint the town blue
With you
And I don't want you to (go)

I don't really wanna (fight)
'Cause nobody's gonna (win)
I think you should come home


I just thought you should know
And I'll never let you (go)

'Cause I know this is a (fight)
That someday we're gonna (win)
It's you and me

They whisper in the hallway, "she's a bad, bad girl"
Oh, I just thought you should know
You should know
It's you and me

We're so sad, we paint the town blue (paint it blue)
With you

And I'll never let you (go)

'Cause I know this is a (fight)
That someday we're gonna (win)
Just thought you should know
You and me
They whisper in the hallway, "she's a bad, bad girl"
"She's a bad, bad girl"
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Paper Rings
The moon is high
Like your friends were the night that we first met
Went home and tried to stalk you on the internet
Now I've read all of the books beside your bed
The wine is cold

Like the shoulder that I gave you in the street
Cat and mouse for a month or two or three
Now I wake up in the night and watch you breathe
(Hey!) Kiss me once 'cause you know I had a long night

(Oh!) Kiss me twice 'cause it's gonna be alright
Three times 'cause I've waited my whole life
(One, two, one two three four!)
I like shiny things, but I'd marry you with paper rings
Uh huh, that's right
Darling, you're the one I want, and
I hate accidents except when we went from friends to this
Paper rings and picture frames and dirty dreams
Oh, you're the one I want
In the winter, in the icy outdoor pool

When you jumped in first, I went in too
I'm with you even if it makes me blue
Which takes me back
To the color that we painted your brother's wall
Honey, without all the exes, fights, and flaws
We wouldn't be standing here so proud, so
(Hey!) Kiss me once 'cause I know you had a long night

(Oh!) Kiss you twice 'cause it's gonna be alright
Three times 'cause you waited your whole life
(One, two, one two three four!)
Paper rings and picture frames and dirty dreams
I want to drive away with you

I want your complications too
I want your dreary Mondays
Wrap your arms around me, baby boy
I want to drive away with you

I want your complications too
I want your dreary Mondays
Wrap your arms around me, baby boy
Uh huh
You're the one I want
Uh huh
Darling, you're the one I want
Paper rings and picture frames and all my dreams
You're the one I want, and
Paper rings and picture frames and all my dreams
You're the one I want, one I want

You're the one I want, one I want
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Cornelia Street
We were in the backseat

Drunk on something stronger than the drinks in the bar
I ran to a place on Cornelia Street
I sit casually in the car
We were a fresh page on the desk
Filling in the blanks as we go
As if the street lights pointed in an arrowhead
Leading us home
And I hope I never lose you, hope it never ends

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again
That's the kind of heartbreak time could never mend
And baby, I get mystified by how this city screams your name
And baby, I'm so terrified of if you ever walk away
Windows swung right open, autumn air

Jacket 'round my shoulders is yours
We bless the rains on Cornelia Street
Memorize the creaks in the floor
Back when we were card sharks, playing games
I thought you were leading me on
I packed my bags, left Cornelia Street
Before you even knew I was gone
But then you called, showed your hand

I turned around before I hit the tunnel
Sat on the roof, you and I
I hope I never lose you, hope it never ends

That's the kind of heartbreak time could never mend
And baby, I get mystified by how this city screams your name (city screams your name)
You hold my hand on the street

Walk me back to that apartment
Years ago, we were just inside
Barefoot in the kitchen
Sacred new beginnings
That became my religion, listen
I hope I never lose you
Oh, never again
And baby, I get mystified by how this city screams your name
I don't wanna lose you, hope it never ends

I don't wanna lose you, yeah
I ran to a place on Cornelia Street

I sit casually in the car
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Death by a Thousand Cuts
My, my, my, my

(My, my, my, my)
My, my, my, my
(My, my, my, my)
My, my, my, my
(My, my, my, my)
My, my, my, my
(My, my, my, my)
Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts

Flashbacks waking me up
I get drunk, but it's not enough
'Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby
I look through the windows of this love
Even though we boarded them up
Chandelier still flickering here
'Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not
It's death by a thousand cuts
I dress to kill my time

I take the long way home
I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright
They say, "I don't know"
And what once was ours
Is no one's now
I see you everywhere, the only thing we share
Is this small town
You said it was a great love
One for the ages
But if the story's over, why am I still writing pages?
'Cause saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts

Flashbacks waking me up
'Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby
It's death by a thousand cuts
My heart, my hips, my body, my love

Tryna find a part of me that you didn't touch
Gave up on me like I was a bad drug
Now I'm searching for signs in a haunted club
Our songs, our films, united, we stand
Our country, guess it was a lawless land
Why are my fears at the touch of your hand?
Paper cut stains from my paper thin plans
My time, my wine, my spirit, my trust
Tryna find a part of me you didn't take up
Gave you too much, but it wasn't enough
But I'll be alright, it's just a thousand cuts

'Cause you're not my baby
No, it's not
It's death by a thousand cuts (you didn't touch)
Just tryna find a part of me that you didn't touch
My body, my love
My trust (it's death by a thousand cuts)
But it wasn't enough, it wasn't enough, no, no
I take the long way home
I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright
They say, "I don't know"
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London Boy
We can go drivin' in, on my scooter

Uh, you know, just riding in London
Alright
I love my hometown as much as Motown, I love SoCal

And you know I love Springsteen, faded blue jeans, Tennessee whiskey
But something happened, I heard him laughing
I saw the dimples first and then I heard the accent
They say home is where the heart is
But that's not where mine lives
You know I love a London boy

I enjoy walking Camden Market in the afternoon
He likes my American smile
Like a child when our eyes meet, darling, I fancy you
Took me back to Highgate, met all of his best mates
So I guess all the rumors are true
Boy, I fancy you (ooh)
And now I love high tea, stories from uni, and the West End
You can find me in the pub, we are watching rugby with his school friends
Show me a gray sky, a rainy cab ride
Babe, don't threaten me with a good time
They say home is where the heart is
But God, I love the English

I enjoy nights in Brixton, shortage in the afternoon
Like a child when our eyes meet, darling, I fancy you
So I guess all the rumors are true
Boy, I fancy you
So please show me Hackney
Doesn't have to be, but we be up on Palm Street
Just wanna be with you
Wanna be with you
Stick with me, I'm your queen
Like a Tennessee Stella McCartney, I'm the heat
Just wanna be with you (wanna be with you)
Wanna be with you (oh)

I enjoy walking SoHo, drinking in the afternoon (yeah)
Like a child when our eyes meet, darling, I fancy you (you)
So I guess all the rumors are true (yeah)
You know I love a London boy (oh)
Boy (oh), I fancy you (I fancy you, ooh)
So please show me Hackney

Doesn't have to be, but we be up on Palm Street
Just wanna be with you
I, I, I fancy you, oh
Stick with me, I'm your queen
Like a Tennessee Stella McCartney, I'm the heat
Just wanna be with you (ooh)
Wanna be with you
I fancy you (yeah), fancy you
Oh, ah
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Soon You'll Get Better
The buttons of my coat were tangled in my hair

In doctor's-office-lighting, I didn't tell you I was scared
That was the first time we were there
Holy orange bottles, each night I pray to you
Desperate people find faith, so now I pray to Jesus too
And I say to you
Ooh-ah, soon you'll get better

Ooh-ah, you'll get better soon
'Cause you have to
I know delusion when I see it in the mirror

You like the nicer nurses, you make the best of a bad deal
I just pretend it isn't real
I'll paint the kitchen neon, I'll brighten up the sky
I know I'll never get it, there's not a day that I won't try
And I'll say to you

'Cause you have to
And I hate to make this all about me

But who am I supposed to talk to?
What am I supposed to do
If there's no you?
This won't go back to normal, if it ever was

It's been years of hoping, and I keep saying it because
'Cause I have to
Ooh-ah, you'll get better


'Cause you have to
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False God
We were crazy to think

Crazy to think that this could work, remember how I said I'd die for you?
We were stupid to jump
In the ocean separating us, remember how I'd lie to you?
And I can't talk to you when you're like this

Staring out the window like I'm not your favorite town
I'm New York City
I still do it for you, babe
They all warned us about times like this
They say the road gets hard and you get lost when you're led by blind faith
Blind faith
But we might just get away with it

Religion's in your lips
Even if it's a false god
We'd still worship
We might just get away with it
The altar is my hips
We'd still worship this love
I know heaven's a thing

I go there when you touch me, honey, hell is when I fight with you
But we can patch it up good
Make confessions and we're begging for forgiveness, got the wine for you
And you can't talk to me when I'm like this

Daring you to leave me just so I can try and scare you
You're the West Village
You still do it for me, babe
They all warned us about times like this
They say the road gets hard and you get lost when you're led by blind faith
Blind faith
But we might just get away with it

Religion's in your lips
We'd still worship
We might just get away with it
The altar is my hips
We'd still worship this love, hmm
Still worship this love

Still worship this love
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You Need To Calm Down
You are somebody that I don't know

But you're takin' shots at me like it's Patrón
And I'm just like, damn, it's 7 AM
Say it in the street, that's a knock-out
But you say it in a Tweet, that's a cop-out
And I'm just like, "Hey, are you okay?"
And I ain't tryna mess with your self-expression

But I've learned a lesson that stressin' and obsessin' 'bout somebody else is no fun
And snakes and stones never broke my bones
So oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

You need to calm down, you're being too loud
And I'm just like oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh (oh)
You need to just stop
Like can you just not step on my gown?
You need to calm down
You are somebody that we don't know

But you're comin' at my friends like a missile
Why are you mad?
When you could be GLAAD? (You could be GLAAD)
Sunshine on the street at the parade
But you would rather be in the dark age
Just makin' that sign must've taken all night
You just need to take several seats and then try to restore the peace
And control your urges to scream about all the people you hate
'Cause shade never made anybody less gay
So oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

You need to calm down, you're being too loud
You need to just stop
Like can you just not step on his gown?
And we see you over there on the internet
Comparing all the girls who are killing it
But we figured you out
We all know now we all got crowns
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

You need to calm down (you need to calm down)
You're being too loud (you're being too loud)
You need to just stop (can you stop?)
Like can you just not step on our gowns?
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Afterglow
I blew things out of proportion, now you're blue

Put you in jail for something you didn't do
I pinned your hands behind your back, oh
Thought I had reason to attack, but no
Fighting with a true love is boxing with no gloves

Chemistry 'til it blows up, 'til there's no us
Why'd I have to break what I love so much?
It's on your face, and I'm to blame, I need to say
Hey
It's all me in my head
I'm the one who burned us down
But it's not what I meant
Sorry that I hurt you
I don't wanna do, I don't wanna do this to you
I don't wanna lose, I don't wanna lose this with you
I need to say, hey
It's all me, just don't go
Meet me in the afterglow
It's so excruciating to see you low

Just wanna lift you up and not let you go
This ultraviolet morning light below
Tells me this love is worth the fight, oh
I lived like an island, punished you with silence

Went off like sirens, just crying
Why'd I have to break what I love so much?
It's on your face, don't walk away, I need to say
Hey
I'm sorry that I hurt you
I need to say, hey
Tell me that you're still mine

Tell me that we'll be just fine
Even when I lose my mind
I need to say
Tell me that it's not my fault
Tell me that I'm all you want
Even when I break your heart
I need to say, hey

Sorry that I hurt you
I need to say, hey
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ME!
(feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco)

[Taylor Swift]
I promise that you'll never find another like me
I know that I'm a handful, baby, uh

I know I never think before I jump
And you're the kind of guy the ladies want
(And there's a lot of cool chicks out there)
I know that I went psycho on the phone
I never leave well enough alone
And trouble's gonna follow where I go
(And there's a lot of cool chicks out there)
But one of these things is not like the others

Like a rainbow with all of the colors
Baby doll, when it comes to a lover
I promise that you'll never find another like
[Chorus]
Me-e-e, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I'm the only one of me
Baby, that's the fun of me
Eeh-eeh-eeh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
You're the only one of you
Baby, that's the fun of you
And I promise that nobody's gonna love you like me-e-e
[Brendon Urie & Taylor Swift]

I know I tend to make it about me
I know you never get just what you see
But I will never bore you, baby
(And there's a lot of lame guys out there)
And when we had that fight out in the rain
You ran after me and called my name
I never wanna see you walk away
(And there's a lot of lame guys out there)
[Taylor Swift & Brendon Urie]

'Cause one of these things is not like the others
Livin' in winter, I am your summer
Baby doll, when it comes to a lover
Me-e-e, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I'm the only one of me
Let me keep you company
Eeh-eeh-eeh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Hey, kids!
Spelling is fun!
Girl, there ain't no I in "team"
But you know there is a "me"
Strike the band up, 1, 2, 3
I promise that you'll never find another like me
Girl, there ain't no I in "team"
And you can't spell "awesome" without "me"
Me-e-e (Yeah), ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (And I want ya, baby)

I'm the only one of me (I'm the only one of me)
Baby, that's the fun of me (Baby, that's the fun of me)
Eeh-eeh-eeh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (Oh)
You're the only one of you (Oh)
Girl, there ain't no I in "team" (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

I'm the only one of me (Oh-oh)
Baby, that's the fun of me
(Eeh-eeh-eeh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Strike the band up, 1, 2, 3
You can't spell "awesome" without "me"
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It's Nice to Have a Friend
(Ooh)
(Ooh)
School-bell rings, walk me home
Sidewalk chalk covered in snow
Lost my gloves, you give me one
Wanna hang out? Yeah, sounds like fun
Video games, you pass me a note
Sleeping in tents
It's nice to have a friend

(Ooh)
(Ooh)
Light pink sky up on the roof

Sun sinks down, no curfew
Twenty questions, we tell the truth
You've been stressed out lately? Yeah, me too
Something gave you the nerve
To touch my hand

(Ooh)
(Ooh)
Church bells ring, carry me home

Rice on the ground looks like snow
Call my bluff, call you, "Babe"
Have my back, yeah, everyday
Feels like home, stay in bed
The whole weekend

(Ooh)
(Ooh)
(Ooh)
(Ooh)
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Daylight
My love was as cruel as the cities I lived in
Everyone looked worse in the light
There are so many lines that I've crossed, unforgiven
I'll tell you truth, but never, "Goodbye"
I don't wanna look at anything else now that I saw you

I don't wanna think of anything else now that I thought of you
I've been sleepin' so long in a twenty-year dark night
And now I see daylight
I only see daylight
Luck of the draw only draws the unlucky

And so I became the butt of the joke
I wounded the good and I trusted the wicked
Clear in the air, I breathed in the smoke
Maybe you ran with the wolves and refused to settle down
Maybe I've stormed out of every single room in this town
Threw out our cloaks and our daggers because it's morning now
It's brighter now
Now I don't wanna look at anything else now that I saw you
(I could never look away)
(Things will never be the same)
(Now I'm wide awake)
And now I see daylight (daylight)
I only see daylight (daylight)
I only see daylight, daylight, daylight, daylight

And I can still see it all (before my eyes)

All of you, all of me (this is what I like)
I once believed love would be (black and white)
But it's golden (golden)
And I can still see it all (in my head)
Back and forth from New York (sneakin' in your bed)
I once believed love would be (burnin' red)
But it's golden
Like daylight
Like daylight
Like daylight
Daylight
I don't wanna look at anything else now that I saw you

(I could never look away)
(Things will never be the same)
(Now I'm wide awake)
And now I see daylight (I see daylight)
I only see daylight (oh)

I only see daylight, daylight, daylight, daylight (and I can still see it all)
(Back and forth from New York)
I only see daylight, daylight, daylight, daylight (I once believed love would be burnin' red)
Like daylight
It's golden
Like daylight
You gotta step into the daylight and let it go
Just let it go
Let it go
I wanna be defined by the things that I love

Not the things I hate
Not the things I'm afraid of, I'm afraid of
The things that haunt me in the middle of the night, I
I just think that you are what you love
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the 1
I'm doing good, I'm on some new shit

Been saying "yes" instead of "no"
I thought I saw you at the bus stop, I didn't though
I hit the ground running each night
I hit the Sunday matinée
You know the greatest films of all time were never made
I guess you never know, never know
And if you wanted me, you really should've showed
And if you never bleed, you're never gonna grow
And it's alright now
But we were something, don't you think so?

Roaring twenties, tossing pennies in the pool
And if my wishes came true
It would've been you
In my defense, I have none
For never leaving well enough alone
But it would've been fun
If you would've been the one
(Ooh)
I have this dream you're doing cool shit

Having adventures on your own
You meet some woman on the internet and take her home
We never painted by the numbers, baby
But we were making it count
You know the greatest loves of all time are over now
I guess you never know, never know

And it's another day waking up alone
But we were something, don't you think so?

Roaring twenties, tossing pennies in the pool
And if my wishes came true
It would've been you
For never leaving well enough alone
I, I, I persist and resist the temptation to ask you

If one thing had been different
Would everything be different today?
We were something, don't you think so?

Rosé flowing with your chosen family
And it would've been sweet
If it could've been me
For digging up the grave another time
(Ooh)
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Cardigan
Vintage tee, brand new phone

High heels on cobblestones
When you are young, they assume you know nothing
Sequined smile, black lipstick
Sensual politics
But I knew you

Dancin' in your Levi's
Drunk under a streetlight, I
I knew you
Hand under my sweatshirt
Baby, kiss it better, I
And when I felt like I was an old cardigan

Under someone's bed
You put me on and said I was your favorite
A friend to all is a friend to none

Chase two girls, lose the one
But I knew you

Playing hide-and-seek and
Giving me your weekends, I
I knew you
Your heartbeat on the High Line
Once in twenty lifetimes, I

Under someone's bed
To kiss in cars and downtown bars

Was all we needed
You drew stars around my scars
But now I'm bleedin'
'Cause I knew you

Steppin' on the last train
Marked me like a bloodstain, I
I knew you
Tried to change the ending
Peter losing Wendy, I
I knew you
Leavin' like a father
Running like water, I
And when you are young, they assume you know nothing
But I knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss

I knew you'd haunt all of my what-ifs
The smell of smoke would hang around this long
'Cause I knew everything when I was young
I knew I'd curse you for the longest time
Chasin' shadows in the grocery line
I knew you'd miss me once the thrill expired
And you'd be standin' in my front porch light
And I knew you'd come back to me
You'd come back to me
And you'd come back to me
And you'd come back

Under someone's bed
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the last great american dynasty
Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train, it was sunny

Her saltbox house on the coast took her mind off St. Louis
Bill was the heir to the Standard Oil name and money
And the town said, "How did a middle-class divorcée do it?"
The wedding was charming, if a little gauche
There's only so far new money goes
They picked out a home and called it "Holiday House"
Their parties were tasteful, if a little loud
The doctor had told him to settle down
It must have been her fault his heart gave out
And they said

There goes the last great American dynasty
Who knows, if she never showed up, what could've been
There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen
She had a marvelous time ruining everything
Rebekah gave up on the Rhode Island set forever

Flew in all her Bitch Pack friends from the city
Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names
And blew through the money on the boys and the ballet
And losing on card game bets with Dalí
And they said

There goes the last great American dynasty
Who knows, if she never showed up, what could've been
There goes the most shameless woman this town has ever seen
She had a marvelous time ruining everything
They say she was seen on occasion

Pacing the rocks, staring out at the midnight sea
And in a feud with her neighbor
She stole his dog and dyed it key lime green
Fifty years is a long time
Holiday House sat quietly on that beach
Free of women with madness, their men and bad habits
And then it was bought by me
Who knows, if I never showed up, what could've been

There goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen
I had a marvelous time ruining everything
I had a marvelous time ruining everything

A marvelous time ruining everything
A marvelous time
I had a marvelous time
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exile
(feat. Bon Iver)
I can see you standin', honey

With his arms around your body
Laughin' but the joke's not funny at all
And it took you five whole minutes
To pack us up and leave me with it
Holdin' all this love out here in the hall
I think I've seen this film before

And I didn't like the ending
You're not my homeland anymore
So what am I defendin' now?
You were my town
Now I'm in exile seein' you out
Hoo, hoo-ooh
Hoo, hoo-ooh
Hoo, hoo-ooh
I can see you starin', honey

Like he's just your understudy
Like you'd get your knuckles bloody for me
Second, third, and hundredth chances
Balancin' on breaking branches
Those eyes add insult to injury

I'm not your problem anymore
So who am I offending now?
You were my crown
So I'm leavin' out the side door
So step right out

There is no amount
Of cryin' I can do for you
All this time

We always walked a very thin line
You didn't even hear me out (You didn't even hear me out)
You never gave a warning sign (I gave so many signs)
All this time

I never learned to read your mind (Never learned to read my mind)
I couldn't turn things around (You never turned things around)
'Cause you never gave a warning sign (I gave so many signs)
So many signs
So many signs (You didn't even see the signs)

You're not my homeland anymore
So what am I defending now?
You were my town
So I'm leaving out the side door
So step right out

There is no amount
Of cryin' I can do for you
All this time

We always walked a very thin line
You didn't even hear me out (You didn't even hear me out)
You never gave a warning sign (I gave so many signs)
All this time

I never learned to read your mind (Never learned to read my mind)
I couldn't turn things around (You never turned things around)
'Cause you never gave a warning sign (I gave so many signs)
All this time (So many times)

I never learned to read your mind (So many signs)
I couldn't turn things around
'Cause you never gave a warning sign (Never gave a warning sign)
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my tears ricochet
We gather here
We line up weeping in a sunlit room
And if I'm on fire
You'll be made of ashes, too
Even on my worst day

Did I deserve, babe
All the hell you gave me?
'Cause I loved you
I swear I loved you
Till my dying day
I didn't have it in myself to go with grace

And you're the hero flying around saving face
And if I'm dead to you why are you at the wake?
Cursing my name
Wishing I stayed
Look at how my tears ricochet
We gather stones
Never knowing what they'll mean
Some to throw
Some to make a diamond ring
You know I didn't want to
Have to haunt you
But what a ghostly scene
You wear the same jewels
That I gave you
As you bury me

'Cause when I'd fight, you used to tell me I was brave
And if I'm dead to you why are you at the wake?
Cursing my name
Wishing I'd stayed
And I can go anywhere I want

Anywhere I want
Just not home
And you can aim for my heart, go for blood
But you would still miss me in your bones
And I still talk to you
When I'm screaming at the sky
And when you can't sleep at night
You hear my stolen lullabies

And so the battleships will sink beneath the waves
You had to kill me, but it killed you just the same
Cursing my name
Wishing I stayed
You turned into your worst fears
And you're tossing out blame
Drunk on this pain
Crossing out the good years
And you're cursing my name
Wishing I stayed
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mirrorball
I want you to know

I'm a mirrorball
I'll show you every version of yourself tonight
I'll get you out on the floor
Shimmering beautiful
And when I break it's in a million pieces
Hush
When no one is around, my dear
You'll find me on my tallest tiptoes
Spinning in my highest heels, love
Shining just for you
Hush
I know they said the end is near
But I'm still on my tallest tiptoes
I want you to know

I'm a mirrorball
I can change everything about me to fit in
You are not like the regulars
The masquerade revelers
Drunk as they watch my shattered edges glisten
Hush
When no one is around, my dear
You'll find me on my tallest tiptoes
Hush
I know they said the end is near
But I'm still on my tallest tiptoes
And they called off the circus

Burned the disco down
When they sent home the horses
And the rodeo clowns
I'm still on that tightrope
I'm still trying everything to get you laughing at me
I'm still a believer but I don't know why
I've never been a natural
All I do is try, try, try
I'm still on that trapeze
I'm still trying everything
To keep you looking at me
Because I'm a mirrorball

I'm a mirrorball
I'll show you every version of yourself
Tonight
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seven
Please picture me
In the trees
I hit my peak at seven
Feet
In the swing
Over the creek
I was too scared to jump in, but I, I was high
In the sky
With Pennsylvania under me
Are there still beautiful things?
Sweet tea in the summer

Cross your heart, won't tell no other
And though I can't recall your face
I still got love for you
Your braids like a pattern
Love you to the moon and to Saturn
Passed down like folk songs
The love lasts so long
And I've been meaning to tell you

I think your house is haunted
Your dad is always mad and that must be why
And I think you should come live with
Me and we can be pirates
Then you won't have to cry
Or hide in the closet
And just like a folk song
Our love will be passed on
Please picture me
In the weeds
Before I learned civility
I used to scream
Ferociously
Any time I wanted
Sweet tea in the summer

Cross my heart, won't tell no other
And though I can't recall your face
I still got love for you
Pack your dolls and a sweater
We'll move to India forever
Passed down like folk songs
Our love lasts so long
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august
Salt air
And the rust on your door
I never needed anything more
Whispers
Of "Are you sure?"
"Never have I ever before"
But I can see us

Lost in the memory
August slipped away into a moment in time
'Cause it was never mine
And I can see us twisted in bedsheets
August sipped away
Like a bottle of wine
'Cause you were never mine
Your back
Beneath the sun
Wishing I could write my name on it
Will you call when you're back at school?
I remember thinking I had you
But I can see us

Lost in the memory
August sipped away
Back when we were still changing for the better

Wanting was enough
For me, it was enough
To live for the hope of it all
Cancel plans just in case you'd call
And say "Meet me behind the mall"
So much for summer love, and saying "Us"
'Cause you weren't mine to lose
You weren't mine to lose
No
But I can see us

Lost in the memory
August sipped away
'Cause you were never mine, mine

Never mine
Do you remember?
Remember when I pulled up
And said "Get in the car"
And then canceled my plans
Just in case you'd call
Back when I was living for the hope of it all
For the hope of it all
"Meet me behind the mall"
(Remember when I pulled up)

(And said "Get in the car")
(And then canceled my plans)
(Just in case you'd call)
(Back when I was living for the hope of it all)
(For the hope of it all)
("Meet me behind the mall")
Remember when I pulled up

And said "Get in the car"
And then canceled my plans
Just in case you'd call
Back when I was living for the hope of it all
(For the hope of it all)
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this is me trying
I've been having a hard time adjusting

I had the shiniest wheels, now they're rusting
I didn't know if you'd care if I came back
I have a lot of regrets about that
Pulled the car off the road to the lookout
Could've followed my fears all the way down
And maybe I don't quite know what to say
But I'm here in your doorway
I just wanted you to know

That this is me trying
They told me all of my cages were mental

So I got wasted like all my potential
And my words shoot to kill when I'm mad
I have a lot of regrets about that
I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere
Fell behind all my classmates and I ended up here
Pourin' out my heart to a stranger
But I didn't pour the whiskey

At least I'm trying
And it's hard to be at a party

When I feel like an open wound
It's hard to be anywhere these days
When all I want is you
You're a flashback in a film reel
On the one screen in my town
And I just wanted you to know

That this is me trying (Maybe I don't quite know what to say)
At least I'm trying
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illicit affairs
Make sure nobody sees you leave
Hood over your head
Keep your eyes down
Tell your friends you're out for a run
You'll be flushed when you return
Take the road less traveled by
Tell yourself you can always stop
What started in beautiful rooms
Ends with meetings in parking lots
And that's the thing about illicit affairs

And clandestine meetings
And longing stares
It's born from just one single glance
But it dies and it dies and it dies
...a million little times
Leave the perfume on the shelf

That you picked out just for him
So you leave no trace behind
Like you don't even exist
Take the words for what they are
A dwindling, mercurial high
A drug that only worked
The first few hundred times
And that's the thing about illicit affairs

And clandestine meetings
And stolen stares
They show their truth one single time
But they lie and they lie and they lie
And you wanna scream

Don't call me kid
Don't call me baby
Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me
You showed me colors you know I can't see with anyone else
Don't call me kid
Don't call me baby
Look at this idiotic fool that you made me
You taught me a secret language I can't speak with anyone else
And you know damn well
For you I would ruin myself
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invisible string
Green was the color of the grass where I used to read at Centennial Park
I used to think I would meet somebody there
Teal was the color of your shirt when you were 16 at the yogurt shop
You used to work at to make a little money
Time
Curious time
Gave me no compasses
Gave me no signs
Were there clues I didn't see?
And isn't it just so pretty to think
All along there was some
Invisible string
Tying you to me?
Bad was the blood of the song in the cab on your first trip to LA
You ate at my favorite spot for dinner
Bold was the waitress on our three-year trip getting lunch down by the Lakes
She said I looked like an American singer
Time
Mystical time
Cutting me open, then healing me fine
Were there clues I didn't see?
Invisible string
Tying you to me?
A string that pulled me

Out of all the wrong arms right into that dive bar
Something wrapped all of my past mistakes in barbed wire
Chains around my demons
Wool to brave the seasons
One single thread of gold tied me to you
Cold was the steel of my axe to grind for the boys who broke my heart
Now I send their babies presents
Gold was the color of the leaves when I showed you around Centennial Park
Hell was the journey but it brought me heaven
Time
Wondrous time
Gave me the blues and then purple pink skies
And it's cool
Baby with me
Invisible string
Tying you to me?
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mad woman
What did you think I'd say to that?

Does a scorpion sting when fighting back?
They strike to kill and you know I will
You know I will
What do you sing on your drive home?

Do you see my face in the neighbor's lawn?
Does she smile?
Or does she mouth "f*ck you forever"?
Every time you call me crazy

I get more crazy
What about that?
And when you say I seem angry, I get more angry
And there's nothing like a mad woman
What a shame she went mad
No one likes a mad woman
You made her like that
And you'll poke that bear till her claws come out
And you find something to wrap your noose around
Now I breathe flames each time I talk

My cannons all firing at your yacht
They say "move on"
But you know I won't
And women like hunting witches, too
Doing your dirtiest work for you
It's obvious that wanting me dead has really brought you two together
Every time you call me crazy

I get more crazy
What about that?
And when you say I seem angry, I get more angry
No one likes a mad woman
And you'll poke that bear till her claws come out
And you find something to wrap your noose around
I'm taking my time

Taking my time
'Cause you took everything from me
Watching you climb
Watching you climb
Over people like me
The master of spin
Has a couple side flings
Good wives always know
She should be mad
Should be scathing like me
But no one likes a mad woman
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epiphany
Keep your helmet

Keep your life, son
Just a flesh wound
Here's your rifle
Crawling up the beaches now
Sir, I think he's bleedin' out
And some things you just can't speak about
With you, I serve

With you, I fall down
Down
Watch you breathin'
Watch you breathin' out
Out
Something med school

Did not cover
Someone's daughter
Someone's mother
Holds your hand through plastic now

Doc, I think she's crashin' out
And some things you just can't speak about
Only twenty minutes to sleep

But you dream of some epiphany
Just one single glimpse of relief
To make some sense of what you've seen
With you, I serve

With you, I fall down
Down (Down)
Watch you breathin'
Watch you breathin' out
Out
With you, I serve

With you, I fall down (Down)
Down (Down)
Watch you breathin'
Watch you breathin' out (Out)
Out
Only twenty minutes to sleep

But you dream of some epiphany
Just one single glimpse of relief
To make some sense of what you've seen
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Betty
Betty, I won't make assumptions

About why you switched your homeroom, but
I think it's 'cause of me
Betty, one time I was riding on my skateboard
When I passed your house
It's like I couldn't breathe
You heard the rumors from Inez

You can't believe a word she says
Most times, but this time it was true
The worst thing that I ever did
Was what I did to you
But if I just showed up at your party

Would you have me? Would you want me?
Would you tell me to go f*ck myself
Or lead me to the garden?
In the garden, would you trust me
If I told you it was just a summer thing?
I'm only seventeen, I don't know anything
But I know I miss you
Betty, I know where it all went wrong

Your favorite song was playing
From the far side of the gym
I was nowhere to be found
I hate the crowds, you know that
Plus, I saw you dance with him
You heard the rumors from Inez

You can't believe a word she says
Most times, but this time it was true
The worst thing that I ever did
Was what I did to you
But if I just showed up at your party

Would you have me? Would you want me?
Would you tell me to go f*ck myself
Or lead me to the garden?
In the garden, would you trust me
If I told you it was just a summer thing?
I was walking home on broken cobblestones

Just thinking of you when she pulled up like
A figment of my worst intentions
She said "James, get in, let's drive"
Those days turned into nights
Slept next to her, but
I dreamt of you all summer long
Betty, I'm here on your doorstep

And I planned it out for weeks now
But it's finally sinkin' in
Betty, right now is the last time
I can dream about what happens when
You see my face again
The only thing I wanna do

Is make it up to you
So I showed up at your party
Yeah, I showed up at your party
Yeah, I showed up at your party

Will you have me? Will you love me?
Will you kiss me on the porch
In front of all your stupid friends?
If you kiss me, will it be just like I dreamed it?
Will it patch your broken wings?
Standing in your cardigan

Kissin' in my car again
Stopped at a streetlight
You know I miss you
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peace
Our coming of age has come and gone
Suddenly this summer it's clear
I never had the courage of my convictions
As long as danger is near
And it's just around the corner, darlin'
'Cause it lives in me
No, I could never give you peace
But I'm a fire and I'll keep your brittle heart warm
If your cascade ocean wave blues come
All these people think love's for show
But I would die for you in secret
The devil's in the details
But you got a friend in me
Would it be enough
If I could never give you peace?
Your integrity makes me seem small

You paint dreamscapes on the wall
I talk shit with my friends
It's like I'm wastin' your honor
And you know that I'd

Swing with you for the fences
Sit with you in the trenches
Give you my wild, give you a child
Give you the silence that only comes when two people understand each other
Family that I chose now that I see your brother as my brother
Is it enough?
But there's robbers to the east
Clowns to the West
I'd give you my sunshine
Give you my best
But the rain is always gonna come
If you're standing with me
But I'm a fire and I'll keep your brittle heart warm
If your cascade ocean wave blues come
All these people think love's for show
But I would die for you in secret
The devil's in the details
But you got a friend in me
Would it be enough
Would it be enough
Would it be enough
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hoax
My only one
My smoking gun
My eclipsed sun
This has broken me down
My twisted knife
My sleepless night
My winless fight
This has frozen my ground

Stood on the cliffside
Screaming, "Give me a reason"
Your faithless love's the only hoax
I believe in
Don't want no other shade of blue
But you
No other sadness in the world would do
My best laid plan

Your sleight of hand
My barren land
I am ash from your fire
Stood on the cliffside

Screaming "Give me a reason"
Your faithless love's the only hoax
I believe in
But you
You know I left a part of me back in New York

You knew the hero died, so what's the movie for
You knew it still hurts underneath my scars
From when they pulled me apart
You knew the password, so I let you in the door
You knew you won, so what's the point of keeping score?
You knew it still hurts underneath my scars
From when they pulled me apart
But what you did was just as dark
Darling, this was just as hard
As when they pulled me apart
My only one
My kingdom come undone
My broken drum
You have beaten my heart

But you
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EVERMORE
willow
I'm like the water when your ship rolled in that night
Rough on the surface but you cut through like a knife
And if it was an open/shut case
I never would've known from that look on your face
Lost in your current like a priceless wine
The more that you say, the less I know

Wherever you stray, I follow
I'm begging for you to take my hand
Wreck my plans, that's my man
Life was a willow and it bent right to your wind

Head on the pillow, I could feel you sneaking in
As if you were a mythical thing
Like you were a trophy or a champion ring
There was one prize I'd cheat to win

You know that my train could take you home
Anywhere else is hollow

They count me out time and time again
But I come back stronger than a 90's trend
Wait for the signal and I'll meet you after dark
Show me the places where the others gave you scars
Now this is an open/shut case
I guess I should've known from the look on your face
Every bait and switch was a work of art


Hey, that's my man

That's my man
Yeah, that's my man
Every bait and switch was a work of art
That's my man
Hey, that's my man
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champagne problems
You booked the night train for a reason

So you could sit there in this hurt
Bustling crowds or silent sleepers
You're not sure which is worse
Because I dropped your hand while dancing

Left you out there standing
Crestfallen on the landing
Champagne problems
Your mom's ring in your pocket
My picture in your wallet
Your heart was glass, I dropped it
Champagne problems
You told your family for a reason

You couldn't keep it in
Your sister splashed out on the bottle
Now no one's celebrating
Dom Perignon, you brought it

No crowd of friends applauded
Your hometown skeptics called it
Champagne problems
You had a speech, you're speechless
Love slipped beyond your reaches
And I couldn't give a reason
Champagne problems
Your Midas touch on the Chevy door

November flush and your flannel cure
"This dorm was once a madhouse"
I made a joke "well, it's made for me" how
Evergreen, our group of friends
Don't think we'll say that word again
And soon they'll have the nerve to deck the halls
That we once walked through
One for the money, two for the show
I never was ready, so I watch you go
Sometimes you just don't know the answer
Till someone's on their knees and asks you
"She would've made such a lovely bride
What a shame she's f*cked in the head", they said
But you'll find the real thing instead
She'll patch up your tapestry that I shred
And hold your hand while dancing

Never leave you standing
Crestfallen on the landing
With champagne problems
Your mom's ring in your pocket
Her picture in your wallet
And you won't remember all my
Champagne problems
You won't remember all my

Champagne problems
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gold rush
Gleaming
Twinkling
Eyes like sinking ships
On waters so inviting
I almost jump in
I don't like a gold rush, gold rush

I don't like anticipating my face in a red flush
I don't like that anyone would die to feel your touch
Everybody wants you
Everybody wonders what it would be like to love you
Walk past, quick brush
I don't like slow motion double vision in rose blush
I don't like that falling feels like flying till the bone crush
Everybody wants you
But I don't like a gold rush
What must it be like

To grow up that beautiful?
With your hair falling into place like dominos
I see me padding across your wooden floors
With my Eagles t-shirt hanging from the door
At dinner parties
I call you out on your contrarian shit
And the coastal town
We wandered round had never
Seen a love as pure as it
And then it fades into the gray of my day old tea
'Cause you know it could never be
'Cause I don't like a gold rush, gold rush

I don't like anticipating my face in a red flush
I don't like that anyone would die to feel your touch
Everybody wants you
Everybody wonders what it would be like to love you
Walk past, quick brush
I don't like slow motion double vision in rose blush
I don't like that falling feels like flying till the bone crush
Everybody wants you
And I don't like a gold rush
What must it be like

To grow up that beautiful?
With your hair falling into place like dominos
My mind turns your life into folklore
I can't dare to dream about you anymore
At dinner parties
I won't call you out on your contrarian shit
And the coastal town
We never found will never
See a love as pure as it
'Cause it fades into the gray of my day old tea
'Cause it will never be
Gleaming
Twinkling
Eyes like sinking ships
On waters so inviting
I almost jump in
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'tis the damn season
If I wanted to know
Who you were hanging with
While I was gone, I would've asked you
It's the kind of cold
Fogs up windshield glass
But I felt it when I passed you
There's an ache in you
Put there by the ache in me
But if it's all the same to you
It's the same to me
So we could call it even

You could call me "babe" for the weekend
'Tis the damn season, write this down
I'm staying at my parents' house
And the road not taken looks real good now
And it always leads to you and my hometown
I parked my car
Right between the Methodist and the school that used to be ours
The holidays linger like bad perfume
You can run but only so far
I escaped it too
Remember how you watched me leave
But if it's okay with you
It's okay with me
We could call it even

Time flies
Messy as the mud on your truck tires
Now I'm missing your smile, hear me out
We could just ride around
Sleep in half the day

Just for old times' sake
I won't ask you to wait
If you don't ask me to stay
So I'll go back to LA
And the so-called friends who'll write books about me if I ever make it
And wonder about the only soul who can tell which smiles I'm faking
And the heart I know I'm breaking is my own
To leave the warmest bed I've ever known

Even though I'm leaving
And I'll be yours for the weekend
'Tis the damn season

Time flies
Messy as the mud on your truck tires
Now I'm missing your smile, hear me out
We could just ride around
It always leads to you and my hometown
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tolerate it
I sit and watch you reading with your head low

I wake and watch you breathing with your eyes closed
I sit and watch you, I notice everything you do or don't do
You're so much older and wiser and I
I wait by the door like I'm just a kid

Use my best colors for your portrait
Lay the table with the fancy shit
And watch you tolerate it
If it's all in my head tell me now
Tell me I've got it wrong somehow
I know my love should be celebrated
But you tolerate it
I greet you with a battle hero's welcome

I take your indiscretions all in good fun
I sit and listen, I polish plates until they gleam and glisten
You're so much older and wiser and I
I wait by the door like I'm just a kid

Use my best colors for your portrait
Lay the table with the fancy shit
And watch you tolerate it
But you tolerate it
While you were out building other worlds, where was I?

Where's that man who'd throw blankets over my barbed wire?
I made you my temple, my mural, my sky
Now I'm begging for footnotes in the story of your life
Drawing hearts in the byline
Always taking up too much space or time
You assume I'm fine
But what would you do if I
Break free and leave us in ruins

Took this dagger in me and removed it
Gain the weight of you then lose it
Believe me, I could do it
But you tolerate it
I sit and watch you
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No body, no crime
[HAIM]
He did it
He did it
[Taylor Swift]
Este's a friend of mine
We meet up every Tuesday night for dinner and a glass of wine
Este's been losin' sleep
Her husband's actin' different, and it smells like infidelity
She says, "That ain't my Merlot on his mouth
That ain't my jewelry on our joint account"
No, there ain't no doubt
I think I'm gonna call him out
[Taylor Swift & HAIM]

She says, "I think he did it, but I just can't prove it"
I think he did it, but I just can't prove it
No, no body, no crime
But I ain't lettin' up until the day I die
HAIM]
No, no
I think he did it
No, no
He did it
[Taylor Swift]
Este wasn't there Tuesday night at Olive Gardеn
At her job or anywhere
Hе reports his missing wife
And I noticed when I passed his house
His truck has got some brand new tires
And his mistress moved in
Sleeps in Este's bed and everything
No, there ain't no doubt
Somebody's gotta catch him out, 'cause

I think he did it, but I just can't prove it (He did it)
I think he did it, but I just can't prove it (He did it)
But I ain't lettin' up until the day I die
[HAIM & Taylor Swift]

No, no
I think he did it
No, no
He did it
[Taylor Swift & Danielle Haim]

Good thing my daddy made me get a boating license when I was fifteen
And I've cleaned enough houses to know how to cover up a scene
Good thing Este's sister's gonna swear she was with me
(She was with me, dude)
Good thing his mistress took out a big life insurance policy
[Taylor Swift]
They think she did it, but they just can't prove it
They think she did it, but they just can't prove it
She thinks I did it, but she just can't prove it

I wasn't lettin' up until the day he-
I wasn't lettin' up until the day he-
I wasn't lettin' up until the day he died
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happiness
Honey, when I'm above the trees

I see this for what it is
But now I'm right down in it, all the years I've given
Is just shit we're dividin' up
Showed you all of my hiding spots
I was dancing when the music stopped
And in the disbelief, I can't face reinvention
I haven't met the new me yet
There'll be happiness after you

But there was happiness because of you
Both of these things can be true
There is happiness
Past the blood and bruise

Past the curses and cries
Beyond the terror in the nightfall
Haunted by the look in my eyes
That would've loved you for a lifetime
Leave it all behind
And there is happiness
Tell me, when did your winning smile

Begin to look like a smirk?
When did all our lessons start to look like weapons
Pointed at my deepest hurt?
I hope she'll be your beautiful fool
Who takes my spot next to you
No, I didn't mean that
Sorry, I can't see facts through all of my fury
You haven't met the new me yet
There'll be happiness after me

But there was happiness because of me
Both of these things, I believe
There is happiness
In our history, across our great divide

There is a glorious sunrise
Dappled with the flickers of light
From the dress I wore at midnight, leave it all behind
I can't make it go away by making you a villain

I guess it's the price I paid for seven years in Heaven
And I pulled your body into mine
Every goddamn night, now I get fake niceties
No one teaches you what to do
When a good man hurts you
And you know you hurt him, too
Honey, when I'm above the trees

I see it for what it is
But now my eyes leak acid rain on the pillow where you used to lay your head
After giving you the best I had
Tell me what to give after that
All you want from me now is the green light of forgiveness
You haven't met the new me yet
And I think she'll give you that
There'll be happiness after you

But there was happiness because of you, too
Both of these things can be true
There is happiness
In our history, across our great divide
There is a glorious sunrise
Dappled with the flickers of light
From the dress I wore at midnight, leave it all behind
Oh, leave it all behind
Leave it all behind
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dorothea
Hey Dorothea
Do you ever stop and think about me?
When we were younger
Down in the park
Honey, making a lark of the misery
You got shiny friends since you left town
A tiny screen's the only place I see you now
And I got nothing but well wishes for ya
Oooh
This place is the same as it ever was
Oooh
But you don't like it that way
It's never too late

To come back to my side
The stars in your eyes
Shined brighter in Tupelo
And if you're ever tired of being known
For who you know
You know, you'll always know me
Dorothea
Dorothea
Ooh, you're a queen

Selling dreams
Selling make up and magazines
Ooh, from you I'd buy anything
Hey Dorothea
Do you ever stop and think about me?
When it was calmer
Skipping the prom
Just to piss off your mom
And her pageant schemes
And damn, Dorothea
They all wanna be ya
But are you still the same soul?
I met under the bleachers, well
Oooh
I guess I'll never know
Oooh
And you'll go on with the show
But it's never too late

To come back to my side
The stars in your eyes
Shined brighter in Tupelo
And if you're ever tired of being known
For who you know
You know, you'll always know me
Dorothea
Dorothea
Oooh
Oooh
Ooh-woo-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Oooh
Oooh
Ooh-woo-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Dorothea
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coney island
(feat. The National)
[Taylor Swift]
Break my soul in two looking for you
But you're right here
If I can't relate to you anymore
Then who am I related to?
And if this is the long haul
How'd we get here so soon?
Did I close my fist around something delicate?
Did I shatter you?
[Taylor Swift]
And I'm sitting on a bench in Coney Island
Wondering where did my baby go?
The fast times, the bright lights, the merry go
Sorry for not making you my centerfold
[Taylor Swift]
Over and over
Lost again with no surprises
Disappointments, close your eyes
And it gets colder and colder
When the sun goes down
[Matt Berninger with Taylor Swift]

The question pounds my head
What's a lifetime of achievement
If I pushed you to the edge?
But you were too polite to leave me
And do you miss the rogue
Who coaxed you into paradise and left you there?
Will you forgive my soul
When you're too wise to trust me and too old to care?
[Taylor Swift with Matt Berninger]

'Cause we were like the mall before the internet
It was the one place to be
The mischief, the gift-wrapped suburban dreams
Sorry for not winning you an arcade ring
[Taylor Swift & Matt Berninger]

Over and over
[Taylor Swift, Matt Berninger, Both]
Were you waiting at our old spot
In the tree line
By the gold clock
Did I leave you hanging every single day?
Were you standing in the hallway
With a big cake, happy birthday
Did I paint your bluest skies the darkest grey?
A universe away
And when I got into the accident
The sight that flashed before me was your face
But when I walked up to the podium, I think that I forgot to say your name

I'm on a bench in Coney Island
Wondering where did my baby go?
The fast times, the bright lights, the merry go
Sorry for not making you my centerfold

Over and over

The sight that flashed before me was your face
But I think that I forgot to say your name
Over and over
Sorry for not making you my, making you my
Making you my centerfold
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ivy
How's one to know?

I'd meet you where the spirit meets the bones
In a faith forgotten land
In from the snow
Your touch brought forth an incandescent glow
Tarnished but so grand
And the old widow goes to the stone every day

But I don't, I just sit here and wait
Grieving for the living
Oh, goddamn
My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand
Taking mine, but it's been promised to another
Oh, I can't
Stop you putting roots in my dreamland
My house of stone, your ivy grows
And now I'm covered in you
I wish to know
The fatal flaw that makes you long to be
Magnificently cursed
He's in the room
Your opal eyes are all I wish to see
He wants what's only yours
Oh, goddamn
Oh, I can't
And now I'm covered
Clover blooms in the fields

Spring breaks loose, the time is near
What would he do if he found us out?
Crescent moon, coast is clear
Spring breaks loose, but so does fear
He's gonna burn this house to the ground
How's one to know?

I'd live and die for moments that we stole
On begged and borrowed time
So tell me to run
Or dare to sit and watch what we'll become
And drink my husband's wine
Oh, goddamn
Oh, I can't
And now I'm covered in you
And I'm covered in you
So yeah, it's a fire

It's a goddamn blaze in the dark
And you started it
You started it
So yeah, it's a war
It's the goddamn fight of my life
And you started it
You started it
Oh, I can't
And now I'm covered
In you
In you
Now I'm covered in you
In you
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cowboy like me
And the tennis court was covered up

With some tent-like thing
And you asked me to dance
But I said, "dancing is a dangerous game"
Oh, I thought
This is gonna be one of those things
Now I know
I'm never gonna love again
I've got some tricks up my sleeve

Takes one to know one
You're a cowboy like me
Never wanted love
Just a fancy car
Now I'm waiting by the phone
Like I'm sitting in an airport bar
You had some tricks up your sleeve

Perched in the dark

Telling all the rich folks anything they wanna hear
Like it could be love
I could be the way forward
Only if they pay for it
You're a bandit like me
Eyes full of stars
Hustling for the good life
Never thought I'd meet you here
It could be love
We could be the way forward
And I know I'll pay for it
Perched in the dark

Telling all the rich folks anything they wanna hear
Like it could be love
I could be the way forward
Only if they pay for it
You're a bandit like me
Eyes full of stars
Hustling for the good life
Never thought I'd meet you here
It could be love
We could be the way forward
And I know I'll pay for it
And the skeletons in both our closets

Plotted hard to f*ck this up
And the old men that I've swindled
Really did believe I was the one
And the ladies lunching have their stories about
When you passed through town
But that was all before I locked it down
Now you hang from my lips

Like the Gardens of Babylon
With your boots beneath my bed
Forever is the sweetest con
I've had some tricks up my sleeve

And I'm never gonna love again
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long story short
Fatefully
I tried to pick my battles
Til the battle picked me
Misery
Like the war of words I shouted in my sleep
And you passed right by
I was in the alley surrounded on all sides
The knife cuts both ways
If the shoe fits, walk in it
Til your high heels break
And I fell from the pedestal

Right down the rabbit hole
Long story short, it was a bad time
Pushed from the precipice
Clung to the nearest lips
Long story short, it was the wrong guy
Now I'm all about you
I'm all about you
I'm all about you
Actually
I always felt I must look better in the rear view
Missing me
At the golden gates they once held the keys to
When I dropped my sword
I threw it in the bushes and knocked on your door
And we live in peace
But if someone comes at us
This time I'm ready
'Cause I fell from the pedestal

Clung to the nearest lips
Long story short, it was the wrong guy
I'm all about you
I'm all about you
No more keeping score

Now I just keep you warm
No more tug of war now
I just know there's more
No more keeping score
Now I just keep you warm
And my waves meet your shore
Ever and evermore
Past me
I wanna tell you not to get lost in these petty things
Your nemeses will defeat themselves
Before you get the chance to swing
And he's passing by
Rare as the glimmer of a comet in the sky
And he feels like home
If the shoe fits, walk in it
Everywhere you go
And I fell from the pedestal

Climbed right back up the cliff
Long story short, I survived
I'm all about you
I'm all about you
I'm all about you
I'm all about you
I'm all about you

Long story short, I survived
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marjorie
Never be so kind, you forget to be clever

Never be so clever, you forget to be kind
And if I didn't know better

I'd think you were talking to me now
If I didn't know better
I'd think you were still around
What died didn't stay dead
You're alive, you're alive in my head
You're alive, so alive
Never be so polite, you forget your power

Never wield such power, you forget to be polite

I'd think you were listening to me now
The autumn chill that wakes me up

You loved the amber skies so much
Long limbs and frozen swims
You'd always go past where our feet could touch
And I complained the whole way there
The car ride back and up the stairs
I should've asked you questions
I should've asked you how to be
Asked you to write it down for me
Should've kept every grocery store receipt
'Cause every scrap of you would be taken from me
Watched as you signed your name Marjorie
All your closets of backlogged dreams
And how you left them all to me

I'd think you were singing to me now
I know better
But I still feel you all around
I know better
But you're still around
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closure
It's been a long time

And seeing the shape of your name
Still spells out pain
It wasn't right
The way it all went down
Looks like you know that now
Yes, I got your letter

Yes, I'm doing better
It cut deep to know ya
Right to the bone
I know that it's over
I don't need your "closure"
Your "closure"
Don't treat me like some situation that needs to be handled

I'm fine with my spite
And my tears
And my beers and my candles
I can feel you smoothing me over

Right to the bone
Your "closure"
Your "closure"
Your "closure"
I know I'm just a

Wrinkle in your new life
Staying "friends"
Would iron it out so nice
Guilty, guilty reaching out across the sea
That you put between you and me
But it's fake
And it's oh so unnecessary

Right to the bone
"Closure"
Your "closure"
Your "closure"
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evermore
(feat. Bon Iver)
Gray November
I've been down since July
Motion capture
Put me in a bad light
I replay my footsteps on each stepping stone

Trying to find the one where I went wrong
Writing letters
Addressed to the fire
And I was catching my breath

Staring out an open window
Catching my death
And I couldn't be sure
I had a feeling so peculiar
That this pain would be for
Evermore
Hey December
Guess I'm feeling unmoored
Can't remember
What I used to fight for
I rewind the tape but all it does is pause

On the very moment all was lost
Sending signals
To be double crossed

Barefoot in the wildest winter
Catching my death
That this pain would be for
Evermore
(Evermore)
Can't not think of all the cost

And the things that will be lost
Oh, can we just get a pause?
To be certain we'll be tall again
Whether weather be the frost
Or the violence of the dog days
I'm on waves, out being tossed
Is there a line that I could just go cross?
And when I was shipwrecked (Can't think of all the cost)

I thought of you (All the things that will be lost now)
In the cracks of light (Can we just get a pause?)
I dreamed of you (To be certain we'll be tall again)
(If you think of all the costs)
It was real enough (Whether weather be the frost)
To get me through (Or the violence of the dog days)
(Out on waves being tossed)
I swear (Is there a line that we could just go cross?)
You were there

Floors of a cabin creaking under my step
This pain wouldn't be for
Evermore
Evermore
Evermore
This pain wouldn't be for evermore
Evermore
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right where you left me
[Deluxe Edition Bonus Track]
Friends break up, friends get married

Strangers get born, strangers get buried
Trends change, rumors fly through new skies
But I'm right where you left me
Matches burn after the other
Pages turn and stick to each other
Wages earned and lessons learned
But I'm right where you left me
Help, I'm still at the restaurant
Still sitting in a corner I haunt
Cross-legged in the dim light
They say, "What a sad sight", I...
I swear you could hear a hair pin drop
Right when I felt the moment stop
Glass shattered on the white cloth
Everybody moved on, I, I stayed there
Dust collected on my pinned up hair
They expected me to find somewhere
Some perspective, but I sat and stared
Right where you left me
You left me no, you left me no

You left me no choice but to stay here forever
You left me, you left me no, you left me no
Did you ever hear about the girl who got frozen?
Time went on for everybody else, she won't know it
She's still twenty-three inside her fantasy
How it was supposed to be
Did you hear about the girl who lives in delusion?
Breakups happen every day, you don't have to lose it
She's still twenty-three inside her fantasy
And you're sitting in front of me
At the restaurant when I was still the one you want

Everything was just right, I...
I could feel the mascara run
You told me that you met someone
Glass shattered on the white cloth
Everybody moved on
Help, I'm still at the restaurant

Still sitting in a corner I haunt
They say, "What a sad sight", I...
I stayed there
Dust collected on my pinned up hair
I'm sure that you got a wife out there
Kids and Christmas, but I'm unaware
Cause I'm right where
I cause no harm
Mind my business
If our love died young
I can't bear witness
And it's been so long
But if you ever think you got it wrong
I'm right where

You left me
You left me
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it's time to go
[Deluxe Edition Bonus Track]
When the dinner is cold and the chatter gets old

You ask for the tab
Or that moment again he's insisting that friends
Look at each other like that
When the words of a sister come back in whispers
That prove she was not
In fact what she seemed, not a twin from your dreams
She's a crook who was caught
That old familiar body ache

The snaps from the same little breaks in your soul
You know when it's time to go
Twenty years at your job

Then the son of the boss gets the spot that was yours
Or trying to stay for the kids
When keeping it how it is will only break their hearts worse

The snaps from the same little breaks in your soul
You know when it's time to go
Sometimes giving up is the strong thing

Sometimes to run is the brave thing
Sometimes walking out is the one thing
That will find you the right thing
Fifteen years, fifteen million tears

Begging 'til my knees bled
I gave it my all, he gave me nothing at all
Then wondered why I left
Now he sits on his throne in his palace of bones
Praying to his greed
He's got my past frozen behind glass
But I've got me

The snaps from the same little breaks in my soul
I know when it's time to go

And you know in your soul
And you know in your soul
When it's time to go
And you know, you know, you know, you know

When it's time to go
So then you go
Then you go
You just go
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MIDNIGHTS
Lavender Haze
Meet me at midnight
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa)
Staring at the ceiling with you

Oh, you don't ever say too much
And you don't really read into
My melancholia
I've been under scrutiny (yeah, oh yeah)

You handle it beautifully (yeah, oh yeah)
All this shit is new to me (yeah, oh yeah)
I feel a lavender haze creeping up on me

So real, I'm damned if I do give a damn what people say
No deal, the 1950s shit they want from me
I just wanna stay in that lavender haze
(Ooh, ooh, whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa)
All they keep asking me (all they keep asking me)

Is if I'm gonna be your bride
The only kind of girl they see (the only kind of girl they see)
Is a one night or a wife
I find it dizzying (yeah, oh yeah)

They're bringing up my history (yeah, oh yeah)
But you aren't even listening (yeah, oh yeah)
I feel a lavender haze creeping up on me

No deal, the 1950s shit they want from me
I just wanna stay in that lavender haze (ooh, ooh, whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa)
That lavender haze
Talk your talk and go viral

I just need this love spiral
Get it off your chest
Get it off my desk (get it off my desk)
Talk your talk and go viral
I just need this love spiral
Get it off my desk
I feel (I feel) a lavender haze creeping up on me
No deal (no deal), the 1950s shit they want from me
I just wanna stay in that lavender haze
(Ooh, ooh, whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa)

Get it off my desk
That lavender haze
I just wanna stay
I just wanna stay
In that lavender haze
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Maroon
When the morning came we were cleaning incense off your vinyl shelf
'Cause we lost track of time again
Laughing with my feet in your lap
Like you were my closest friend
How'd we end up on the floor anyway? You say
"Your roommate's cheap-ass screw-top rosé, that's how"
I see you every day now
And I chose you

The one I was dancin' with
In New York, no shoes
Looked up at the sky and it was
The burgundy on my T-shirt when you splashed your wine into me

And how the blood rushed into my cheeks, so scarlet, it was
The mark you saw on my collarbone, the rust that grew between telephones
The lips I used to call home, so scarlet, it was maroon
When the silence came, we were shaking blind and hazy

How the hell did we lose sight of us again?
Sobbin' with your head in your hands
Ain't that the way shit always ends?
You were standing hollow-eyed in the hallway
Carnations you had thought were roses, that's us
I feel you no matter what
The rubies that I gave up
And I lost you
The one I was dancin' with
In New York, no shoes
Looked up at the sky and it was maroon

And how the blood rushed into my cheeks, so scarlet, it was (maroon)
The lips I used to call home, so scarlet, it was (maroon)
And I wake with your memory over me

That's a real f*cking legacy, legacy (it was maroon)
And I wake with your memory over me
That's a real f*cking legacy to leave

And how the blood rushed into my cheeks, so scarlet (it was maroon)
The lips I used to call home, so scarlet (it was maroon)
It was maroon
It was maroon
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Anti-Hero
I have this thing where I get older but just never wiser
Midnights become my afternoons
When my depression works the graveyard shift
All of the people I've ghosted stand there in the room
I should not be left to my own devices

They come with prices and vices
I end up in crisis (I've realized all this time)
I wake up screaming from dreaming
One day I'll watch as you're leaving
'Cause you got tired of my scheming
For the last time
It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me

At tea time, everybody agrees
I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror
It must be exhausting, always rooting for the anti-hero
Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby

And I'm a monster on the hill
Too big to hang out, slowly lurching toward your favorite city
Pierced through the heart, but never killed
Did you hear my covert narcissism I disguise as altruism

Like some kind of congressman? (I've realized all this time)
I wake up screaming from dreaming
One day I'll watch as you're leaving
And life will lose all of its meaning
For the last time
It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me (I'm the problem, it's me)
At tea time, everybody agrees
I have this dream my daughter in-law kills me for the money

She thinks I left them in the will
The family gathers 'round and reads it and someone screams out
"She's laughing up at us from hell"

It's me, hi, everybody agrees, everybody agrees
It's me, hi (hi), I'm the problem, it's me (I'm the problem, it's me)
At tea (tea) time (time), everybody agrees (everybody agrees)
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Snow On The Beach
One night a few moons ago

I saw flecks of what could've been lights
But it might have just been you
Passing by unbeknownst to me
Life is emotionally abusive
And time can't stop me quite like you did
And my flight was awful, thanks for asking
I'm unglued, thanks to you
And it's like snow at the beach

Weird but f*cking beautiful
Flying in a dream, stars by the pocketful
You wanting me tonight feels impossible
But it's coming down, no sound, it's all around
Like snow on the beach
Like snow, oh, oh oh
This scene feels like what I once saw on a screen

I searched aurora borealis green
I've never seen someone live from within
Blurring out my periphery
My smile is like I won a contest
And to hide that would be so dishonest
And it's fine to fake it 'til you make it
'Til you do, 'til it's true
Now it's like snow at the beach

Like snow, oh, oh oh
I can't speak afraid to jinx it

I don't even dare to wish it
But your eyes are flying saucers from another planet
Now I'm All For You like Janet
Can this be a real thing? Can it?
Are we falling like snow at the beach?

Like snow on the beach (snow on the beach)
Like snow on the beach (are we in a dream?)
Like snow on the beach (you want me)
Like snow (like snow)
Like snow on the beach (it's coming down, it's coming down)
(It's coming down, it's coming down)
(It's coming down, it's coming down, it's coming down, it's coming down)
(It's coming down, it's coming down, it's coming down, it's coming down)
(Coming down, it's coming down, it's coming down, it's coming down)
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You're On Your Own, Kid
Summer went away, still the yearning stays

I play it cool with the best of them
I wait patiently, he's gonna notice me
It's okay, we're the best of friends, anyway
I hear it in your voice, you're smokin' with your boys

I touch my phone as if it's your face
I didn't choose this town, I dream of getting out
There's just one who could make me stay all my days
From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes

I waited ages to see you live
I searched the party of better bodies
Just to learn that you never cared
You're on your own, kid

You always have been
I see the great escape, so long Daisy May

I picked the petals, he loves me not
Something different bloomed, writing in my room
I play my songs in the parking lot
I'll run away

I called a taxi to take me there
I searched the party of better bodies
Just to learn that my dreams aren't rare


I gave my blood, sweat and tears for this
I hosted parties and starved my body
Like I'd be saved by a perfect kiss
The jokes weren't funny, I took the money

My friends from home don't know what to say
I looked around in a blood-soaked gown
And I saw something they can't take away
'Cause there were pages turned with the bridges burned

Everything you lose is a step you take
So make the friendship bracelets
Take the moment and taste it
You've got no reason to be afraid

Yeah, you can face this
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Midnight Rain
Rain, he wanted it comfortable

I wanted that pain
He wanted a bride
I was making my own name
Chasing that fame
He stayed the same
All of me changed like midnight
My town was a wasteland

Full of cages, full of fences
Pageant queens and big pretenders
But for some it was paradise
My boy was a montage
A slow-motion love potion
Jumping off things in the ocean
I broke his heart 'cause he was nice
He was sunshine, I was midnight

I wanted that pain
He wanted a bride
Chasing that fame
He stayed the same
It came like a postcard

Picture perfect, shiny family
Holiday peppermint candy
But for him it's every day
So I peered through a window

A deep portal, time travel
All the love we unraveled
And the life I gave away
'Cause he was sunshine, I was midnight

I wanted that pain
He wanted a bride
Chasing that fame
He stayed the same

I wanted that pain
He wanted a bride
Chasing that fame
He stayed the same
I guess sometimes we all get

Just what we wanted, just what we wanted
And he never thinks of me
Except when I'm on TV
I guess sometimes we all get

Some kind of haunted, some kind of haunted
And I never think of him
Except on midnights like this
(Midnight's like this, midnight's like this)
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Question...?
(I remember)
Good girl, sad boy, big city, wrong choices

We had one thing going on
I swear that it was something 'cause I don't remember who I was
Before you painted all my nights a color I've searched for since
But one thing after another f*cking situation

Circumstances, miscommunications
And I have to say, by the way
I just may like some explanations
Can I ask you a question?

Did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room?
And every single one of your friends was making fun of you
But fifteen seconds later they were clapping, too?
Then, what did you do?
Did you leave her house in the middle of the night? (Oh)
Did you wish you'd put up more of a fight? (Oh)
When she said it was too much
Do you wish you could still touch her?
It's just a question
Half-moon eyes, bad surprise, did you realize?

Out of time, she was on your mind
With some dickhead guy that you saw that night
But you were on something
It was one drink after another, f*cking politics and gender-roles

And you're not sure and I don't know got swept away in the gray
I just may like to have a conversation
Can I ask you a question?

Did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room?
And every single one of your friends was making fun of you
Then, what did you do?
Did you wish you'd put up more of a fight? (Oh)
Does it feel like everything's just like second-best after that meteor strike?
And what's that, that I heard, that you're still with her?
That's nice, I'm sure that's what's suitable
And right, but tonight
Can I ask you a question? (Can I ask you a question?)

Did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room? (In a crowded room)
And every single one of your friends was making fun of you? (Making fun of you)
Then what did you do? (Do)
Did you wish you'd put up more of a fight? (Oh, more of a fight)
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Vigilante Shit
Draw the cat eye sharp enough to kill a man

You did some bad things, but I'm the worst of them
Sometimes I wonder which one'll be your last lie
They say looks can kill and I might try
I don't dress for women
I don't dress for men
Lately, I've been dressing for revenge
I don't start shit, but I can tell you how it ends
Don't get sad, get even
So on the weekends
I don't dress for friends
She needed cold, hard proof, so I give her some

She had the envelope, where you think she got it from?
Now she gets the house, gets the kids, gets the pride
Picture me thick as thieves with your ex-wife
And she looks so pretty
Drivin' in your Benz
Lately, she's been dressing for revenge
She don't start shit, but she can tell you how it ends
So on the weekends
She don't dress for friends
Lately, she's been dressing for revenge
Ladies always rise above

Ladies know what people want
Someone sweet and kind and fun
The ladies simply had enough
While he was doin' lines and crossin' all of mine

Someone told his white-collar crimes to the FBI
And I don't dress for villains
Or for innocents
I'm on the vigilante shit again
I don't start shit, but I can tell you how it ends

So on the weekends
I don't dress for friends
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Bejeweled
Baby love, I think I've been a little too kind

Didn't notice you walking all over my peace of mind
In the shoes I gave you as a present
Puttin' someone first only works when you're in their top five
And by the way, I'm going out tonight
Best believe I'm still bejeweled

When I walk in the room
I can still make the whole place shimmer
And when I meet the band
They ask, "Do you have a man?"
I can still say, "I don't remember"
Familiarity breeds contempt
Don't put me in the basement
When I want the penthouse of your heart
Diamonds in my eyes
I polish up real, I polish up real nice
Nice
Baby boy, I think I've been too good of a girl (too good of a girl)
Did all the extra credit, then got graded on a curve
I think it's time to teach some lessons
I made you my world (huh), have you heard? (Huh)
I can reclaim the land
And I miss you (I miss you)
But I miss sparkling (ah, hey)

Diamonds in my eyes
I polish up real, I polish up real nice
Nice
Sapphire tears on my face

Sadness became my whole sky
But some guy said my aura's moonstone
Just 'cause he was high
I went dancin' all night
And you can try to change my mind
But you might have to wait in line
What's a girl gonna do?
A diamond's gotta shine

I can still make the whole place shimmer (shimmer)
Diamonds in my eyes
I polish up real (nice), I polish up real nice
And we're dancin' all night

And you can try to change my mind
But you might have to wait in line
What's a girl gonna do? What's a girl gonna do?
I polish up nice
Top▲
Labyrinth
"It only hurts this much right now"

Was what I was thinking the whole time
Breathe in, breathe through, breathe deep, breathe out
I'll be getting over you my whole life
You know how scared I am of elevators

Never trust it if it rises fast
It can't last
Uh-oh, I'm falling in love

Oh no, I'm falling in love again
Oh, I'm falling in love
I thought the plane was going down
How'd you turn it right around?
It only feels this raw right now

Lost in the labyrinth of my mind
Break up, break free, break through, break down
You would break your back to make me break a smile
You know how much I hate

That everybody just expects me to bounce back
Just like that

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Karma
You're talkin' shit for the hell of it

Addicted to betrayal but you're relevant
You're terrified to look down
'Cause if you dare, you'll see the glare
Of everyone you burned just to get there
It's coming back around
And I keep my side of the street clean

You wouldn't know what I mean
'Cause karma is my boyfriend, karma is a god

Karma is the breeze in my hair on the weekend
Karma's a relaxing thought
Aren't you envious that for you, it's not?
Sweet like honey, karma is a cat
Purring in my lap 'cause it loves me
Flexing like a goddamn acrobat
Me and karma vibe like that
Spider boy, king of thieves

Weave your little webs of opacity
My pennies made your crown
Trick me once, trick me twice
Don't you know that cash ain't the only price
It's coming back around
And I keep my side of the street clean

You wouldn't know what I mean
'Cause karma is my boyfriend, karma is a god

Karma is the breeze in my hair on the weekend
Ask me what I've learned from all those years

Ask me what I earned from all those tears
Ask me why so many fade when I'm still here (I'm still, I'm still here)
'Cause karma is the thunder rattling your ground

Karma's on your scent like a bounty hunter
Karma's gonna track you down
Step by step, from town to town
Sweet like justice, karma is a queen
Karma takes all my friends to the summit
Karma is the guy on the screen
Comin' straight home to me (woo)
'Cause karma is my boyfriend (karma is my boyfriend), karma is a god

Karma is the breeze in my hair on the weekend (weekend)
Karma is my boyfriend
Karma is a god, ooh
Top▲
Sweet Nothing
I spy with my little tired eye

Tiny as a firefly
A pebble that we picked up last July
Down deep inside your pocket
We almost forgot it
Does it ever miss Wicklow sometimes?
Ooh, ooh
They said the end is comin'

Everyone's up to somethin'
I found myself a-runnin' home to your sweet nothings
Outside they're push and shovin'
You're in the kitchen hummin'
All that you ever wanted from me was sweet nothin'
On the way home

I wrote a poem
You say, "What a mind"
This happens all the time
Ooh, ooh
'Cause they said the end is comin'
All that you ever wanted from me was nothin'
Industry disruptors
And soul deconstructors
And smooth-talking hucksters
Out glad-handing each other
And the voices that implore
"You should be doing more"
To you, I can admit
That I'm just too soft for all of it
Ooh
They said the end is comin'

They said the end is comin' (they said the end is comin')
Everyone's up to somethin' (everyone's up to somethin')
Outside they're push and shovin' (outside they're push and shovin')
You're in the kitchen hummin' (you're in the kitchen hummin')
Top▲
Mastermind
Once upon a time, the planets and the fates

And all the stars aligned
You and I ended up in the same room
At the same time
And the touch of a hand lit the fuse

Of a chain reaction of countermoves
To assess the equation of you
Checkmate, I couldn't lose
What if I told you none of it was accidental

And the first night that you saw me, nothing was gonna stop me?
I laid the groundwork and then, just like clockwork
The dominoes cascaded in a line
What if I told you I'm a mastermind?

And now you're mine
It was all by design
'Cause I'm a mastermind
You see, all the wisest women

Had to do it this way
'Cause we were born to be the pawn
In every lover's game
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail

Strategy sets the scene for the tale
I'm the wind in our free-flowing sails
And the liquor in our cocktails
What if I told you none of it was accidental

And the first night that you saw me, I knew I wanted your body?
I laid the groundwork and then, just like clockwork
The dominoes cascaded in a line
What if I told you I'm a mastermind?

And now you're mine
It was all my design
No one wanted to play with me as a little kid

So I've been scheming like a criminal ever since
To make them love me and make it seem effortless
This this the first time I've felt the need to confess
And I swear
I'm only cryptic and Machiavellian 'cause I care
So I told you none of it was accidental

And the first night that you saw me, nothing was gonna stop me
I laid the groundwork and then saw a wide smirk
On your face, you knew the entire time
You knew that I'm a mastermind
And now you're mine
Yeah, all you did was smile
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The Great War
My knuckles were bruised like violets

Sucker punching walls, cursed you as I sleep-talked
Spineless in my tomb of silence
Tore your banners down, took the battle underground
And maybe it was ego swinging
Maybe it was her
Flashes of the battle come back to me in a blur
All that bloodshed, crimson clover

Uh-huh, sweet dream was over
My hand was the one you reached for
All throughout the Great War
Always remember
Uh-huh, tears on the letter
I vowed not to cry anymore
If we survived the Great War
You drew up some good faith treaties

I drew curtains closed, drank my poison all alone
You said I have to trust more freely
But diesel is desire, you were playin' with fire
And maybe it's the past that's talkin'
Screamin' from the crypt
Tellin' me to punish you for things you never did
So I justified it
All that bloodshed, crimson clover

Uh-huh, the bombs were close and
Always remember
Uh-huh, the burning embers
I vowed not to fight anymore
If we survived the Great War
Uh-huh
Uh-huh
It turned into something bigger

Somewhere in the haze, got a sense I'd been betrayed
Your finger on my hair pin triggers
Hold you down on that icy ground
Looked up at me with honor and truth
Broken and blue, so I called off the troops
That was the night I nearly lost you
I really thought I lost you
We can plant a memory garden

Say a solemn prayer, place a poppy in my hair
There's no morning glory, it was war, it wasn't fair
And we will never go back
To that bloodshed, crimson clover

Uh-huh, the worst was over
Always remember
Uh-huh, we're burned for better
I vowed I would always be yours
'Cause we survived the Great War
Uh-huh
Uh-huh
I would always be yours
'Cause we survived the Great War
Uh-huh
I vowed I would always be yours
Top▲
Bigger Than The Whole Sky
No words appear before me in the aftermath

Salt streams out my eyes and into my ears
Every single thing I touch becomes sick with sadness
'Cause it's all over now, all out to sea
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
You were bigger than the whole sky
You were more than just a short time
And I've got a lot to pine about
I've got a lot to live without
I'm never gonna meet
What could've been, would've been
What should've been you
What could've been, would've been you
Did some bird flap its wings over in Asia?

Did some force take you because I didn't pray?
Every single thing to come has turned into ashes
'Cause it's all over, it's not meant to be
So I'll say words I don't believe

(What could've been, would've been)

What could've been, would've been you
(Could've been, would've been)
(Could've been, would've been)

Top▲
Paris
"Your ex-friend's sister

Met someone at a club and he kissed her
Turns out it was that guy you hooked up with ages ago
Some wannabe Z-lister
And all the outfits were terrible
2003 unbearable
Did you see the photos?"
No, I didn't, but thanks, though
I'm so in love that I might stop breathing

Drew a map on your bedroom ceiling
No, I didn't see the news
'Cause we were somewhere else
Stumbled down pretend alleyways
Cheap wine, make believe it's champagne
I was taken by the view
Like we were in Paris

Like we were somewhere else
Like we were in Paris, oh
We were somewhere else
Privacy sign on the door

And on my page and on the whole world
Romance is not dead if you keep it just yours
Levitate above all the messes made
Sit quiet by my side in the shade
And not the kind that's thrown
I mean, the kind under where a tree has grown
I'm so in love that I might stop breathing

Drew a map on your bedroom ceiling
Stumbled down pretend alleyways
Cheap wine, make believe it's champagne
I was taken by the view

Like we were somewhere else
We were somewhere else
I wanna brainwash you

Into loving me forever
I wanna transport you
To somewhere the culture's clever
Confess my truth
In swooping, sloping, cursive letters
Let the only flashing lights be the tower at midnight
In my mind
We drew a map on your bedroom ceiling

In an alleyway, drinking champagne
'Cause we were in Paris

Yes, we were somewhere else
My love, we were in Paris
Yes, we were somewhere else
Top▲
High Infidelity
Lock broken, slur spoken

Wound open, game token
I didn't know you were keeping count
Rain soaking, blind hoping
You said I was freeloading
High infidelity
Put on your records and regret me
I bent the truth too far tonight
I was dancing around, dancing around it
High infidelity
Put on your headphones and burn my city
Your picket fence is sharp as knives
Do you really wanna know where I was April 29th?
Do I really have to chart the constellations in his eyes?
Storm coming
Good husband, bad omen
Dragged my feet right down the aisle
At the house lonely, good money
I'd pay if you'd just know me
Seemed like the right thing at the time
You know there's many different ways that you can kill the one you love
The slowest way is never loving them enough
Do I really have to tell you how he brought me back to life?
High infidelity
Put on your records and regret me
High infidelity

Do I really have to chart the constellations in his eyes?
You know there's many different ways that you can kill the one you love
The slowest way is never loving them enough
High infidelity
Put on your records and regret meeting me
High infidelity
Ooh
Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo
Ooh
Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo
Well, there's many different ways that you can kill the one you love
And it's never enough, it's never enough
Lock broken, slur spoken

Wound open, game token
Rain soaking, blind hoping
You said I was freeloading
But oh, you were keeping count
Top▲
Glitch
We were supposed to be just friends

You don't live in my part of town, but maybe I'll see you out some weekend
Depending on what kind of mood and situationship I'm in
And what's in my system
I think there's been a glitch, ah-yeah

Five seconds later, I'm fastenin' myself to you with a stitch, ah-yeah
And I'm not even sorry, nights are so starry, blood moon lit
It must be counterfeit
Uh-huh
I was supposed to sweat you out

In search of glorious happenings of happenstance on someone else's playground
But it's been two-thousand-one-hundred-ninety days of our love blackout
(Our love is blacking out)
The system's breaking down
(The system's breaking down)

And I'm not even sorry, nights are so starry, blood moon lit
It must be counterfeit
Uh-huh
A brief interruption, a slight malfunction

I'd go back to wanting dudes who give nothing
I thought we had no chance
And that's romance, let's dance
Glitch, ah-yeah
And I'm not even sorry, nights are so starry, blood moon lit (blood moon lit)
It must be counterfeit (it must be counterfeit)
Uh-huh
Top▲
Would've, Could've, Should've
If you would've blinked then I would've

Looked away at the first glance
If you tasted poison, you could've
Spit me out at the first chance
If I was some paint, did it splatter
On a promising grown man?
And if I was a child, did it matter
If you got to wash your hands?
Ooh, oh
All I used to do was pray
Would've, could've, should've
If you'd never looked my way
I would've stayed on my knees

And I damn sure never would've danced with the devil
At nineteen
And the God's honest truth is that the pain was heaven
And now that I'm grown, I'm scared of ghosts
Memories feel like weapons
And now that I know, I wish you'd left me wondering
If you never touched me, I would've

Gone along with the righteous
If I never blushed, then they could've
Never whispered about this
And if you never saved me from boredom
I could've gone on as I was
But, Lord, you made me feel important
And then you tried to erase us
Ooh, oh
You're a crisis of my faith
Would've, could've, should've
If I'd only played it safe
I would've stayed on my knees

At nineteen
God rest my soul, I miss who I used to be

The tomb won't close, stained glass windows in my mind
I regret you all the time
I can't let this go, I fight with you in my sleep
The wound won't close, I keep on waiting for a sign
If clarity's in death, then why won't this die?

Years of tearing down our banners, you and I
Living for the thrill of hitting you where it hurts
Give me back my girlhood, it was mine first

At nineteen
God rest my soul, I miss who I used to be

Oh, God rest my soul, I miss who I used to be
Top▲
Dear Reader
Dear reader, if it feels like a trap

You're already in one
Dear reader, get out your map
Pick somewhere and just run
Dear reader, burn all the files
Desert all your past lives
And if you don't recognize yourself
That means you did it right
Never take advice from someone who's falling apart

Never take advice from someone who's falling apart (you should find another)
Dear reader, bend when you can

Snap when you have to
Dear reader, you don't have to answer
Just 'cause they asked you (you should find another)
Dear reader, the greatest of luxuries
Is your secrets
Dear reader, when you aim at the devil
Make sure you don't miss

So I wander through these nights

I prefer hiding in plain sight
My fourth drink in my hand
These desperate prayers of a cursed man
Spilling out to you for free
But darling, darling, please
You wouldn't take my word for it
If you knew who was talking
If you knew where I was walking
To a house, not a home, all alone 'cause nobody's there
Where I pace in my pen and my friends found friends who care
No one sees when you lose when you're playing solitaire
You should find another guiding light
Guiding light, but I shine so bright
You should find another guiding light
Guiding light, but I shine so bright
You should find another, you should find another (guiding light)
(Find another) you should find another
(You should find another)
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Fearless (Taylor's Version)

There's somethin' bout the way

We're drivin' down the road

And I don't know how it gets better than this

So baby drive slow

And I don't know how it gets better than this

Well you stood there with me in the doorway

And I don't know how it gets better than this

You take a deep breath

It's your freshman year

'Cause when you're fifteen,

Feeling like there's nothing to figure out

You sit in class next to a red-head named Abigail

And then you're on your very first date

'Cause when you're fifteen,

And your first kiss makes your head spin around

But in your life you'll do things

When all you wanted

Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday

'Cause when you're fifteen,

Don't forget to look before you fall

I've found time can heal most anything

We were both young when I first saw you

That you were Romeo, you were throwin' pebbles

Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone

So I sneak out to the garden to see you

'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter

Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone

Romeo, save me, I've been feeling so alone

Hey Stephen, I know looks can be deceiving

'Cause I can't help it if you look like an angel

Hey Stephen, I've been holding back this feeling

Cause I can't help it if you look like an angel

They're dimming the street lights, you're perfect for me

Hey Stephen, I could give you fifty reasons

Cause I can't help it if you look like an angel

I can't help myself if you look like an angel

Say you're sorry

That I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairy tale

Maybe I was naive,

I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairy tale

And there you are on your knees,

'Cause I'm not your princess, this ain't a fairytale

You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset

But she wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts

Walkin' the streets with you and your worn-out jeans

She wears high heels, I wear sneakers

Oh, I remember you drivin' to my house

I see your face in my mind as I drive away,

Music starts playin' like the end of a sad movie,

And we know it's never simple,

Never wanted this, never wanna see you hurt

And we know it's never simple,

And we know it's never simple,

Sorry (oh) sorry

I took a chance, I took a shot

I'm sick and tired of your attitude

And I need you like a heartbeat

You could write a book on how to ruin someone's perfect day

I'm sick and tired of your reasons