WordSwifts - Taylor Swift Lyrics Quiz

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242 Taylor Swift songs stitched together by shared words.

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One, two, three, four Give me the keys, I'll bring the car back around We shouldn't be in this town And my so-called 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 You left me no choice but to stay here forever 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 you sayin', "I'm sorry for that night" And I go back to December all the time It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missin' you Wishin' I'd realized what I had when you were mine I go back to December, turn around and make it alright I go back to December all the time These days, I haven't been sleeping Stayin' up, playing 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 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 swallowing 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 nothing but missin' you Wishin' I'd realized what I had when you were mine I go back to December, turn around and change my own mind I go back to December all the time I miss your tanned 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' 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, you're best friends Laughin' on the car ride home with you Don't know how long it's going to 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's a bronze, spray-tanned statue of you And a plaque underneath it That threatens to push me down the stairs at our school And it was always the same searing pain But I dreamed that one day I could say All that time you were throwin' punches I was buildin' somethin' And I can't forgive the way you made me feel Screamed, 'fucK you aIMee' to the night sky As the blood was gushin' But I can't forget the way you made me heal And it wasn't a fair fight Or a clean Kill Each time that aIMee stomped across my grave and hearse Beware the wrath of masked crusaders Did you girl-boss too close to the sun? Did they catch you having far too much fun? Come with me, when they see us, they'll run Something wicked Clearing 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 air Strangers' silence makes me want to take the stairs If you were here, we'd laugh about their vacant stares But right now, my time is theirs Seems like there's always have been I see the great escape So long, Daisy May I picked the petals, he loves me not Something that you said 'Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do I'm in my room, it's a typical Tuesday night I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like And she'll never know your story like I do 'Cause she wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts She's Cheer Captain and I'm on the bleachers Dreaming '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 Walking the streets with you and your worn-out jeans I can't help thinking you'll come around And maybe, someday" And someday maybe you'll miss me But by then, you'll be Mr. "Too late" Goodbye Mr. "Perfectly fine" How's your heart after breakin' mine? Mr. "Always at the right place at the right time," baby Goodbye Mr. "Casually cruel" Mr. "Everything revolves around you" I've been Miss "Misery" for the last time And you're Mr. "Perfectly fine" You're perfectly fine Mr. "Looked me in the eye and told me you 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 from the crypt Telling me to punish you for things you never did So I justified it All that bloodshed, crimson clover Uh-huh, the bombs were closer My hand was the one you reached for All throughout the Great War 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 me into an idea of sorts You needed me, but you needed drugs more And I couldn't watch it happen I changed into goddesses, villains, and fools Changed plans and lovers and outfits and rules All to outrun my desertion of you And you just watched it If you want to break my cold, cold heart Just say, "I 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 a 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 And there is happiness 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 I said, "That's a lie" Just a boy in a Chevy truck That had a tendency of gettin' stuck On back roads at night And I was right there and I thought Saw you there and I thought it was just goodbye for now You said you were gonna grow up Then you were gonna come find me Said you were gonna grow up Then you were gonna come find me Said you were gonna grow up Then you were gonna come find me Words from the mouths of babes Promises oceans deep But never to keep Oh, never to keep Are you still a mind reader? A natural scene stealer? I've heard great things, Peter But life was always easier on you Than it was on me And sometimes it gets me When crossing your jet stream We both did the best we could do underneath the same moon In different galaxies And I didn't want to hang around We said it was just goodbye for now You said you were gonna grow up Then you were gonna come find me Said you were gonna grow up Then you were gonna come find me Said you were gonna grow up Then you were gonna come find me Words from the mouths of babes Promises oceans deep But never to keep Never to keep And I won't confess that I waited But I let the lamp burn As the men masqueraded I hoped you'd return With your feet on the ground Tell me all that you'd learned 'Cause love's never lost when perspective is earned And you said you'd come and get me, but you were twenty-five And the shelf life of those fantasies has expired Lost to the Lost Boys chapter of your life Forgive me, Peter, please know that I tried To hold onto the days when you were mine (Hold onto the days) But the woman who sits by the 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 got some things to say to you I've seen it all, so I thought But I 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 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 They're dimming the street lights, you're perfect for me Why aren't you here tonight Well, I stopped pickin' 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 about what you did Ha, time for a little revenge The story starts to make its way to me The playful conversation starts Counter, your cheeks were turning red You used to be a little kid with glasses in a twin-sized bed And your mother's telling stories 'bout you on the tee-ball team You taught me 'bout your past, thinking your future was me And you were tossing me the car keys, "fuck the patriarchy" Key chain on the ground, we were always skipping town And I was thinking on the drive down, any time now He's gonna say it's love, you never 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 the words we never heard Just screeching tires and true love And I'm running with my dress unbuttoned Screaming, "But Daddy, I love him! I'm having his baby" No, I'm not, but you should see your faces I'm telling him to floor it through the fences No, I'm not coming to my senses I know he's crazy but he's the one I want I'll tell you something right now I'd rather burn my whole life down Than listen to one more second of all this bitching and moaning I'll tell you something about my good name It's mine alone to disgrace I don't cater to all these vipers dressed in empath's clothing God save the most judgmental creeps Who say they want what's best for me Sanctimoniously performing soliloquies I'll never see Thinking it can change the beat Of my heart when he touches me And counteract the chemistry And undo the destiny You ain't gotta pray for me Me and my wild boy and all this wild joy If all you want is gray for me Then it's just white noise And it's just my choice There's a lot of people in town that I Bestow upon my fakest smiles Scandal does funny things to pride But brings lovers closer I said, "Leave," but all I really want is you To stand outside my window throwin' pebbles And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet" And I was crying on the staircase Begging 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 begging 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" Romeo, save me, they're trying to 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 It's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes" Oh, oh And I got tired of waiting Wondering if you were ever coming 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 But it's gonna be alright, I did my time Now, pretty baby, I'm runnin' back home to you Fresh out the slammer, I know who my first call will be to Fresh out the slammer, oh Camera flashes, welcome bashes Get the matches, toss the ashes off the ledge As I said in my letters, now that I know better I will never lose my baby again My friends tried but I wouldn't hear it Watched me daily disappearing For just one glimpse of his smile All those nights you kept me going Swirled you into all of my poems Now we're at the starting line, I did my time Now, pretty baby, I'm runnin' To the house where you still wait up and that porch light gleams To the one who says I'm the girl of his American Dreams, rolled your eyes at my jokes Mr. Superior Thinkin' Do you have all the space that you need? I don't have to be your shrink to know that you'll never be happy And I bet you think about me I bet you think about me, yes I bet you think about me Oh, block it all out The voices so loud, sayin' "Why did you let her go?" Does it make you feel sad That the love that you're lookin' for Is the love that you had? Now you're out in the world, searchin' for your soul Scared not to be hip, scared to get old Chasing make-believe status, last time you felt free Was when none of that shit mattered 'cause you were with me But now that we're done and it's over I bet it's hard to believe That it turned out I'm harder to forget than I was to leave 'em muddy underneath Reminds me of you You find graffiti on the walls of old bathroom stalls You know, you can scratch it right off It's how it used to be But like the dollar in your pocket it's been spent and traded in You can't change where it's been Reminds me of me I lived, and I learned Had you, got burned Held out, and held on God knows, too long And wasted time, lost tears Swore that I'd get out of here But no amount of freedom gets you clean I've still got you all over me The best and worst day of June Was the one that I met you With your hands in your pockets And your "Don't you wish you had me?" grin Well, I did, so I smiled, and I melted like a child Now every breath of air I breathe reminds me of then And I lived, and I learned Had you, got burned Held out, and held on God knows, too long And wasted time, lost tears Swore that I'd get out of here But no amount of freedom gets you clean I've still got you all over me I lived, and I learned And found each other In another life, you still would've turned my head even if we'd met On a crowded street in 1944 And you were headed off to fight in the war You still would've been mine We would have been timeless I would've read your love letters every single night And prayed to God you'd be comin' home all right And you would've been fine We would have been timeless 'Cause I believe that we were supposed to find this So, even in a different life, you still would've been mine We would've been timeless I had to smile when it caught my eye There was one of a teenage couple in the driveway Holdin' hands on the way to a dance And the date on the back said 1958 Which brought me back to the first time I saw you Time stood still like somethin' in this old shop I thought about it as I started lookin' 'round At these precious things that time forgot That's when I came upon a book covered in cobwebs Story of a romance torn apart by fate Hundreds of years ago, they fell in love, like we did And I'd die for you in the same way if I first saw your face In the fifteen hundreds off in a foreign land And I was forced to marry another man You still would've been mine We would have been timeless I would've read your love letters every single night And run away and left it all behind You still would've been mine We would've been timeless 'Cause I believe that we were supposed to find this So, even in a different life, you still would've been mine We would've been timeless Time breaks down your mind and body Don't you let it touch your soul It was like an age-old classic The first time that you saw me The story started when you said, "Hello" In a crowded room a few short years ago And sometimes you just don't know the answer 'Til someone's on their knees and asks you "She 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? Oh, all I used to do was pray Would've, could've, should be rudely bargin' in on a white veil occasion But you are not the kind of boy Who should be marrying the wrong girl I sneak in and see your friends And her snotty little hand's wrapped around my finger Your 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 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 I get drunk, but it's not enough 'Cause the morning light Oh my, my, my, my A few years had gone and come around We were sitting at our favorite spot in town And you looked at me, got down on one knee Take me back to the time when we walked down the aisle Our whole town came and our mamas cried You said "I do" and I did too Take me home where we met so many years before We'll rock our babies on that very front porch After us, I was screaming, 'Go, go, go!' But with three of us, honey, it's a sideshow 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 driving the getaway car We were flying, 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 riding in a getaway car There were sirens in the beat of your heart Should've known I'd be the first to leave Think about the place where you first met me In a getaway car No, they never get far No, nothing good starts in a getaway car We were jet-set Bonnie and Clyde Until I switched to the other side To the other side It's no surprise, I turned your rags into gold The winding road leads to the chateau "You remind me of a younger me" I saw potential I'll be your father figure I drink that brown liquor I can make deals with the devil because my dick's bigger This love is pure profit Just step into my office I dry your tears with my sleeve 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 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 you Holdin' on, the days drag on Stupid girl, I shoulda known, I shoulda known That I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairytale 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 naïve, 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 That I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairytale 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 Beggin' for forgiveness, beggin' for me Just like I always 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 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 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 Hey, yeah-yeah I persist and resist the temptation to ask you If one thing had been different Would 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 then you feel so low you can't 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." You didn't mean it baby, I don't think I had Did you think I had in me? Oh, the tragedy So long, London You'll find someone I didn't opt in to be your odd man out I founded the club she's heard great things about I left all I knew, you left me at the house of cards You're the kind of reckless that should send me runnin' 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 thinkin' of Drop 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 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 While you're young "Girls, go out and have your fun" Then they hunt and slay the ones who actually do it Criticize the way you fly When you're soaring through the sky Shoot you down and then they sigh And say, "She looks like she's been through it" Lord, what will become of me Once I've lost my novelty? I've had too much to drink tonight, he's a paradox I'm seeing visions, am I bad? Or mad? Or wise? What if he's written "mine" on my upper thigh only in my mind? One slip and falling back into the hedge maze Oh, what a way to die I keep recalling things we never did Messy top lip kiss, how I long for our trysts Without ever touching his skin How can I be guilty as sin? I keep these longings locked In lowercase, inside a vault Someone told me there's no such thing going on I swear that it was something 'Cause I don't remember How my rain-soaked body was shaking Do you hate me? Was it hazing? For a cruel fraternity I pledged And I still mean it Old habits die screaming Six weeks of breathing 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 Spiderboy, 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 like all men did Her mother took pills and played tennis So she waited by the stage door As the club promoter arrived She said, "I'd sell my soul to have a taste of a magnificent life that's all mine" But that's not what showgirls get They leave us for dead Hey, thank you for the lovely bouquet You're sweeter than a peach But you don't know the life of a showgirl, babe And you're never, ever gonna Wait, the more you play, the more that you pay You're softer than a kitten so You don't know the life of a showgirl, babe And you're never gonna wanna I took her pearls of wisdom Hung them from my neck I paid my dues with every bruise I knew what to expect Do you wanna take a skate on the ice inside my veins? They ripped me off like false lashes And then threw me away And all the headshots on the walls Of the dance hall are of the bitches Who wish I'd hurry up and die But I'm immortal now, baby dolls I couldn't if I tried So I say "Thank you for the lovely bouquet I'm married to the hustle And now I know the life of a showgirl, babe And I'll never know another Pain hidden by the lipstick and lace (Lipstick and lace) Sequins are forever Forever winter if you go He seems fine most of the time Forcing smiles and never minds His laugh is a symphony When the lights go out, it's hard to breathe I pull at every thread trying to change your mind once you're already flying through the free fall Loving him is like 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 And I was catching my breath Barefoot in the wildest winter Catching my death And I couldn't be sure I had a feeling so peculiar 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 Now I'm standin' alone in a crowded room And we're not speakin' And I'm dyin' to know, is it killin' you Like it's killin' me? Yeah I don't know what to say since the twist of fate When it all broke? Let's hear one more joke Then we could all just laugh until I cry So I leap from the gallows, and I levitate down your street Crash the party like a record scratch as I scream "Who's afraid I sealed my fate No sign of soulmates I'm just a paperweight In shades of greige Spending my last coin so someone will tell me It'll be ok Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Please I've been on my knees Change the prophecy Don't want money Just someone who wants my company Let it once be me Who do I have to speak to About if they can redo The prophecy? Who do I have to speak to To change the prophecy? Hand on the throttle Thought I caught lightning in a bottle, oh But it's gone again Pad around the corner, darlin' And it's just around the corner, darlin', I'm scared (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, 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 And I don't want you to (Go), I don't really wanna (Fight) 'Cause nobody's gonna (Win), I think you should take it as a compliment That I got 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 When you are young, they assume you know nothing 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 These chemicals hit me like white wine What if I told you I'm back? The hospital was a drag Worst sleep that I ever had I circled you on a map I haven't come around in so long But I'm coming back so strong So when I Touch down, call the amateurs and cut 'em from the team Ditch the clowns, get the crown, baby, I'm the one to beat 'Cause the sign on your heart said it's still reserved for me Honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy? Hey, you What if I told you we're cool? That child's play back in school is forgiven under my rule I haven't come around in so long But I'm making a comeback to where I belong So when I Touch down, call the amateurs and cut 'em from the team Ditch the clowns, get the crown, baby, I'm the one to beat 'Cause the sign on your heart said it's still reserved for me Honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy? These blokes warm the benches, we been on a winning streak He jokes that it's heroin but this time with an "E" 'Cause the sign on your heart said it's still reserved for me Honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy? Shirts off, and 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 (Ayy) Kiss me once 'cause you know I had a long night (Oh) Kiss me twice 'cause it's gonna be alright (Uh) Three times 'cause I waited my whole life (1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4) 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 her own father With a quite bewitching face Splendidly selfish, charmingly helpless Excellent fun till you get to know her Then she runs like it's a race Behind her back, her best mates laughed And they nicknamed her The Bolter Started with a kiss "Oh, we must stop meeting like this" But it always ends up with a town car speeding Out the drive one evening Ended with the slam of a door Then he'll call her a whore Wish he wouldn't be sore But as she was leaving It felt like breathing All her fuckin' lives Flashed before her eyes It feels like the time She fell through the ice Then came out alive He was a cad, wanted her bad Just like any good trophy hunter And she liked the way it tastes Taming a bear, making him care Watching him jump then pulling him under And at first blush, this is fate When it's all roses, portrait poses Central Park Lake in tiny rowboats What a charming Saturday That's when she sees the littlest leaks Down in the floorboards And she just knows She must bolt Started with a kiss "Oh, we must stop meeting like this" But it always ends up with a town car speeding Out the drive one evening Ended with the slam of a door Then he'll call her a whore Wish he wouldn't be sore But as she was leaving It felt like breathing All her fuckin' lives Flashed before her eyes It feels like the time She fell through the ice Then came out alive She's been many places with Men of many faces First they're off to the races And she's laughing drawin' aces But, none of it is changin' That the chariot is waitin' Hearts are hers for the breakin' There's escape in escaping Started with a kiss "Oh, we must stop meeting like this" But it always ends with a town car speeding Out the drive one evenin' Ended with the slam of a door But she's got the best stories You can be sure That as she was leaving It felt like freedom felt like summer then on the coast Now the sun burns my heart and the sand hurts my feelings And I never don't cry (And I never don't cry) at the bar Yeah, my sadness is contagious (My sadness is contagious) I slur your name 'til someone puts me in a car I stopped receiving invitations Oh, my, love is a lie Shit my friends say to get me by It hits different It hits different this time Catastrophic blues Movin' on was always easy for me to do It hits different It hits different 'cause it's you ('Cause it's you) I find the artifacts, cried over a hat Cursed the space that I needed I trace the evidence, make it make some sense Why the wound is still bleedin' You were the one that I loved Don't need another metaphor, it's simple enough A wrinkle in time like the crease by your eyes This is why they shouldn't kill off the main guy Dreams of your hair and your stare and sense of belief In the good in the world of boys, he's a gentleman Got love-struck, went straight to my head (Straight to my head) Got lovesick all over my bed (Over my bed) Love to think you'll never forget We'll pay the price, I guess But if I'm all dressed up (If I'm all dressed up) They might as well be lookin' at us (Lookin' at us) And if they call me a slut (If they call me a slut) You know it might be worth it for once (Worth it for once) And if I'm gonna marry, kiss, or kill me? Kill me It's just a game, but really Really I'm bettin' on all three for us two All three Get my car door, isn't that sweet That sweet Then pull me to the backseat Backseat No one's ever had me, not like you Had me Truth, dare, spin bottles You know how to ball, I know Aristotle Brand new, full throttle Touch me while your bros play Grand Theft Auto It's true, swear, scouts honor You knew what you wanted, and, boy, you got her Brand new, full throttle You 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 All you'll ever be is My eternal consolation prize You see I was a debutant In another life, but Now I seem to be scared to go outside If comfort is a construct I don't believe in good luck Now that I know what's what I hate it here so I will go to Secret gardens in my mind People need a key to get to The only one is mine I read about it in a book when I was a precocious child No mid-sized city hopes and small-town fears I'm there most of the year 'cause I hate it here I hate it here My friends used to play a game where We would pick a decade We wished we could live in instead of this I'd say the 1830s but without all the racists and getting married off for the highest bid Everyone's unbothered till they're not Every joke's just trolling and memes Sad as it seems, apathy is hot Everybody's cutthroat in the comments Every single hot take is cold as ice When you found me, I said I was busy That was a lie I have been afflicted by a terminal uniqueness I've been dying just from trying to seem cool But I'm not a bad bitch And this isn't savage But I'm never gonna let you down I'm never gonna leave you out So many traitors Smooth operators But I'm never gonna break that vow I'm never gonna leave you now, now, now You know, the last time I laughed this hard was On the trampoline in somebody still wants me, come clean Standing at the bar like something delicate? Did I close forever and ever? Can we always be this close forever the name on my lips I do remember how you watched me leave But if it's okay with you It's okay with me 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 Time flies Messy as the mud on your truck tires Now I'm missing your smile, hear me out We could just ride around And the road not taken looks real good now And it always leads to you and my hometown Sleep with a gun underneath our bed? Were you writing a book? Were you a sleeper cell spy? In fifty years will all this be declassified? And you'll confess why you did it And I'll say, "Good riddance" 'Cause it wasn't sexy once it wasn't forbidden I would've died for your sins Instead I just died inside And you deserve what they want Hope they get what they want I just want you Have a couple kids, got the whole block looking like you We tell the world to leave us the fuck alone, and they do Wow, got me dreaming 'bout a driveway with a basketball hoop Boss up, settle down, got a wish list (Wish list) I just want you They want that freedom, living off the grid They want those three dogs that they call their kids And that good surf, no hypocrites They want it all They want a contract with Real Madrid They want that spring break that was fuckin' lit And then that video taken off the internet They want it all And they should have what they want They deserve what they want I hope they get what they want I just want you (You, you, yeah) Have a couple kids, got the whole block looking like you We tell the world to leave us the fuck alone, and they do Wow, got me dreaming 'bout a driveway with a basketball hoop Boss up, settle down, got a wish list (Wish list) I made wishes on all of the stars in outer space When Emma falls in love, she disappears And we all just laugh after seein' it all these years When Emma falls apart, it's when she's alone She takes on the pain and bears it on her own 'Cause when Emma falls in love, she's in it for keeps She won't walk away unless she knows she absolutely has to leave And she's the kind of book that you can't put down Like if Cleopatra grew up in a small town And all the bad boys would be good boys If they only had a chance to love her And to tell you the truth, sometimes I wish I was her Well, she's so New York when she's in L.A She won't lose herself in love the way that I did 'Cause she'll call you out, she'll put you in your place When Emma falls in love, I'm learning Emma met a boy with eyes like a man Turns out her heart fits right in the palm of his hand Now he'll be her shelter when it rains Little does he know, his whole world's about to 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 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 I loved you 'Cause I 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 me to dance But I said, "Dancin' 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 and without a warning I realize your laugh is the best sound I have ever heard from me for months I'm doing better than I ever was 'Cause My baby's fit like a daydream Walking with his head down I'm the one he's walking 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 So call it what you want, yeah Call it what you want to 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 dressing up as kings They fade to nothing when I look at him And I know I make the same mistakes every time Bridges burn to the ground And you don't want to know me, I will just let you down You don't wanna know me now Once, I was the great hope for a dynasty Crowds would hang on my words and they trusted me Their eyes What doesn't kill me makes me want you more And it's new, the 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 in breakable 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 (Oh yeah, you're right, I want it) We say that we'll just screw it up in these trying times We're not trying (Oh yeah, you're right, I want it) 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, the 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 in breakable heaven But ooh, whoa oh It's a cruel summer With you I'm drunk in the back of the car And I cried, cried for you And I know you wouldn't have told nobody if I died, died for you, died for you Oh, what a shame, what a rainy ending given to a perfect day Every smile you fake is so condescending counting all the scars you made And now that I'm sitting here thinking it through I've never been anywhere He reports his 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 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 If anyone called me "Honey" It was standing in the bathroom White teeth They were saying that skirt don't fit me And I cried the whole way home But you touch my face Redefine all of those blues When you say "Honey" Summertime spritz, pink skies You can call me "Honey" if you want Because he loves me (He loves me) 'Cause you should've seen him When he first saw me My boy only breaks his favorite toys, toys, oh I'm queen of sand castles he destroys, oh, oh 'Cause I knew too much There was danger in the heat of my touch He saw forever so he smashed it up Oh, oh, my boy only breaks his favorite toys, oh, oh-oh-oh Once I fix me, he's gonna miss me Once I fix me, he's gonna miss me Just say when, I'd play again He was my best friend Down at the sandlot I felt more when we played pretend Than with all the Kens 'Cause he took me out of my box Stole my tortured heart Left all these 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 dinosaurs I love you to the moon and back I remember your blue eyes looking into mine Like we had our own secret club I remember you dancing before bed time Then jumping on me, waking up in blood Staring at the sky, come back and pick me up Fuck it if I can't have us I might just not get up I might stay down bad Fuck it if I can't have him Down bad Fuck it if I can't have him Did you take all my old clothes? Just to leave me here naked and alone In a field in my same old town That somehow seems so hollow now They'll say I'm nuts if I talk about the existence of you For a moment, I was heaven struck Now I'm down bad, crying at the gym (Crying at the gym) Everything comes out teenage petulance "Fuck it if I can't have him" (Fuck it if I can't have him) "I might just die, it would make no difference" Down bad, waking up in blood (Waking up in blood) Staring at the sky, come back and pick me up Fuck it if I can't have us I might just not get up I might stay down bad Like I lost my twin Fuck it if I can't have him (Down bad) Down bad Waving at the ship Fuck it if I can't have him I loved you in secret First sight, yeah, we love without reason Oh, 25 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 what I could've spent forever with your hands in my pockets And when it came to you I didn't come here to make friends We were born to be suburban legends When you hold me, it holds me together And you kiss me in a way that's gonna stop us from waltzing back into rekindled flames If we know the steps anyway? We embroidered the memories of the time I was away Stitching, "We were just kids, babe" I said, "I don't mind, it takes time" I thought I was better, eh-eh Eh-eh, eh-eh, eh, in Wonderland Eh-eh, eh-eh, eh, in Wonderland Eh-eh, eh-eh, eh, in Wonderland Eh-eh, eh-eh, eh, in Wonderland So we went on our way Too in love to think straight from the Tortured Poets Department I think some things I never say Like, "Who uses typewriters anyway?" But You're in self-sabotage mode, throwing spikes down on the road But I've seen this episode and still loved the show Who else decodes you? And who's gonna hold you like me? And who's gonna know you, if not me? I laughed in your face and said "You're not Dylan Thomas I'm not Patti Smith This ain't the Chelsea Hotel We're modern idiots" And who's gonna hold you like me? Nobody No-fucking-body Nobody You smoked then ate seven bars of chocolate We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist I scratch your head, you fall asleep Like a tattooed golden retriever But you awaken with dread, pounding nails in your head But I've read this one 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 fuck 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 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 got it right I wonder if he knows he's all I think about at night He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star He's the song in the car I keep singing. Don't know why I do Drew walks by me Can he tell that I can't breathe? And there he goes, so perfectly The kind of flawless I wish I could be She'd better hold him tight, give him all her love Look in those beautiful eyes and know she's lucky 'cause He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star He's the song in the car I keep singing. Don't know why I do So, I drive home alone As I turn out the light the match to watch it blow And if you'd never come for me I might just have been you Passing by unbeknownst to me Life is emotionally abusive And time can't stop me quite like you did And my flight had flown With the wilt of the rose I slept all alone You still wouldn't go Let's fast forward to 300 takeout coffees later I see your profile and your smile on unsuspecting waiters You dream of my mouth 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 the sparks, I'll drive We can follow the sparks, I'll drive home? Do you see my face in the neighbor's lawn? Does she smile? Or does she mouth, "Fuck 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 'til her claws come out And you find something to wrap your noose around And there's nothing like a mad woman 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 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 'til her claws come out And you find something to wrap your noose around And there's nothing like a mad woman I'm taking my time Taking my time 'Cause you took everything I need to hear and it's like I couldn't ask for anything better off on my own Than lovin' a man who didn't know what he had when he had it And I see the permanent damage you did to me Never again, I just wish I could forget when it was magic I wish it wasn't 4AM, standing 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 I 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 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 4th of July I've passed days without fun, this end game is the one With four words on the tip of my tongue, I'll never say it 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 Drinking 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 end game (End game) I wanna be your first string (Wanna be your first string) I wanna be your A-Team (A-Team) I wanna be your end game, end game Big reputation, big reputation Ooh, you and me, we got big reputations, ah And you heard about me, ooh I got some big enemies Hey, big reputation, big reputation Ooh, you and me would 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'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 Wonderin' 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 could see it Yes, yes, I can see it now Do you remember, we were sittin' 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 time ever hangin' out with you tonight I've got my money on things goin' badly Got a history of stories ending sadly Still hoping that the fire won't burn me Just one time, just one time All I know is this could either break my heart or bring it back to life Got a feelin' your electric touch could fill this ghost town up with life And I want you now, wanna need you forever In the heat of your electric touch, mmm I've been left in the rain lost and pining I'm tryin' hard not to look like I'm trying 'Cause every time I tried hard for love, it fell apart (Woah) I've gotten used to no one 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 And all you're ever gonna be is mean 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, trying to block you out 'Cause I'll never impress you I just wanna feel okay again I bet you got pushed 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 But people are people and sometimes, I feel like everybody is a sexy baby Sometimes, I feel like 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 It's been waiting for you Welcome to New York Welcome to New York It's a new soundtrack I could dance to this beat, beat forever more The lights are so bright But they never blind me, me Welcome to New York It's been waiting for you 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 It's been waiting for you Welcome to New York Welcome to New York Welcome to New York It's been waiting for you Welcome to New York Welcome to New York It's a new soundtrack I could dance to this beat, beat forever more The lights are so bright But they never blind me, me Welcome to New York (New York) It's been waiting for you 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 away To save the world or go to work It's the same thing to me He's got his mother's eyes, his father's ambition I wonder if he knows how much that I miss him I hang on every word you say, yay And you smile and say, "How are you?" And I'll say, "Just fine" I always forget to tell you, I love you I love you forever I watch superman fly away You've got a busy day today Go save the world, I'll be around And I watch superman fly away Come back, I'll be with you someday I'll be right here on the ground When you come back down Tall, dark and beautiful He's complicated, he's irrational But I hope someday you'll take me away, and save the day, yeah Something in his deep brown eyes has me sayin' He's not all bad like his reputation And I can't hear one single word they say And you'll leave, got places to be, and I'll be okay I always forget to tell you I love you I loved you from the very first night And so it goes Every weekend, this same party I never go alone and I don't seem brokenhearted My friends all say they know everything I'm going through I drive 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 keep 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 Morning loneliness Comes around, dancing around it High infidelity Put on your headphones and burn my city Your picket fence is sharp as knives I was dancing around, dancing around it Do you really want to 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 is an indentation in the shape of you Made your mark on me, a golden tattoo All of this silence and patience, pining and anticipation My hands are shaking from holding back from you Ha, ah, ah All of this silence and patience, pining and desperately waiting My hands are shaking from all this Ah, ha, ha, ha-ah Say my name and everything Promise to be dazzling" "You look like Stevie Nicks In '75, the hair and lips Crowd was chanting "More!" I was grinning like I'm winning I was hitting my marks 'Cause I can do it with a broken heart I'm so depressed, I act like it's my birthday Every time and all you do is let me down And it's taken me this long, baby, but I've 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 lights up my nightstand in the black Phone lights were shining bright Before I had somewhere to be Back when we had all night and we were happy I do recall a good while back, we snuck into the circus You threw your arms around my neck, back when I deserved it And we were happy When it was good, baby, it was good, baby We showed 'em all up No one could touch that was my birthright became foreign Come one, come all It's happening again The empathetic hunger descends We'll tell no one except all of our friends We must know How did it end? We were blind to unforeseen circumstances We learned the right steps to different dances And fell victim to interlopers' glances Lost the game of chance, what are the chances? Soon they'll go home to their licenses He said, "I'm not a donor but I'd give you my heart Only liquor anoints you She's the albatross She is here to destroy you Wise men once said "One bad seed kills the garden" "One less temptress One less dagger to sharpen" Locked me up in towers But I'd visit in your dreams And they tried to warn you about it 'Cause I read you should never leave a fight unresolved That's when you came in wearing a football helmet and said, "Ok, let's talk" And I said Stay, stay, stay I've been loving bed 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 'til 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 dominoes 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 London Alright, yeah 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 time that I saw him Wondered 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 In the middle of the night, in my dreams 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 sayin' 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 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 Spinning in my highest heels, love Shining just for you 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 on something stronger than the drinks in the bar "I rent a place on Cornelia 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 OK?" And I ain't tryna mess with your self-expression But I've learned the lesson That stressing and obsessing '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! 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 coming 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 be complex, I would be cool They'd say I played the field before I found someone to commit to And 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 ya 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 home All I know is a simple We were lying on your couch I remember And 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 Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods? Are we in the clear yet? Are we in the clear yet? Are we in the clear yet? In the clear yet, good Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods? Are we in the clear yet? Are we in the clear yet? Are we in the clear yet? In the clear yet, good Are we out of the woods? 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 block 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 which one will 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 Lately I've been dressing for revenge She needed cold hard proof so I gave 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, the final blow hits you Somebody else gets what you wanted again and You know it's all the same, 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 everything look cheap Disco ball makes everything look cheap wine, make believe it's champagne Cheap wine, make believe it's champagne sea And there are no rules when you show up here Bass beat rattling the chandelier Feeling so Gatsby for that whole time That I was onto somethin' The family, the pure greed, the Christian chorus line They all said nothin' Blood's thick, but nothin' like a payroll Bet they never spared a prayer for my soul You can mark my 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 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 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 do I don't like your kingdom keys They once belonged to me You asked 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 Maybe I got mine, but you'll all get yours 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 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 do I don't trust a narcissist, but they love me I never 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 Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah, ah 'Cause, baby, I could see you up against the wall with me And what would you do? Baby, if you only knew That I can see you Uh-uh, uh, uh And we kept everything professional But something's 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 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 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 unravel And the life I gave away 'Cause he was sunshine I was midnight 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 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 I guess sometimes we all get Just what we wanted, just what we wanted And he 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 coming over you like it's all a big mistake Oh, holding my breath Won't lose you again Laughing with my feet in your lap Like you were my closest friend "How'd we end up on the floor anyway?") Ah ah, ah ah 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 Rough on the surface but you cut through like a knife And if it was an open/shut case I never would've known it from the very start We're a shot in the darkest dark Oh no, oh no I'm unarmed The waiting is a sadness Fading into madness Oh no, oh no It won't stop I'm standing on a tightrope, alone I hold my breath a little bit longer Halfway out the door, but it won't 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 This slope is treacherous 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 All we are is skin and bone Trained to get along Forever going with the flow But you're friction This slope is treacherous This path is reckless This slope is treacherous I, I, I like it Two headlights shine through the sleepless night and I will Get you a, 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 out of the city, away from the crowds" I thought of you in a long time But you keep sending me funny valentines And I know 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 And I just want to 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 Oh, we made quite a mess, babe It's probably better off this way And I confess, baby In my dreams you're touching my face And asking me if I'd want to try again Life is a song, it ends when it ends I was wrong But my Mama told me, "It's alright You were dancing 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 till it hurts or bleeds or fades in time And I never saw you coming And I'll never be the same You come around and the armor falls 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 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 saw you coming And I'll never be the same This is a state of grace This is the worthwhile fight Love is a ruthless game Unless you play it good and right These cynical clones These hunters with cell phones Take me to the Lakes where all the poets went to die I don't belong and, my beloved, neither do you Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry I'm setting off, but not without my muse What should be over burrowed under my skin In heart-stopping waves of hurt I've come too far to watch some namedropping sleaze Tell me what are my words worth Take me to the Lakes where all the poets went to die I don't belong and, my beloved, neither do you Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry I'm setting off, but not without my muse I want auroras and sad prose I want to watch wisteria grow right Lord, save me My drug is my baby I'll be using for the rest of my life I've been breaking hearts a long time And toying with them older guys Just playthings for me to use Something 'bout the way 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 I've been a little too kind Didn't notice you walking all over my peace of mind In the shoes down in the lobby Candle wax and Polaroids on the hardwood floor You and me from the night beneath the stars In a field behind your yard You and I are paintin' pictures in the sky And sometimes we don't say a thing Just listen to the crickets sing Everything I need is right here by my side And I know everything about you I don't wanna live without you I'm only up when you're not down Don't wanna fly if 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 turned 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 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 fly to you? And I can't talk to you when you're like this Staring out the window In words that nobody noticed my new aesthetic All of this to say, I hope you're okay, but you're the reason And no one here's to blame, but what about your quiet treason? And for a fortnight there, we were forever? That view of Portofino was on my mind when you called me at the Plaza Athénée Ooh, oftentimes it doesn't feel so glamorous to be me All the right guys Promised they'd stay Under bright lights They withered away But you bloom Portofino was on my mind And I think you know why And if your letters ever said, "Goodbye" I'd cry my eyes violet Elizabeth Taylor Tell me for real Do you think it's forever? Been number one, but I never had two And I can't have fun if I can't have Be my NY when Hollywood hates me You're only as hot as your last hit, baby Been number one, but I never had two And I can't have fun if I can't have you Hey, what could you possibly get for the girl who has everything and nothing all at once? Babe, I would trade the Cartier for someone to trust (Just kidding) We hit the best booth at Musso and Frank's They say I'm bad news, I just say, "Thanks" And you look at me like you're hypnotized And I think you know why And if you ever leave me high and dry I'd cry my eyes violet Elizabeth Taylor Tell me for real Do you think it's forever? Been number one, but I never had two And I can't have fun if I can't have Be my NY when Hollywood hates me You're only as hot as your last hit, baby Been number one, but I never had two And I can't have fun if I can't have you Elizabeth Taylor Do you think it's forever? If I can't have you All my white diamonds and lovers are forever In the papers, on the 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 won'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 that 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 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 that you could be trusted Did you have to ruin What was shiny? Now it's all rusted Did you have to hit me Where 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 'Cause baby, now we got bad blood You know it used to be mad love So take a look what you've done 'Cause baby, now we got bad blood, hey Now we got problems And I don't think we can solve 'em You made a really deep cut And baby, now we got bad blood, hey 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 kinds of wounds they last, and they last Now, did you think it all through? All these things will catch your flight 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 My winless fight This has frozen my 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 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 Here's to you and your temper Yes, I remember what you said last night And I know that you see what you're doin' to me Tell me why Well, you could write a book on How to ruin someone's perfect day Well, I get so confused and frustrated Forget what I'm tryin' 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 Here's to you and your temper Yes, I remember what you said last night And I know that you see what you're doin' to me Tell me why Why do you have to make me feel small So you can feel 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 I think I've seen this film before 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 think I've seen this film before And I didn't like the ending I'm not your problem anymore So who am I offending now? You were my crown Now I'm in exile seein' you out I think I've seen this film before So I'm leavin' out the side door So step right out There is no amount Of cryin' And baby, you know all the right things to say But do you honestly expect me to believe We could ever be the same? You say that the past is the past, you need one chance It was a moment of weakness and you said, "Yes." You should've said "No", you should've gone home You should've 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 be the one that got away, yeah Big mistake, you broke the sweetest promise That you never should have made I'm here on the kitchen floor You call, but I won't hear it You said, "No one else" How could you do this, babe? (What about your promises, promises?) You really blew this, babe We ain't getting through me But if you only knew me We could be a beautiful Miracle Unbelievable Instead of just invisible There's a fire inside of you That can't help but shine through She's never gonna see the light No matter what you do And all I think 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 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 hypnotized by freckles and bright eyes Tongue tied But, now, you're so far away and I'm down Feeling like a face in the crowd I'm reaching for you, terrified 'Cause you could be the one that I love I could be the one that you dream of A message in a bottle is all I can do Standing here hoping That you'll come in with the rain I could stand with your hand on my waistline 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 babies And this city reeks of driving myself crazy That's fine I'll tell mine that you're gay! By the way... I hate that stupid old pickup truck You never let me drive You're a redneck heartbreak Who's really bad at lying So watch me strike a match On all my wasted time As far as I'm concerned You're just another picture to burn! There's no time for tears I'm just sitting here planning my revenge There's nothing stopping me From going out with all of your best friends And if you come around 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 Shake it off, I shake it off Heart breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake I shake it off, I shake it off 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 dancin' on my own (Dancin' 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 groovin' It's like I got this music in my mind Sayin' 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 Shake it off, I shake it off Heart breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake I shake it off, I shake it off 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 I-I-I shake it off, I shake it off Hey, hey, hey Just think of you We're a crooked love in a straight line down Makes you want to run and hide, and it makes you turn right back around I wish you would come back Wish I never hung up the phone like I did, I Wish you knew that I'd never forget you as long as I live, and I Wish you were right here, right now, it's all good I wish you would I wish we could go back And remember what we were fighting for, and I Wish you knew that I miss you too much to be mad anymore, and I Wish you were right here, right now, it's all good I wish you would I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I wish I, wish I I, I, I, I, I, I, I wish I, wish I I, I, I, I, I, I, I wish I, wish I You always knew how to push my buttons You give me everything and nothing seems to work the first few times Am I right? So how can I ever try to be better? Nobody ever lets me in I can still see you This ain't the best view On the outside looking back at you You walk around here thinking you're not pretty But that's not true 'cause I know you Hold on, baby, you're losing it The water's high, you're jumping into it And letting go And no one knows That you cry, but you don't tell anyone That you might not be the golden one And you're tied together with a smile But you're coming undone I guess it's true that love was all you wanted 'Cause you're giving it away like it's extra change Hoping it will end up in his 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 And we both wake in lonely beds, 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 What a sad, beautiful, tragic love affair (Whoa, oh, whoa, oh) Distance, timing, breakdown, fighting Silence, the train through a small town Like a freight train through the night with someone new Baby, I could go on and on, on and on Lantern, burning Flickered in my mind for only you But you were still trying to figure it out Don't know what's down this road, I'm just walking Trying to see through the rain coming down Even though, on the way home? 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 Flew me to places I'd never been Now I'm lying on the cold hard ground Oh, oh-oh Trouble, trouble, trouble Oh, 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 And 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, hey I knew you were trouble when you walked in (Oh) 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 Flew me to places I'd never been (Yeah) Now I'm lying on the cold hard ground Oh, oh-oh (Yeah) Trouble, trouble, trouble (Trouble) Oh, oh-oh Trouble, trouble, trouble And the saddest fear Comes creeping in That you never loved me Or her, or anyone, or anything Yeah I knew you were trouble when you walked in So shame on me now Flew me to places I'd never been (Never been) 'Til you put me down, oh I knew you were trouble when you walked in (Knew it right there All roads they lead me here I imagine you are home In your room, all alone, and I say Don't look at me, you got a girl at home And everybody knows that, 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 So don't look at me, you got a girl at home And everybody knows that, everybody knows that, ah-ah Don't look at me, you got a girl at home And everybody knows that, everybody knows that I see you turn off your phone And now you've got me alone, and I say Don't look at me, you got a girl at home And everybody knows that, everybody knows that Oh-oh Oh-oh Call a cab, lose my number You're about With you, I serve With you, I fall down Down Watch you breathe in Watch you breathin' out Out Something med school yard 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, so yeah Would've been right there's been a glitch, ah-yeah I think 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 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 say to you Ooh-ah Soon, you'll get better Ooh-ah Soon, you'll get better Ooh-ah You'll get better soon 'Cause you have to And I hate to make this all about I've got a lot to live without I'm never did me any good I ain't got to knock on wood It's you and me forever dancing in the dark All over me, it's understood I ain't got to knock on wood Forgive me, it sounds cocky He (Ah!)matized me And opened my eyes Redwood tree It ain't hard to see His love was the key That opened my thighs Girls, I don't need to catch in your breath Out, out, out, out, out, out Northbound I got carried away As you boarded your train South, south, south, south, south, south A feather taken by the wind blowing I'm afflicted by the not knowing so I look in people's windows Transfixed by rose golden glows They have their friends over to drink nice wine I look in people's windows In case you're at their table What if your eyes looked up and met mine One more time You had stopped and tilted your head I still ponder what it meant just for you Time moved too fast, you played it back Buttons on a coat, light-hearted joke No proof, not much, but you saw enough Small talk, he drives, coffee at midnight The light reflects the 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 from me was Sweet nothing On the way home I wrote a poem You say, "What a mind" This happens all the time Ooh Ooh 'Cause I, I still love you but I can't Bye, bye, to everything I thought was on my side Bye, bye, baby I want you back but it's come down to nothing like me I'm sure she'll make you happy But don't you Don't you smile at me and ask me how I've been Don't you say you've missed me if you don't want me again You don't know how much I feel I love you still So why don't you, don't you? Ah, ah, ah, ah Sometimes I really wish that I could hate you I've tried, but that's just somethin' gave you the nerve To touch my hand It's nice to have a friend (Ooh) It's nice to have a friend (Ooh) Church bells ring, carry me home Rice on the ground looks like snow Call my bluff, call you "Babe" Have my back, yeah, every move you make everything you say is right Today was a fairytale Today was a fairytale All that I can say Is now it's getting so much clearer Nothing made sense 'til the time I saw your face Today was a fairytale Time slows down Whenever you're around, yeah 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 Today was a fairytale It must have been the way Today was a fairytale Time slows down Whenever you're around I can feel my heart, I'll put it back together Broke your heart, I'll put it back together Come on, come on, 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 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 Yes, I got your letter Yes, I'm doing better 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 I said, "Leave those all in our past" And you said, "When can I-I-I come back?" And I said, that's when When I wake up in the morning That's when, when it's sunny or storming Laughing, when I'm crying And that's when I'll be waiting at the front gate That's when, when I see your face I'll let you in, and baby, that's when" And you said, "Honestly When you were gone Did you ever 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 have 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 All you had to do was stay All you had to do was stay All you had to do was stay All you had to do was stay Here you are now, callin' me up But I don't know what to say I've been pickin' up the pieces Of the mess you made People say No deal The 1950s' shit they want from me I just wanna break a perfectly good heart? Why would you wanna 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 your trampoline But now we'll curtail your curiosity In sweetness Way to go, tiger Way to go, tiger Higher and higher Higher and higher Wilder and lighter For you