Lyrics The Eras Tour 2
Lyrics The Eras Tour 2
Lyrics The Eras Tour 2
- Miss Americana & the Heartbreak It's you and me, that's my whole world
Prince They whisper in the hallway, "She's a bad,
bad girl" (okay)
You know I adore you, I'm crazier for you
The whole school is rolling fake dice
Than I was at 16, lost in a film scene
You play stupid games, you win stupid
Waving homecoming queens, marching
prizes
band playing
It's you and me, there's nothing like this
I'm lost in the lights
Miss Americana and The Heartbreak
American glory faded before me
Prince (okay)
Now I'm feeling hopeless, ripped up my
We're so sad, we paint the town blue
prom dress
Voted most likely to run away with you
Running through rose thorns, I saw the
scoreboard And I don't want you to (go), I don't really
And ran for my life (ah) wanna (fight)
'Cause nobody's gonna (win), I think you
No cameras catch my pageant smile
should come home
I counted days, I counted miles
And I don't want you to (go), I don't really
To see you there, to see you there
wanna (fight)
It's been a long time coming, but
'Cause nobody's gonna (win), I think you
It's you and me, that's my whole world should come home
They whisper in the hallway, "She's a bad, And I don't want you to (go), I don't really
bad girl" (okay) wanna (fight)
The whole school is rolling fake dice 'Cause nobody's gonna (win), just thought
You play stupid games, you win stupid you should know
prizes And I'll never let you (go) 'cause I know
It's you and me, there's nothing like this this is a (fight)
Miss Americana and The Heartbreak That someday we're gonna (win)
Prince (okay)
It's you and me, that's my whole world
We're so sad, we paint the town blue
They whisper in the hallway, "She's a bad,
Voted most likely to run away with you
bad girl"
My team is losing, battered and bruising Oh, I just thought you should know (you
I see the high fives between the bad guys should know)
Leave with my head hung, you are the only It's you and me, there's nothing like this
one (like this)
Who seems to care Miss Americana and The Heartbreak
American stories burning before me Prince (okay)
I'm feeling helpless, the damsels are We're so sad, we paint the town blue (paint
depressed it blue)
Boys will be boys then, where are the wise Voted most likely to run away with you
men?
And I don't want you to (go), I don't really
Darling, I'm scared (ah)
wanna (fight)
No cameras catch my muffled cries 'Cause nobody's gonna (win), I think you
I counted days, I counted miles should come home
To see you there, to see you there And I'll never let you (go) 'cause I know
And now the storm is coming, but this is a (fight)
That someday we're gonna (win), just And it's ooh, whoa, oh
thought you should know It's a cruel summer
It's cool, that's what I tell 'em
It's you and me, that's my whole world
No rules in breakable heaven
They whisper in the hallway, "She's a bad,
But ooh, whoa, oh
bad girl"
It's a cruel summer
She's a bad, bad girl
With you
I'm drunk in the back of the car
2.- Cruel Summer And I cried like a baby coming home from
the bar (oh)
Fever dream high in the quiet of the night Said, "I'm fine, " but it wasn't true
You know that I caught it I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you
Bad, bad boy And I snuck in through the garden gate
Shiny toy with a price Every night that summer just to seal my
You know that I bought it fate (oh)
Killing me slow, out the window And I screamed for whatever it's worth
I'm always waiting for you to be waiting "I love you, " ain't that the worst thing you
below ever heard?
Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes He looks up grinning like a devil
What doesn't kill me makes me want you It's new, the shape of your body
more It's blue, the feeling I've got
And it's new, the shape of your body And it's ooh, whoa, oh
It's blue, the feeling I've got It's a cruel summer
And it's ooh, whoa, oh It's cool, that's what I tell 'em
It's a cruel summer No rules, in breakable heaven
It's cool, that's what I tell 'em But ooh, whoa, oh
No rules in breakable heaven It's a cruel summer
But ooh, whoa oh With you
It's a cruel summer I'm drunk in the back of the car
With you And I cried like a baby coming home from
Hang your head low the bar (oh)
In the glow of the vending machine Said, "I'm fine, " but it wasn't true
I'm not dying I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you
You say that we'll just screw it up in these And I snuck in through the garden gate
trying times Every night that summer just to seal my
We're not trying fate (oh)
And I screamed for whatever it's worth
So cut the headlights, summer's a knife "I love you, " ain't that the worst thing you
I'm always waiting for you just to cut to the ever heard?
bone
Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes
And if I bleed, you'll be the last to know 3.- The Man
Oh, it's new, the shape of your body I would be complex
It's blue, the feeling I've got I would be cool
They'd say I played the field before I found If I was out flashing my dollars
someone to commit to I'd be a bitch, not a baller
And that would be ok They paint me out to be bad
For me to do So it's okay that I'm mad
Every conquest I had made would make me
I'm so sick of running as fast as I can
more of a boss to you
Wondering if I'd get there quicker if I was a
I'd be a fearless leader man (you know that)
I'd be an alpha type And I'm so sick of them coming at me again
When everyone believes ya (coming at me again)
What's that like? 'Cause if I was a man (if I was a man)
Then I'd be the man (then I'd be the man)
I'm so sick of running as fast as I can
I'm so sick of running as fast as I can (as
Wondering if I'd get there quicker
fast as I can)
If I was a man
Wondering if I'd get there quicker if I was a
And I'm so sick of them coming at me again
man (hey)
'Cause if I was a man
And I'm so sick of them coming at me again
Then I'd be the man
(coming at me again)
I'd be the man
'Cause if I was a man (if I was a man), then
I'd be the man
I'd be the man
They'd say I hustled
I'd be the man
Put in the work
I'd be the man (oh)
They wouldn't shake their heads and
I'd be the man (yeah)
question how much of this I deserve
I'd be the man (I'd be the man)
What I was wearing
If I was rude If I was a man
Could all be separated from my good ideas Then I'd be the man
and power moves?
And they would toast to me, oh
4.- You Need To Calm Down
Let the players play
I'd be just like Leo You are somebody that I don't know
In Saint-Tropez But you're taking shots at me like it's
Patron
I'm so sick of running as fast as I can
And I'm just like "Damn, it's 7:00 a.m."
Wondering if I'd get there quicker
Say it in the street, that's a knock-out
If I was a man
But you say it in a Tweet, that's a cop-out
And I'm so sick of them coming at me again
And I'm just like, "Hey, are you okay?"
'Cause if I was a man
Then I'd be the man And I ain't trying to mess with your self-
I'd be the man expression
I'd be the man But I've learned the lesson that stressin'
And obsessin' 'bout somebody else is no
What's it like to brag about
fun
Raking in dollars
And snakes and stones never broke my
And getting bitches and models
bones so
And it's all good if you're bad
And it's okay if you're mad
So, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh You need to just stop (can you stop?)
You need to calm down Like, can you just not step on our gowns?
You're being too loud You need to calm down
And I'm just like oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-
oh, oh-oh (oh)
You need to just stop 5.- Lover
Like, can you just not step on my gown?
You need to calm down We could leave the Christmas lights up 'til
January
You are somebody that we don't know And this is our place, we make the rules
But you're coming at my friends like a And there's a dazzling haze, a mysterious
missile way about you dear
Why are you mad? Have I known you 20 seconds or 20 years?
When you could be GLAAD? (You could be
GLAAD) Can I go where you go?
Sunshine on the street at the parade Can we always be this close forever and
But you would rather be in the dark ages ever?
Making that sign, must've taken all night And ah, take me out, and take me home
You're my, my, my, my
You just need to take several seats and then Lover
try to restore the peace
And control your urges to scream about all We could let our friends crash in the living
the people you hate room
'Cause shade never made anybody less gay This is our place, we make the call
so And I'm highly suspicious that everyone
who sees you wants you
So, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh I've loved you three summers now, honey,
You need to calm down but I want 'em all
You're being too loud
And I'm just like oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh- Can I go where you go?
oh, oh-oh (oh) Can we always be this close forever and
You need to just stop ever?
Like, can you just not step on his gown? And ah, take me out, and take me home
You need to calm down (forever and ever)
You're my, my, my, my
And we see you over there on the internet Lover
Comparing all the girls who are killing it
But we figured you out Ladies and gentlemen, will you please
We all know now, we all got crowns stand?
You need to calm down With every guitar string scar on my hand
I take this magnetic force of a man to be my
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh lover
You need to calm down (you need to calm My heart's been borrowed and yours has
down) been blue
You're being too loud (you're being too All's well that ends well to end up with you
loud) Swear to be overdramatic and true to my
And I'm just like oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh- lover
oh, oh-oh (oh) And you'll save all your dirtiest jokes for
me (I see right through me, I see right through
And at every table, I'll save you a seat, lover me)
Can I go where you go? 'Cause they see right through me
Can we always be this close forever and They see right through me
ever? They see right through
And ah, take me out, and take me home Can you see right through me?
(forever and ever) They see right through
You're my, my, my, my They see right through me
Oh, you're my, my, my, my I see right through me
Darling, you're my, my, my, my I see right through me
Lover
All the king's horses, all the king's men
Couldn't put me together again
'Cause all of my enemies started out
6.- The Archer
friends
Combat, I'm ready for combat Help me hold onto you
I say I don't want that, but what if I do?
I've been the archer
'Cause cruelty wins in the movies
I've been the prey
I've got a hundred thrown-out speeches I
Who could ever leave me, darling?
almost said to you
But who could stay?
Easy they come, easy they go (I see right through me, I see right through
I jump from the train, I ride off alone me)
I never grew up, it's getting so old Who could stay?
Help me hold onto you Who could stay?
Who could stay?
I've been the archer You could stay
I've been the prey You could stay
Who could ever leave me, darling? You
But who could stay?
Combat, I'm ready for combat
Dark side, I search for your dark side
But what if I'm alright, right, right, right
here?
7.- Fearless
And I cut off my nose just to spite my face
Then I hate my reflection for years and There's somethin' bout the way
years The street looks when it's just rained
There's a glow off the pavement
I wake in the night, I pace like a ghost
You walk me to the car
The room is on fire, invisible smoke
And you know I wanna ask you to dance
And all of my heroes die all alone
right there
Help me hold onto you
In the middle of the parking lot
I've been the archer Yeah
I've been the prey Oh, yeah
Screaming, who could ever leave me,
We're drivin' down the road
darling?
I wonder if you know
But who could stay?
I'm tryin' so hard not to get caught up now
But you're just so cool In my best dress
Run your hands through your hair Fearless
Absent mindedly makin' me want you
'Cause I don't know how it gets better than
And I don't know how it gets better than this
this You take my hand and drag me head first
You take my hand and drag me head first Fearless
Fearless And I don't know why
And I don't know why But with you I'd dance in a storm
But with you I'd dance in a storm In my best dress
In my best dress Fearless
Fearless Oh, oh, oh yeah
So baby drive slow
'Til we run out of road in this one horse
8.- You Belong With Me
town
I wanna stay right here in this passenger You're on the phone with your girlfriend,
seat she's upset
You put your eyes on me She's going off about something that you
In this moment now capture it, remember said
it 'Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do
'Cause I don't know how it gets better than I'm in the room, it's a typical Tuesday night
this I'm listening to the kind of music she
You take my hand and drag me head first doesn't like
Fearless And she'll never know your story like I do
And I don't know why
But with you I'd dance in a storm But she wears short skirts
In my best dress I wear T-shirts
Fearless She's Cheer Captain, and I'm on the
Oh, oh bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up
Well you stood there with me in the and find
doorway That what you're looking for has been here
My hands shake the whole time
I'm not usually this way but
You pull me in and I'm a little more brave If you could see that I'm the one
It's the first kiss, it's flawless, really Who understands you
something, it's fearless Been here all along
So, why can't you see?
Oh, yeah You belong with me
You belong with me
'Cause I don't know how it gets better than
this Walk in the streets with you in your worn-
You take my hand and drag me head first out jeans
Fearless I can't help thinking this is how it ought to
And I don't know why be
But with you I'd dance in a storm Laughing on a park bench thinking to
myself baby?
Hey, isn't this easy? You belong with me
You belong with me
And you've got a smile
That can light up this whole town You belong with me
I haven't seen it in a while Have you ever thought just maybe
Since she brought you down You belong with me?
You say you're fine, I know you better than You belong with me
that
Hey, what you doing with a girl like that?
9.- Love Story
She wears high heels
I wear sneakers We were both young when I first saw you
She's Cheer Captain, and I'm on the I close my eyes and the flashback starts
bleachers I'm standin' there
Dreaming about the day when you wake up On a balcony in summer air
and find See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns
That what you're looking for has been here See you make your way through the crowd
the whole time And say, "Hello"
Little did I know
If you could see that I'm the one
Who understands you That you were Romeo, you were throwin'
Been here all along pebbles
So, why can't you see? And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet"
You belong with me And I was cryin' on the staircase
Beggin' you, "Please don't go, " and I said
Standing by and waiting at your backdoor
All this time how could you not know, Romeo, take me somewhere we can be
baby? alone
You belong with me I'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run
You belong with me You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes"
Oh, I remember you driving to my house
In the middle of the night So I sneak out to the garden to see you
I'm the one who makes you laugh We keep quiet, 'cause we're dead if they
When you know you're 'bout to cry knew
And I know your favorite songs So close your eyes
And you tell me 'bout your dreams Escape this town for a little while, oh oh
Think I know where you belong
Think I know it's with me 'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet
letter
Can't you see that I'm the one And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet"
Who understands you? But you were everything to me
Been here all along I was beggin' you, "Please don't go, " and I
So, why can't you see? said
You belong with me
Romeo, take me somewhere we can be
Standing by and waiting at your backdoor alone
All this time how could you not know, I'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess So we could call it even
It's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes" You could call me babe for the weekend
Romeo, save me, they're tryna tell me how 'Tis the damn season, write this down
to feel I'm stayin' at my parents' house
This love is difficult, but it's real And the road not taken looks real good
Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this now
mess And it always leads to you in my hometown
It's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes"
I parkеd my car right between the
Oh, oh
Methodist
I got tired of waiting And thе school that used to be ours
Wonderin' if you were ever comin' around The holidays linger like bad perfume
My faith in you was fading You can run, but only so far
When I met you on the outskirts of town, I escaped it too, remember how you
and I said watched me leave
But if it's okay with you, it's okay with me
Romeo, save me, I've been feeling so alone
I keep waiting for you, but you never come We could call it even
Is this in my head? I don't know what to You could call me babe for the weekend
think 'Tis the damn season, write this down
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a I'm stayin' at my parents' house
ring And the road not taken looks real good
And said, "Marry me, Juliet now
You'll never have to be alone
Time flies, messy as the mud on your truck
I love you and that's all I really know
tires
I talked to your dad, go pick out a white
Now I'm missing your smile, hear me out
dress
We could just ride around
It's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes"
And the road not taken looks real good
Oh, oh, oh
now
Oh, oh, oh, oh
And it always leads to you in my hometown
'Cause we were both young when I first
saw you Sleep in half the day just for old times' sake
I won't ask you to wait if you don't ask me
to stay
10.- ‘tis the damn season So I'll go back to L.A. and the so-called
friends
If I wanted to know who you were hanging
Who'll write books about me, if I ever make
with
it
While I was gone I would have asked you
And wonder about the only soul who can
It's the kind of cold, fogs up windshield
tell which smiles I'm fakin'
glass
And the heart I know I'm breakin' is my
But I felt it when I passed you
own
There's an ache in you put there by the
ache in me To leave the warmest bed I've ever known
But if it's all the same to you We could call it even
It's the same to me Even though I'm leavin'
And I'll be yours for the weekend Wherever you stray
'Tis the damn season I follow
I'm begging for you to take my hand
We could call it even
Wreck my plans
You could call me babe for the weekend
That's my man
'Tis the damn season, write this down
You know that my train could take you
I'm stayin' at my parents' house
home
And the road not taken looks real good
Anywhere else is hollow
now
I'm begging for you to take my hand
Time flies, messy as the mud on your truck Wreck my plans
tires That's my man
Now I'm missing your smile, hear me out
Life was a willow and it bent right to your
We could just ride around
wind (oh)
And the road not taken looks real good
They count me out time and time again
now
Life was a willow and it bent right to your
And it always leads to you in my hometown
wind (oh)
It always leads to you in my hometown But I come back stronger than a 90's trend
Wait for the signal and I'll meet you after
dark
11.- willow Show me the places where the others gave
I'm like the water when your ship rolled in you scars
that night Now this is an open-shut case
Rough on the surface but you cut through Guess I should've known from the look on
like a knife your face
And if it was an open-shut case Every bait and switch was a work of art
I never would've known from that look on The more that you say
your face The less I know
Lost in your current like a priceless wine Wherever you stray
The more that you say I follow
The less I know I'm begging for you to take my hand
Wherever you stray Wreck my plans
I follow That's my man
I'm begging for you to take my hand You know that my train could take you
Wreck my plans home
That's my man Anywhere else is hollow
Life was a willow and it bent right to your I'm begging for you to take my hand
wind (oh) Wreck my plans
Head on the pillow, I could feel you That's my man
sneaking in The more that you say
As if you were a mythical thing The less I know
Like you were a trophy or a champion ring Wherever you stray
And there was one prize I'd cheat to win I follow
The more that you say Begging for you to take my hand
The less I know Wreck my plans
That's my man What died didn't stay dead
You know that my train could take you You're alive, so alive
home
The autumn chill that wakes me up
Anywhere else is hollow
You loved the amber skies so much
Begging for you to take my hand
Long limbs and frozen swims
Wreck my plans
You'd always go past where our feet could
That's my man
touch
Hey, that's my man And I complained the whole way there
That's my man The car ride back and up the stairs
Yeah, that's my man I should've asked you questions
Every bait and switch was a work of art I should've asked you how to be
That's my man Asked you to write it down for me
Hey, that's my man Should've kept every grocery store receipt
I'm begging for you to take my hand 'Cause every scrap of you would be taken
Wreck my plans from me
That's my man Watched as you signed your name Marjorie
All your closets of backlogged dreams
And how you left them all to me
12.- marjorie
What died didn't stay dead
Never be so kind, you forget to be clever What died didn't stay dead
Never be so clever, you forget to be kind You're alive, you're alive in my head
What died didn't stay dead
And if I didn't know better What died didn't stay dead
I'd think you were talking to me now You're alive, so alive
If I didn't know better And if I didn't know better
I'd think you were still around I'd think you were singing to me now
What died didn't stay dead If I didn't know better
What died didn't stay dead I'd think you were still around
You're alive, you're alive in my head I know better
What died didn't stay dead But I still feel you all around
What died didn't stay dead I know better
You're alive, so alive But you're still around
Never be so polite, you forget your power
Never wield such power, you forget to be
polite 13.- champagne problems
And if I didn't know better You booked the night train for a reason
I'd think you were listening to me now So you could sit there in this hurt
If I didn't know better
Bustling crowds or silent sleepers
I'd think you were still around
You're not sure which is worse
What died didn't stay dead
What died didn't stay dead Because I dropped your hand while
You're alive, you're alive in my head dancing
What died didn't stay dead Left you out there standing
Crestfallen on the landing Your mom's ring in your pocket
Champagne problems Her picture in your wallet
You won't remember all my
Your mom's ring in your pocket
Champagne problems
My picture in your wallet
Your heart was glass, I dropped it You won't remember all my
Champagne problems Champagne problems
You told your family for a reason
You couldn't keep it in
14.- tolerate it
Your sister splashed out on the bottle
Now no one's celebrating I sit and watch you reading with your
Head low
Dom Perignon, you brought it
I wake and watch you breathing with your
No crowd of friends applauded
Eyes closed
Your hometown skeptics called it
I sit and watch you
Champagne problems
And notice everything you do or don't do
You had a speech, you're speechless You're so much older and wiser and I
Love slipped beyond your reaches
I wait by the door like I'm just a kid
And I couldn't give a reason
Use my best colors for your portrait
Champagne problems
Lay the table with the fancy shit
Your Midas touch on the Chevy door And watch you tolerate it
November flush and your flannel cure If it's all in my head tell me now
"This dorm was once a madhouse" Tell me I've got it wrong somehow
I made a joke, "Well, it's made for me" I know my love should be celebrated
But you tolerate it
How evergreen, our group of friends
Don't think we'll say that word again I greet you with a battle hero's welcome
And soon they'll have the nerve to deck the I take your indiscretions all in good fun
halls I sit and listen
That we once walked through I polish plates until they gleam and glisten
You're so much older and wiser and I
One for the money, two for the show
I never was ready, so I watch you go I wait by the door like I'm just a kid
Sometimes you just don't know the answer Use my best colors for your portrait
'Til someone's on their knees and asks you Lay the table with the fancy shit
And watch you tolerate it
"She would've made such a lovely bride
If it's all in my head tell me now
What a shame she's fucked in the head, "
Tell me I've got it wrong somehow
they said
I know my love should be celebrated
But you'll find the real thing instead
But you tolerate it
She'll patch up your tapestry that I shred
While you were out building other worlds,
And hold your hand while dancing
where was I?
Never leave you standing
Where's that man who'd throw blankets
Crestfallen on the landing
over my barbed wire?
With champagne problems
I made you my temple, my mural, my sky
Now I'm begging for footnotes in the story
of your life Stealing hearts and running off and never
Drawing hearts in the byline saying sorry
Always taking up too much space or time But if I'm a thief, then he can join the heist
You assume I'm fine And we'll move to an island, and
But what would you do if I, I
And he can be my jailer, Burton to this
Break free and leave us in ruins Taylor
Took this dagger in me and removed it Every lover known in comparison is a
Gain the weight of you then lose it failure
Believe me, I could do it I forget their names now, I'm so very tame
If it's all in my head tell me now now
Tell me I've got it wrong somehow Never be the same now, now
I know my love should be celebrated
I-I-I see how this is gon' go (go)
But you tolerate it
Touch me and you'll never be alone
I sit and watch you I-Island breeze and lights down low (low)
No one has to know
(No one has to know)
15.- …Ready For It?
In the middle of the night, in my dreams
Knew he was a killer first time that I saw (eh)
him You should see the things we do (we do),
Wonder how many girls he had loved and baby
left haunted In the middle of the night, in my dreams
But if he's a ghost, then I can be a phantom (my dreams)
Holdin' him for ransom I know I'm gonna be with you
So I'll take my time
Some, some boys are tryin' too hard Are you ready for it?
He don't try at all, though Oh, are you ready for it?
Younger than my exes but he act like such a
man, so Baby, let the games begin
I see nothing better, I keep him forever Let the games begin
Like a vendetta-ta Let the games begin (now)
Baby, let the games begin
I-I-I see how this is gon' go Let the games begin
Touch me and you'll never be alone Let the games begin
I-Island breeze and lights down low
No one has to know I-I-I see how this is gon' go
Touch me and you'll never be alone
In the middle of the night, in my dreams I-Island breeze and lights down low
You should see the things we do, baby No one has to know
(mmm)
In the middle of the night, in my dreams In the middle of the night, in my dreams
I know I'm gonna be with you (my dreams)
So I'll take my time You should see the things we do (we do),
Are you ready for it? baby (baby, mmm, eh)
In the middle of the night, in my dreams
Knew I was a robber first time that he saw (my dreams)
me I know I'm gonna be with you
So I take my time (eh) Isn't it, isn't it, isn't it?
In the middle of the night Isn't it?
Isn't it, isn't it, isn't it?
Baby, let the games begin
Isn't it delicate?
Let the games begin
Let the games begin Third floor on the West Side, me and you
Are you ready for it? Handsome, you're a mansion with a view
Baby, let the games begin Do the girls back home touch you like I do?
Let the games begin
Long night with your hands up in my hair
Let the games begin
Echoes of your footsteps on the stairs
Are you ready for it?
Stay here, honey, I don't want to share
'Cause I like you
16.- Delicate This ain't for the best
My reputation's never been worse, so
This ain't for the best
You must like me for me
My reputation's never been worse, so
Yeah, I want you
You must like me for me
We can't make any promises
We can't make any promises
Now can we, babe?
Now can we, babe?
But you can make me a drink
But you can make me a drink
Is it cool that I said all that?
Dive bar on the East Side, where you at?
Is it chill that you're in my head?
Phone lights up my nightstand in the black
'Cause I know that it's delicate (Delicate)
Come here; you can meet me in the back
Is it cool that I said all that?
Dark jeans and your Nikes, look at you
Is it too soon to do this yet?
Oh, damn, never seen that color blue
'Cause I know that it's delicate
Just think of the fun things we could do
'Cause I like you Isn't it, isn't it, isn't it?
Isn't it?
This ain't for the best
Isn't it, isn't it, isn't it?
My reputation's never been worse, so
Isn't it delicate?
You must like me for me
Yeah, I want you Sometimes I wonder; when you sleep
Are you ever dreaming of me?
We can't make any promises
Sometimes when I look into your eyes
Now can we, babe?
I pretend you're mine, all the damn time
But you can make me a drink
'Cause I like you
Is it cool that I said all that?
Is it cool that I said all that?
Is it chill that you're in my head?
Is it chill that you're in my head?
'Cause I know that it's delicate (Delicate)
'Cause I know that it's delicate (Delicate)
Is it cool that I said all that? Yeah, I want you
Is it too soon to do this yet?
Is it cool that I said all that?
'Cause I know that it's delicate
Is it too soon to do this yet?
'Cause I know that it's delicate (Delicate)
'Cause I like you
Is it cool that I said all that? (Isn't it?) I once was poison ivy, but now I'm your
Is it chill that you're in my head? (Isn't it, daisy
isn't it?)
And baby, for you, I (I) would (would) fall
'Cause I know that it's delicate
from grace
Isn't it delicate?
Just (just) to (to) touch your face
Yeah, I want you
If (if) you (you) walk away
Is it cool that I said all that (Isn't it?) I'd beg you on my knees to stay
Is it too soon to do this yet? (Isn't it, isn't
Don't blame me, love made me crazy
it?)
If it doesn't, you ain't doin' it right
'Cause I know that it's delicate
Lord, save me, my drug is my baby
Isn't it delicate?
I'll be usin' for the rest of my life (yeah,
ooh)
Don't blame me, love made me crazy
17.- Don’t Blame Me
If it doesn't, you ain't doin' it right
Don't blame me, love made me crazy Oh, Lord, save me, my drug is my baby
If it doesn't, you ain't doin' it right I'll be usin' for the rest of my life
Lord, save me, my drug is my baby
I get so high, oh
I'll be usin' for the rest of my life
Every time you're, every time you're lovin'
I've been breakin' hearts a long time, and me
Toyin' with them older guys You're lovin' me
Just playthings for me to use Trip of my life, oh
Something happened for the first time, in Every time you're, every time you're
The darkest little paradise touchin' me
Shakin, pacin', I just need you You're touchin' me
For you, I would cross the line Every time you're, every time you're lovin'
I would waste my time me
I would lose my mind Oh Lord, save me, my drug is my baby
They say, "She's gone too far this time" I'll be usin' for the rest of my life
Usin' for the rest of my life, ohh-oh
Don't blame me, love made me crazy
If it doesn't, you ain't doin' it right Don't blame me, love made me crazy
Lord, save me, my drug is my baby If it doesn't, you ain't doin' it right (doin' it
I'll be usin' for the rest of my life right, no)
Don't blame me, love made me crazy Lord, save me, my drug is my baby
If it doesn't, you ain't doin' it right I'll be usin' for the rest of my life (oh)
Oh, Lord, save me, my drug is my baby Don't blame me, love made me crazy (ooh)
I'll be usin' for the rest of my life If it doesn't, you ain't doin' it right (you
ain't doin' it right)
My name is whatever you decide Oh, Lord, save me, my drug is my baby
And I'm just gonna call you mine I'll be usin' for (I'll be usin') the rest of my
I'm insane, but I'm your baby (your baby) life (I'll be usin')
Echoes (echoes) of your name inside my
mind I get so high, oh
Halo, hiding my obsession Every time you're, every time you're lovin'
me
You're lovin' me But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of
Oh, Lord, save me, my drug is my baby time (nick of time)
I'll be usin' for the rest of my life Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all
the time (I do it all the time)
I got a list of names, and yours is in red,
18.- Look What You Made Me Do underlined
I check it once, then I check it twice, oh!
I don't like your little games
Don't like your tilted stage Ooh, look what you made me do
The role you made me play of the fool Look what you made me do
No, I don't like you Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me...
I don't like your perfect crime Ooh, look what you made me do
How you laugh when you lie Look what you made me do
You said the gun was mine Look what you just made me do
Isn't cool, no, I don't like you (oh!) Look what you just made me do
But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
time I'll be the actress starring in your bad
Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all dreams
the time I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
I got a list of names, and yours is in red, I'll be the actress starring in your bad
underlined dreams
I check it once, then I check it twice, oh! I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
Ooh, look what you made me do I'll be the actress starring in your bad
Look what you made me do dreams
Look what you just made me do I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
Look what you just made me... I'll be the actress starring in your bad
Ooh, look what you made me do dreams
Look what you made me do I'm sorry
Look what you just made me do But the old Taylor can't come to the phone
Look what you just made me do right now
I (I) don't (don't) like your kingdom keys Why? Oh, 'cause she's dead (oh)
(keys) Ooh, look what you made me do
They (they) once belonged to me (me) Look what you made me do
You (you) asked me for a place to sleep Look what you just made me do
Locked me out and threw a feast (what?) Look what you just made me...
The world moves on, another day another Ooh, look what you made me do
drama, drama Look what you made me do
But not for me, not for me, all I think about Look what you just made me do
is karma Look what you just made me do
And then the world moves on, but one Ooh, look what you made me do
thing's for sure Look what you made me do
Maybe I got mine, but you'll all get yours Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me...
Ooh, look what you made me do go
Look what you made me do I'm wonderstruck, dancing around all
Look what you just made me do alone
Look what you just made me do I'll spend forever wondering if you knew
I was enchanted to meet you
This is me praying that
19.- Enchanted
This was the very first page
There I was again tonight Not where the story line ends
Forcing laughter, faking smiles My thoughts will echo your name, until I
Same old tired, lonely place see you again
Walls of insincerity, shifting eyes and These are the words I held back, as I was
vacancy leaving too soon
Vanished when I saw your face I was enchanted to meet you
All I can say is, it was enchanting to meet Please don't be in love with someone else
you Please don't have somebody waiting on
you
Your eyes whispered, "Have we met?" Please don't be in love with someone else
'Cross the room your silhouette Please don't have somebody waiting on
Starts to make its way to me you
The playful conversation starts
Counter all your quick remarks This night is sparkling, don't you let it go
Like passing notes in secrecy I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way
home
And it was enchanting to meet you I'll spend forever wondering if you knew
All I can say is, I was enchanted to meet This night is flawless, don't you let it go
you I'm wonderstruck, dancing around all
This night is sparkling, don't you let it go alone
I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way I'll spend forever wondering if you knew
home I was enchanted to meet you
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew Please don't be in love with someone else
I was enchanted to meet you Please don't have somebody waiting on
The lingering question kept me up you
2 AM, who do you love?
I wonder 'til I'm wide awake
And now I'm pacing back and forth 20.- Long Live
Wishing you were at my door
I said remember this moment
I'd open up and you would say, "Hey"
In the back of my mind
It was enchanting to meet you The time we stood with our shaking hands
All I know is, I was enchanted to meet you The crowds in stands went wild
We were the kings and the queens
This night is sparkling, don't you let it go And they read off our names
I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way The night you danced like you knew our
home lives
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew Would never be the same
That this night is flawless, don't you let it You held your head like a hero
On a history book page But if, God forbid, fate should step in
It was the end of a decade And force us into a goodbye
But the start of an age If you have children someday
When they point to the pictures
Long live the walls we crashed through
Please tell them my name
How the kingdom lights shined just for me
Tell them how the crowds went wild
and you
Tell them how I hope they shine
I was screaming, "Long live all the magic
we made" Long live the walls we crashed through
And bring on all the pretenders I had the time of my life with you
One day we will be remembered Long, long live the walls we crashed
through
I said remember this feeling
How the kingdom lights shined just for me
I passed the pictures around
and you
Of all the years that we stood there on the
And I was screaming, "Long live all the
sidelines
magic we made"
Wishing for right now
And bring on all the pretenders, I'm not
We are the kings and the queens
afraid
You traded your baseball cap for a crown
Singing long live all the mountains we
When they gave us our trophies
moved
And we held them up for our town
I had the time of my life fighting dragons
And the cynics were outraged
with you
Screaming, "This is absurd"
And long, long live the look on your face
'Cause for a moment, a band of thieves
And bring on all the pretenders
In ripped up jeans got to rule the world
One day, we will be remembered
Long live the walls we crashed through
How the kingdom lights shined just for me
and you 21.- 22
I was screaming, "Long live all the magic
It feels like a perfect night
we made"
To dress up like hipsters
And bring on all the pretenders, I'm not
And make fun of our exes
afraid
Ah-ah, ah-ah
Long live all the mountains we moved
I had the time of my life fighting dragons It feels like a perfect night
with you For breakfast at midnight
I was screaming, "Long live the look on To fall in love with strangers
your face" Ah-ah, ah-ah
And bring on all the pretenders
One day we will be remembered Yeah, we're happy, free, confused, and
lonely at the same time
Hold on to spinning around It's miserable and magical, oh yeah
Confetti falls to the ground Tonight's the night when we forget about
May these memories break our fall the deadlines
It's time, oh-oh
Will you take a moment?
Promise me this I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 22
That you'll stand by me forever Everything will be alright if you keep me
next to you Everything will be alright if you keep me
You don't know about me, but I'll bet you next to you
want to You don't know about me (you don't know
Everything will be alright if we just keep about me) but I'll bet you want to
dancing like we're 22 Everything will be alright if we just keep
dancing like we're 22
22
Oh-whoa, oh, oh, oh
It seems like one of those nights 22 (dancing like)
This place is too crowded 22 (yeah, yeah)
Too many cool kids 22 (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Ah ah, ah ah ("Who's Taylor Swift anyway?
(It feels like one of those nights)
Ew")
We ditched the whole scene
It seems like one of those nights (It feels like one of those nights)
We ditched the whole scene We won't be sleeping
And end up dreaming, instead of sleeping (It feels like one of those nights)
You look like bad news
Yeah, we're happy, free, confused, and I gotta have you
lonely in the best way I gotta have you
It's miserable and magical, oh yeah
Tonight's the night when we forget about
the heartbreaks
22.- We Are Never Ever Getting Back
It's time, oh-oh
Together
I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 22
I remember when we broke up, the first
Everything will be alright if you keep me
time
next to you
Saying: This is it, I’ve had enough! ‘Cause,
You don't know about me, but I'll bet you
like
want to
We hadn’t seen each other in a month
Everything will be alright (alright) if we
When you said you needed space (what?)
just keep dancing like we're 22
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) Then you come around again and say: Baby
22 (I don't know about you) I miss you and I swear I'm gonna change,
22 trust me
22 Remember how that lasted for a day?
I say: I hate you, we break up, you call me, I
(It feels like one of those nights)
love you
We ditched the whole scene
(It feels like one of those nights) Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
We won't be sleeping We called it off again last night, but
(It feels like one of those nights) Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
You look like bad news This time, I'm telling you, I'm telling you
I gotta have you
We are never, ever, ever
I gotta have you
Getting back together
Oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah
We are never, ever, ever
I don’t know about you (I don’t know about Getting back together
you), but I'm feeling 22 You go talk to your friends
Talk to my friends, talk to me (We) getting back together (ooh, ooh, ooh)
But we are never, ever, ever, ever (We) getting back together (ooh, ooh, ooh)
Getting back together You go talk to your friends
Talk to my friends, talk to me (talk to me)
Like, ever!
But we are never, ever, ever, ever
I'm really gonna miss you picking fights, Getting back together
and me
Falling for it, screaming that I'm right, and
you 23.- I Knew You Were Trouble
Would hide away and find your peace of
Once upon a time
mind with some
A few mistakes ago
Indie record that’s much cooler than mine
I was in your sights
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh You got me alone
You called me up again tonight, but You found me
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh You found me
This time, I'm telling you, I'm telling you You found me
I guess you didn't care
We are never, ever, ever
And I guess I liked that
Getting back together
And when I fell hard
We are never, ever, ever
You took a step back
Getting back together
Without me
You go talk to your friends
Without me
Talk to my friends, talk to me
Without me
But we are never, ever, ever, ever
Getting back together And he's long gone
When he's next to me
Ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah
And I realize
Ooh, yeah, oh, oh, oh
The blame is on me
I used to think that we were forever, ever
'Cause I knew you were trouble when you
And I used to say: Never say never
walked in
Ugh, so he calls me up and he’s like: I still So shame on me now
love you Flew me to places I'd never been
And I'm like, I'm just 'Til you put me down, oh
Yeah, I mean, this is exhausting, you know? I knew you were trouble when you walked
Like, we are never getting back together in
Like, ever! So, shame on me now
No Flew me to places I'd never been
Now I'm lyin' on the cold hard ground
We are never, ever, ever Oh, oh
Getting back together Trouble, trouble, trouble
We are never, ever, ever Oh, oh
Getting back together Trouble, trouble, trouble
You go talk to your friends
Talk to my friends, talk to me No apologies
But we are never, ever, ever, ever He'll never see you cry
Getting back together Pretends he doesn't know
That he's the reason why So shame on me now (knew it right there)
You're drowning Flew me to places I'd never been
You're drowning (Ooh) now I'm lyin' on the cold hard
You're drowning ground
And I heard you moved on Oh, oh
From whispers on the street Trouble, trouble, trouble (oh)
A new notch in your belt Oh, oh
Is all I'll ever be Trouble, trouble, trouble
And now I see I knew you were trouble when you walked
Now I see in
Now I see Trouble, trouble, trouble
I knew you were trouble when you walked
He was long gone
in
When he met me
Trouble, trouble, trouble
And I realize
The joke is on me, hey
I knew you were trouble when you walked 24.- All Too Well (10 Minute Version)
in (oh)
I walked through the door with you, the air
So shame on me now
was cold
Flew me to places I'd never been
But somethin' 'bout it felt like home
'Til you put me down, oh
somehow
I knew you were trouble when you walked
And I left my scarf there at your sister's
in
house
So shame on me now
And you've still got it in your drawer, even
Flew me to places I'd never been, yeah
now
Now I'm lyin' on the cold hard ground
Oh, oh (yeah) Oh, your sweet disposition and my wide-
Trouble, trouble, trouble eyed gaze
Oh, oh We're singin' in the car, getting lost upstate
Trouble, trouble, trouble Autumn leaves fallin' down like pieces into
place
And the saddest fear
And I can picture it after all these days
Comes creepin' in
That you never loved me And I know it's long gone and
Or her That magic's not here no more
Or anyone And I might be okay, but I'm not fine at all
Or anything Oh, oh, oh
Yeah
'Causе there we arе again on that little
I knew you were trouble when you walked town street
in You almost ran the red 'cause you were
So shame on me now lookin' over at me
Flew me to places I'd never been (never Wind in my hair, I was there
been) I remember it all too well
'Til you put me down, oh
I knew you were trouble when you walked Photo album on the counter
in (knew it right there) Your cheeks were turnin' red
You used to be a little kid with glasses in a Runnin' scared, I was there
twin-sized bed I remember it all too well
And your mother's tellin' stories 'bout you
And you call me up again just to break me
on the tee-ball team
like a promise
You taught me 'bout your past thinkin' your
So casually cruel in the name of bein'
future was me
honest
And you were tossing me the car keys I'm a crumpled-up piece of paper lyin' here
Fuck The Patriarchy keychain on the 'Cause I remember it all, all, all
ground
They say all's well that ends well
We were always skippin' town
But I'm in a new hell every time
And I was thinkin' on the drive down: Any
You double-cross my mind
time now
You said if we had been closer in age
He's gonna say it's love
Maybe it would've been fine
You never called it what it was
And that made me want to die
'Til we were dead and gone and buried
The idea you had of me, who was she?
Check the pulse and come back swearing,
A never-needy, ever-lovely jewel
it's the same
Whose shine reflects on you
After three months in the grave
Not weepin' in a party bathroom
And then you wondered where it went to
Some actress askin' me what happened:
as I reached for you
You
But all I felt was shame
That's what happened: You
And you held my lifeless frame
You who charmed my dad with self-
And I know it's long gone and
effacing jokes
There was nothing else I could do
Sippin' coffee like you're on a late-night
And I forget about you long enough
show
To forget why I needed to
But then he watched me watch the front
'Cause there we are again in the middle of door all night
the night Willin' you to come
We're dancin' 'round the kitchen in the And he said: It's supposed to be fun
refrigerator light Turning 21
Down the stairs, I was there
Time won't fly, it's like I'm paralyzed by it
I remember it all too well
I'd like to be my old self again
And there we are again when nobody had But I'm still tryin' to find it
to know After plaid shirt days and nights when you
You kept me like a secret, but I kept you made me your own
like an oath Now you mail back my things and I walk
Sacred prayer and we'd swear home alone
To remember it all too well, yeah
But you keep my old scarf from that very
Well, maybe we got lost in translation first week
Maybe I asked for too much 'Cause it reminds you of innocence and it
But maybe this thing was a masterpiece 'til smells like me
you tore it all up You can't get rid of it
'Cause you remember it all too well, yeah
'Cause there we are again when I loved you (Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there)
so (It was rare, you remember it)
Back before you lost the one real thing
(Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there)
you've ever known
(Down the stairs, I was there, I was there)
It was rare, I was there
(Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there)
I remember it all too well
Wind in my hair, you were there
You remember it all 25.- invisible string
Down the stairs, you were there
You remember it all Green was the color of the grass
It was rare, I was there Where I used to read at Centennial Park
I remember it all too well I used to think I would meet somebody
there
And I was never good at tellin' jokes, but Teal was the color of your shirt
the punch line goes When you were sixteen at the yogurt shop
I'll get older, but your lovers stay my age You used to work at to make a little money
From when your Brooklyn broke my skin
and bones Time, curious time
I'm a soldier who's returning half her Gave me no compasses, gave me no signs
weight Were there clues I didn't see?
And isn't it just so pretty to think
And did the twin flame bruise paint you All along there was some
blue? Invisible string
Just between us, did the love affair maim Tying you to me?
you too? Ooh
'Cause in this city's barren cold
I still remember the first fall of snow Bad was the blood of the song in the cab
And how it glistened as it fell On your first trip to LA
I remember it all too well You ate at my favorite spot for dinner
Bold was the waitress on our three year
Just between us, did the love affair maim trip
you all too well? Getting lunch down by the lakes
Just between us, do you remember it all too She said I looked like an American singer
well?
Just between us (just between us)m I Time, mystical time
remember it all too well (wind in my hair) Cuttin' me open, then healin' me fine
(I was there, I was there) Were there clues I didn't see?
(Down the stairs, I was there, I was there) And isn't it just so pretty to think
(Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there) All along there was some
(It was rare, you remember it all too well) Invisible string
Tying you to me?
(Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there) Ooh
(Down the stairs, I was there, I was there)
(Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there) A string that pulled me
(It was rare, you remember it all too well) Out of all the wrong arms right into that
dive bar
(Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there) Something wrapped all of my past
(Down the stairs, I was there, I was there) mistakes in barbed wire
Chains around my demons, wool to brave It would've been you
the seasons In my defense, I have none
One single thread of gold tied me to you For never leaving well enough alone
But it would've been fun
Cold was the steel of my axe to grind
If you would've been the one
For the boys who broke my heart
(Ooh)
Now I send their babies presents
Gold was the color of the leaves I have this dream you're doing cool shit
When I showed you around Centennial Having adventures on your own
Park You meet some woman on the internet and
Hell was the journey but it brought me take her home
heaven
We never painted by the numbers, baby
Time, wondrous time But we were making it count
Gave me the blues and then purple pink You know the greatest loves of all time are
skies over now
And it's cool, baby, with me
I guess you never know, never know
And isn't it just so pretty to think
And it's another day waking up alone
All along there was some
Invisible string But we were something, don't you think
Tying you to me? so?
Ooh Roaring 20s, tossing pennies in the pool
Hee And if my wishes came true
Ooh It would've been you
In my defense, I have none
For never leaving well enough alone
26.- the 1 But it would've been fun
If you would've been the one
I'm doing good, I'm on some new shit
Been saying "yes" instead of "no" I, I, I persist and resist the temptation to
I thought I saw you at the bus stop, I didn't ask you
though If one thing had been different
Would everything be different today?
I hit the ground running each night
I hit the Sunday matinee We were something, don't you think so?
You know the greatest films of all time Rose flowing with your chosen family
were never made And it would've been sweet
If it could've been me
I guess you never know, never know
In my defense, I have none
And if you wanted me, you really should've
For digging up the grave another time
showed
But it would've been fun
And if you never bleed, you're never gonna
If you would've been the one
grow
(Ooh)
And it's alright now
But we were something, don't you think
so?
Roaring 20s, tossing pennies in the pool
And if my wishes came true
27.- Betty I was walking home on broken
cobblestones
Betty, I won't make assumptions
Just thinking of you when she pulled up
About why you switched your homeroom
like
but
A figment of my worst intentions
I think it's 'cause of me
She said "James, get in, let's drive"
Betty, one time I was riding on my
Those days turned into nights
skateboard
Slept next to her, but
When I passed your house
I dreamt of you all summer long
It's like I couldn't breathe
Betty, I'm here on your doorstep
You heard the rumors from Inez
And I planned it out for weeks now
You can't believe a word she says
But it's finally sinkin' in
Most times, but this time it was true
Betty, right now is the last time
The worst thing that I ever did
I can dream about what happens when
Was what I did to you
You see my face again
But if I just showed up at your party
The only thing I wanna do
Would you have me?
Is make it up to you
Would you want me?
So I showed up at your party
Would you tell me to go fuck myself?
Or lead me to the garden? Yeah, I showed up at your party
In the garden would you trust me
Yeah, I showed up at your party
If I told you it was just a summer thing?
Will you have me?
I'm only 17, I don't know anything
Will you love me?
But I know I miss you
Will you kiss me on the porch
Betty, I know where it all went wrong In front of all your stupid friends?
Your favorite song was playing If you kiss me, will it be just like I dreamed
From the far side of the gym it?
I was nowhere to be found Will it patch your broken wings?
I hate the crowds, you know that I'm only 17, I don't know anything
Plus, I saw you dance with him But I know I miss you
You heard the rumors from Inez Standing in your cardigan
You can't believe a word she says Kissin' in my car again
Most times, but this time it was true Stopped at a streetlight
The worst thing that I ever did You know I miss you
Was what I did to you
But if I just showed up at your party
28.- the last great american dynasty
Would you have me?
Would you want me? Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train
Would you tell me to go fuck myself? It was sunny
Or lead me to the garden? Her saltbox house on the coast
In the garden would you trust me Took her mind off St. Louis
If I told you it was just a summer thing? Bill was the heir to the Standard Oil name
I'm only seventeen, I don't know anything and money
But I know I miss you
And the town said, "How did a middle-class 50 years is a long time
divorcee do it?" Holiday House sat quietly on that beach
Free of women with madness, their men
The wedding was charming, if a little
and bad habits
gauche
And then it was bought by me
There's only so far new money goes
They picked out a home and called it Who knows if I never showed up what
"Holiday House" could've been
Their parties were tasteful, if a little loud There goes the loudest woman this town
The doctor had told him to settle down has ever seen
It must have been her fault his heart gave I had a marvelous time ruinin' everything
out
I had a marvelous time ruinin' everything
And they said A marvelous time ruinin' everything
"There goes the last great American A marvelous time
dynasty" I had a marvelous time
"Who knows if she never showed up, what
could've been"
"There goes the maddest woman this town 29.- august
has ever seen"
"She had a marvelous time ruinin' Salt air, and the rust on your door
everything" I never needed anything more
Whispers of "Are you sure?"
Rebekah gave up on the Rhode Island set, "Never have I ever before"
forever
Flew in all her Bitch Pack friends from the But I can see us lost in the memory
city August slipped away into a moment in time
Filled the pool with champagne and swam 'Cause it was never mine
with the big names And I can see us twisted in bedsheets
And blew through the money on the boys August sipped away like a bottle of wine
and the ballet 'Cause you were never mine
And losin' on card game bets with Dalí Your back beneath the sun
And they said Wishin' I could write my name on it
"There goes the last great American Will you call when you're back at school?
dynasty" I remember thinkin' I had you
"Who knows if she never showed up, what But I can see us lost in the memory
could've been" August slipped away into a moment in time
"There goes the most shameless woman 'Cause it was never mine
this town has ever seen" And I can see us twisted in bedsheets
"She had a marvelous time ruinin' August sipped away like a bottle of wine
everything" 'Cause you were never mine
They say she was seen on occasion Back when we were still changin' for the
Pacing the rocks, staring out at the better
midnight sea Wanting was enough
And in a feud with her neighbor For me, it was enough
She stole his dog and dyed it key lime green To live for the hope of it all
Cancel plans just in case you'd call stares
And say, "Meet me behind the mall" It's born from just one single glance
So much for summer love and saying "us" But it dies, and it dies, and it dies
'Cause you weren't mine to lose A million little times
You weren't mine to lose, no
Leave the perfume on the shelf
But I can see us lost in the memory That you picked out just for him
August slipped away into a moment in time So you leave no trace behind
'Cause it was never mine Like you don't even exist
And I can see us twisted in bedsheets Take the words for what they are
August sipped away like a bottle of wine A dwindling, mercurial high
'Cause you were never mine A drug that only worked
'Cause you were never mine, never mine The first few hundred times
But do you remember? And that's the thing about illicit affairs
Remember when I pulled up and said, "Get And clandestine meetings and stolen stares
in the car" They show their truth one single time
And then canceled my plans just in case But they lie, and they lie, and they lie
you'd call? A million little times
Back when I was livin' for the hope of it all,
And you wanna scream
for the hope of it all
Don't call me "kid"
"Meet me behind the mall"
Don't call me "baby"
Remember when I pulled up and said, "Get Look at this godforsaken mess that you
in the car" made me
And then canceled my plans just in case You showed me colors
you'd call? You know I can't see with anyone else
Back when I was livin' for the hope of it all
Don't call me "kid"
(for the hope of it all)
Don't call me "baby"
For the hope of it all Look at this idiotic fool that you made me
For the hope of it all You taught me a secret language
(For the hope of it all) I can't speak with anyone else
(For the hope of it all)
And you know damn well
For you, I would ruin myself
A million little times
30.- illicit affairs
Make sure nobody sees you leave
Hood over your head, keep your eyes down 31.- my tears ricochet
Tell your friends you're out for a run
We gather here, we line up
You'll be flushed when you return
Weepin' in a sunlit room, and
Take the road less traveled by
If I'm on fire, you'll be made of ashes too
Tell yourself you can always stop
Even on my worst day, did I deserve, babe
What started in beautiful rooms
All the hell you gave me?
Ends with meetings in parking lots
'Cause I loved you, I swear I loved you
And that's the thing about illicit affairs 'Til my dying day
And clandestine meetings and longing
I didn't have it in myself to go with grace stayed
And you're the hero flying around, saving Look at how my tears ricochet
face
And if I'm dead to you, why are you at the
wake? 32.- cardigan
Cursing my name, wishing I stayed
Look at how my tears ricochet Vintage tee, brand new phone
High heels on cobblestones
We gather stones, never knowing what When you are young, they assume you
they'll mean know nothing
Some to throw, some to make a diamond
ring Sequin smile, black lipstick
You know I didn't want to have to haunt Sensual politics
you When you are young, they assume you
But what a ghostly scene know nothing
You wear the same jewels that I gave you But I knew you
As you bury me Dancin' in your Levi's
I didn't have it in myself to go with grace Drunk under a streetlight, I
'Cause when I'd fight, you used to tell me I I knew you
was brave Hand under my sweatshirt
And if I'm dead to you, why are you at the Baby, kiss it better, I
wake? And when I felt like I was an old cardigan
Cursing my name, wishing I stayed Under someone's bed
Look at how my tears ricochet You put me on and said I was your favorite
And I can go anywhere I want A friend to all is a friend to none
Anywhere I want, just not home Chase two girls, lose the one
And you can aim for my heart, go for blood When you are young, they assume you
But you would still miss me in your bones know nothin'
And I still talk to you (when I'm screaming
at the sky) But I knew you
And when you can't sleep at night (you Playing hide-and-seek and
hear my stolen lullabies) Giving me your weekends, I
I knew you
I didn't have it in myself to go with grace Your heartbeat on the High Line
And so the battleships will sink beneath Once in 20 lifetimes, I
the waves
You had to kill me, but it killed you just the And when I felt like I was an old cardigan
same Under someone's bed
Cursing my name, wishing I stayed You put me on and said I was your favorite
You turned into your worst fears
To kiss in cars and downtown bars
And you're tossing out blame, drunk on Was all we needed
this pain You drew stars around my scars
Crossing out the good years But now I'm bleedin'
And you're cursing my name, wishing I
'Cause I knew you
Steppin' on the last train
Marked me like a bloodstain, I And I got that red lip classic thing that you
I knew you like
Tried to change the ending And when we go crashing down, we come
Peter losing Wendy, I back every time
I knew you 'Cause we never go out of style, we never
Leavin' like a father go out of style
Running like water, I You got that long hair, slicked back, white
And when you are young, they assume you T-shirt
know nothing And I got that good girl faith and a tight
little skirt
But I knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss
And when we go crashing down, we come
I knew you'd haunt all of my what-ifs
back every time
The smell of smoke would hang around
'Cause we never go out of style, we never
this long
go out of style
'Cause I knew everything when I was
young So it goes
I knew I'd curse you for the longest time He can't keep his wild eyes on the road,
mm
Chasin' shadows in the grocery line
Takes me home
I knew you'd miss me once the thrill
The lights are off, he's taking off his coat,
expired
mm, yeah
And you'd be standin' in my front porch
I say, "I heard, oh
light
That you've been out and about with some
And I knew you'd come back to me
other girl, some other girl"
You'd come back to me
And you'd come back to me He says, "What you heard is true, but I
And you'd come back Can't stop thinkin' 'bout you and I"
I said, "I've been there too a few times"
And when I felt like I was an old cardigan
Under someone's bed 'Cause you got that James Dean daydream
You put me on and said I was your favorite look in your eye
And I got that red lip classic thing that you
like
33.- Style And when we go crashing down, we come
back every time
Midnight 'Cause we never go out of style, we never
You come and pick me up, no headlights go out of style
Long drive You got that long hair, slicked back, white
Could end in burning flames or paradise T-shirt
Fade into view, oh And I got that good girl faith and a tight
It's been a while since I have even heard little skirt (a tight little skirt)
from you (heard from you) And when we go crashing down, we come
And I should just tell you to leave 'cause I back every time
Know exactly where it leads, but I 'Cause we never go out of style (we never
Watch us go 'round and 'round each time go), we never go out of style
'Cause the players gonna play (play, play, Shake it off, I shake it off
play, play) I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off
And the haters gonna hate (hate, hate, hate, I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off
hate) I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off
Baby, I'm just gonna shake (shake, shake,
Hey, hey, hey!
shake, shake)
Just think while you've been getting down
I shake it off, I shake it off
and out about the liars
Heartbreakers gonna break (break, break, And the dirty, dirty cheats of the world
break, break) You could've been getting down to this sick
And the fakers gonna fake (fake, fake, fake, beat
fake)
My ex-man brought his new girlfriend
Baby, I'm just gonna shake (shake, shake,
And she's like: Oh my God
shake, shake)
But I'm just gonna shake
I shake it off, I shake it off
And to the fella over there with the hella
good hair I can see the end as it begins
Won't you come on over, baby? My one condition is
We can shake, shake, shake
Say you'll remember me
Yeah, oh!
Standing in a nice dress
'Cause the players gonna play (play, play, Staring at the sunset, babe
play, play) Red lips and rosy cheeks
And the haters gonna hate (hate, hate, hate, Say you'll see me again
hate) (haters gonna hate) Even if it's just in your wildest dreams, ah-
Baby, I'm just gonna shake (shake, shake, ah, ha
shake, shake) Wildest dreams, ah-ah, ha
I shake it off, I shake it off
I said, "No one has to know what we do"
Heartbreakers gonna break (break, break, His hands are in my hair, his clothes are in
break, break) my room
And the fakers gonna fake (fake, fake, fake, And his voice is a familiar sound
fake) Nothing lasts forever
Baby, I'm just gonna shake (shake, shake, But this is getting good now
shake, shake)
He's so tall and handsome as hell
I shake it off, I shake it off
He's so bad, but he does it so well
Shake it off, I shake it off And when we've had our very last kiss
I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off My last request is
I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off
Say you'll remember me
I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off
Standing in a nice dress
Shake it off, I shake it off Staring at the sunset, babe
I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off Red lips and rosy cheeks
I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off Say you'll see me again
I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off Even if it's just in your wildest dreams, ah-
ah, ha (ha-ah, ha)
Shake it off, I shake it off
Wildest dreams, ah-ah, ha
I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off (you got to)
I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off You'll see me in hindsight
I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off Tangled up with you all night
Burning it down
Someday when you leave me
36.- Wildest Dreams I bet these memories
Follow you around
He said, "Let's get out of this town
Drive out of the city, away from the You'll see me in hindsight
crowds" Tangled up with you all night
I thought Heaven can't help me now Burning (burning) it (it) down (down)
Nothing lasts forever Someday when you leave me
But this is gonna take me down I bet these memories
Follow (follow) you (you) around (follow
He's so tall and handsome as hell you around)
He's so bad, but he does it so well
Say you'll remember me 'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood, hey
Standing in a nice dress Now we got problems
Staring at the sunset, babe And I don't think we can solve 'em
Red lips and rosy cheeks You made a really deep cut
Say you'll see me again And, baby, now we got bad blood, hey
Even if it's just pretend
Did you think we'd be fine?
Say you'll remember me Still got scars on my back from your knife
Standing in a nice dress So don't think it's in the past
Staring at the sunset, babe These kinda wounds, they last, and they
Red lips and rosy cheeks last now
Say you'll see me again Did you think it all through?
Even if it's just (pretend, just pretend) in All these things will catch up to you
your wildest dreams, ah-ah, ha (ah) And time can heal, but this won't
In your wildest dreams, ah-ah, ha So if you're coming my way, just don't
Even if it's just stayed in your wildest
Oh, it's so sad to
dreams, ah-ah, ha
Think about the good times
In your wildest dreams, ah-ah, ha
You and I
'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood
37.- 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
'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood, hey
You know, it used to be mad love
Now we got problems
So take a look what you've done
And I don't think we can solve 'em
'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood, hey
You made a really deep cut
Now we got problems
And, baby, now we got bad blood, hey
And I don't think we can solve 'em
You made a really deep cut Band-AIDS don't fix bullet holes
And, baby, now we got bad blood, hey You say sorry just for show
If you live like that, you live with ghosts
Did you have to do this?
Band-AIDS don't fix bullet holes
I was thinking that you could be trusted
You say sorry just for show
Did you have to ruin
If you live like that, you live with ghosts
What was shining? Now, it's all rusted
If you love like that, blood runs cold
Did you have to hit me
Where I'm weak? Baby, I couldn't breathe 'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood
And rub it in so deep You know, it used to be mad love
Salt in the wound, like you're laughing So take a look what you've done
right at me 'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood, hey
Now we got problems
Oh, it's so sad to
And I don't think we can solve 'em (think
Think about the good times
we can solve 'em)
You and I
You made a really deep cut
'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood And, baby, now we got bad blood, hey
You know, it used to be mad love
'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood ('cause
So take a look what you've done
now we got bad blood)
You know, it used to be mad love I just wanna stay in that lavender haze
So take a look what you've done (look what That lavender haze
you've done)
Talk your talk and go viral
'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood, hey
I just need this love spiral
(ooh, woah)
Get it off your chest
Now we got problems
Get it off my desk (get it off my desk)
And I don't think we can solve 'em
Talk your talk and go viral
You made a really deep cut
I just need this love spiral
And, baby, now we got bad blood, hey
Get it off your chest
Get it off my desk
(Ooh-whoa)
38.- Lavender Haze
I feel (I feel) the lavender haze creepin' up
Meet me at midnight
on me
Starin' at the ceilin' with you Surreal, I'm damned if I do give a damn
Oh, you don't ever say too much what people say (oh, yeah)
And you don't really read into No deal (no deal), the 1950s shit they want
My melancholia from me
I just wanna stay in that lavender haze
I've been under scrutiny (yeah, oh, yeah)
You handle it beautifully (yeah, oh, yeah) Get it off your chest
All this shit is new to me (yeah, oh, yeah) Get it off my desk
That lavender haze, I just wanna stay
I feel the lavender haze creepin' up on me I just wanna stay in that lavender haze
Surreal, I'm damned if I do give a damn
what people say
No deal, the 1950s shit they want from me
39.- Anti-Hero
I just wanna stay in that lavender haze
I have this thing where I get older but just
All they keep askin' me (all they keep askin'
never wiser
me)
Midnights become my afternoons
Is if I'm gonna be your bride
When my depression works the graveyard
The only kind of girl they see (only kind of
shift
girl they see)
All of the people I've ghosted stand there in
Is a one-night or a wife
the room
I find it dizzying (yeah, oh, yeah)
I should not be left to my own devices
They're bringin' up my history (yeah, oh,
They come with prices and vices
yeah)
I end up in crisis (tale as old as time)
But you aren't even listening (yeah, oh,
I wake up screaming from dreaming
yeah)
One day I'll watch as you're leaving
(Ooh-whoa)
'Cause you got tired of my scheming
I feel the lavender haze creepin' up on me (For the last time)
Surreal, I'm damned if I do give a damn
It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me
what people say
At tea time, everybody agrees
No deal, the 1950s shit they want from me
I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the
mirror
It must be exhausting always rooting for 40.- Midnight Rain
the anti-hero
Rain, he wanted it comfortable
Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy I wanted that pain
baby He wanted a bride
And I'm a monster on the hill I was making my own name
Too big to hang out, slowly lurching toward Chasing that fame
your favorite city He stayed the same
Pierced through the heart, but never killed All of me changed like midnight
Did you hear my covert narcissism I My town was a wasteland
disguise as altruism Full of cages, full of fences
Like some kind of congressman? (Tale as Pageant queens and big pretenders
old as time) But for some, it was paradise
I wake up screaming from dreaming
My boy was a montage
One day I'll watch as you're leaving
A slow-motion, love potion
And life will lose all its meaning
Jumping off things in the ocean
(For the last time)
I broke his heart 'cause he was nice
It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me (I'm the
He was sunshine, I was midnight rain
problem, it's me)
He wanted it comfortable
At tea time, everybody agrees
I wanted that pain
I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the
He wanted a bride
mirror
I was making my own name
It must be exhausting always rooting for
Chasing that fame
the anti-hero
He stayed the same
I have this dream my daughter in-law kills All of me changed like midnight
me for the money
It came like a postcard
She thinks I left them in the will
Picture perfect, shiny family
The family gathers 'round and reads it and
Holiday, peppermint candy
then someone screams out
But for him it's every day
"She's laughing up at us from hell"
So I peered through a window
It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me
A deep portal, time travel
It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me
All the love we unravel
It's me, hi, everybody agrees, everybody
And the life I gave away
agrees
'Cause he was sunshine
It's me, hi (hi), I'm the problem, it's me (I'm
I was midnight rain
the problem, it's me)
He wanted it comfortable
At tea (tea) time (time), everybody agrees
I wanted that pain
(everybody agrees)
He wanted a bride
I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the
I was making my own name
mirror
Chasing that fame
It must be exhausting always rooting for
He stayed the same
the anti-hero
All of me changed
Like midnight
Rain, he wanted it comfortable wife
I wanted that pain And she looks so pretty
He wanted a bride Driving in your Benz
I was making my own name Lately she's been dressing for revenge
Chasing that fame
She don't start it, but she can tell you how
He stayed the same
it ends
All of me changed
Don't get sad, get even
Like midnight
So on the weekends
I guess sometimes we all get She don't dress for friends
Just what we wanted, just what we wanted Lately she's been dressing for revenge
And he never thinks of me
Ladies always rise above
Except when I'm on TV
Ladies know what people want
I guess sometimes we all get Someone sweet and kind and fun
Some kind of haunted, some kind of The lady simply had enough
haunted
While he was doing lines
And I never think of him
And crossing all of mine
Except on midnights like this (midnights
Someone told his white collar crimes to the
like this)
FBI
And I don't dress for villains
Or for innocents
41.- Vigilante Shit
I'm on my vigilante shh again
Draw the cat eye, sharp enough to kill a
I don't start it, but I can tell you how it ends
man
Don't get sad, get even
You did some bad things, but I'm the worst
So on the weekends
of them
I don't dress for friends
Sometimes I wonder which one will be
Lately I've been dressing for revenge
your last lie
They say looks can kill and I might try
I don't dress for women
42.- Bejeweled
I don't dress for men
Lately I've been dressing for revenge Baby love, I think I've been a little too kind
Didn't notice you walking all over my peace
I don't start it but I can tell you how it ends
of mind
Don't get sad, get even
In the shoes I gave you as a present
So on the weekends
Puttin' someone first only works when
I don't dress for friends
you're in their top five
Lately I've been dressing for revenge
And by the way, I'm going out tonight
She needed cold hard proof so I gave her
Best believe I'm still bejeweled
some
When I walk in the room
She had the envelope, where you think she
I can still make the whole place shimmer
got it from?
And when I meet the band
Now she gets the house, gets the kids, gets
They ask, "Do you have a man?"
the pride
I can still say, "I don't remember"
Picture me thick as thieves with your ex-
Familiarity breeds contempt
Don't put me in the basement Familiarity breeds contempt
When I want the penthouse of your heart Don't put me in the basement
Diamonds in my eyes When I want the penthouse of your heart
I polish up real, I polish up real nice Diamonds in my eyes
I polish up real (nice), I polish up real nice
Nice
And we're dancin' all night
Baby boy, I think I've been too good of a
And you can try to change my mind
girl (too good of a girl)
But you might have to wait in line
Did all the extra credit, then got graded on
What's a girl gonna do? What's a girl gonna
a curve
do?
I think it's time to teach some lessons
I polish up nice
I made you my world (huh), have you
Best believe I'm still bejeweled
heard? (Huh)
When I walk in the room
I can reclaim the land
I can still make the whole place shimmer
And I miss you (I miss you)
But I miss sparkling (ah, hey)
Best believe I'm still bejeweled 43.- Mastermind
When I walk in the room
Once upon a time, the planets and the fates
I can still make the whole place shimmer
And all the stars aligned
And when I meet the band
You and I ended up in the same room
They ask, "Do you have a man?"
At the same time
I can still say, "I don't remember"
Familiarity breeds contempt And the touch of a hand lit the fuse
Don't put me in the basement Of a chain reaction of countermoves
When I want the penthouse of your heart To assess the equation of you
Diamonds in my eyes Checkmate, I couldn't lose
I polish up real, I polish up real nice
What if I told you none of it was accidental?
Nice And the first night that you saw me,
nothing was gonna stop me?
Sapphire tears on my face
I laid the groundwork and then, just like
Sadness became my whole sky
clockwork
But some guy said my aura's moonstone
The dominoes cascaded in a line
Just 'cause he was high
And we're dancin' all night What if I told you I'm a mastermind?
And you can try to change my mind And now you're mine
But you might have to wait in line It was all by design
What's a girl gonna do? 'Cause I'm a mastermind
A diamond's gotta shine
You see, all the wisest women had to do it
Best believe I'm still bejeweled this way
When I walk in the room 'Cause we were born to be the pawn in
I can still make the whole place shimmer every lover's game
(shimmer)
And when I meet the band If you fail to plan, you plan to fail
They ask, "Do you have a man?" Strategy sets the scene for the tale
I can still say, "I don't remember"
I'm the wind in our free-flowing sails And I keep my side of the street clean
And the liquor in our cocktails You wouldn't know what I mean
What if I told you none of it was accidental 'Cause karma is my boyfriend
And the first night that you saw me, I knew Karma is a god
I wanted your body? Karma is the breeze in my hair on the
I laid the groundwork and then, just like weekend
clockwork Karma's a relaxing thought
The dominoes cascaded in a line Aren't you envious that for you it's not?
Sweet like honey, karma is a cat
What if I told you I'm a mastermind?
Purring in my lap 'cause it loves me
And now you're mine
Flexing like a goddamn acrobat
It was all my design
Me and karma vibe like that
'Cause I'm a mastermind
Spider-boy, king of thieves
No one wanted to play with me as a little
Weave your little webs of opacity
kid
My pennies made your crown
So I've been scheming like a criminal ever
Trick me once, trick me twice
since
Don't you know that cash ain't the only
To make them love me and make it seem
price?
effortless
It's coming back around
This the first time I felt the need to confess
And I swear, I'm only cryptic and And I keep my side of the street clean
Machiavellian You wouldn't know what I mean
'Cause I care
'Cause karma is my boyfriend
So I told you none of it was accidental Karma is a god
And the first night that you saw me, Karma is the breeze in my hair on the
nothing was gonna stop me weekend
I laid the groundwork and then, saw a wide Karma's a relaxing thought
smirk Aren't you envious that for you it's not?
On your face, you knew the entire time Sweet like honey, karma is a cat
Purring in my lap 'cause it loves me
You knew that I'm a mastermind
Flexing like a goddamn acrobat
And now you're mine
Me and karma vibe like that
Yeah, all you did was smile
'Cause I'm a mastermind Ask me what I learned from all those years
Ask me what I earned from all those tears
Ask me why so many fade, but I'm still here
44.- Karma (I'm still, I'm still here)
You're talking shit for the hell of it 'Cause karma is the thunder
Addicted to betrayal, but you're relevant Rattling your ground
You're terrified to look down Karma's on your scent like a bounty hunter
'Cause if you dare, you'll see the glare Karma's gonna track you down
Of everyone you burned just to get there Step by step from town to town
It's coming back around Sweet like justice, karma is a queen
Karma takes all my friends to the summit
Karma is the guy on the screen
Coming straight home to me
'Cause karma is my boyfriend (karma is my
boyfriend)
Karma is a god
Karma is the breeze in my hair on the
weekend (weekend)
Karma'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
Karma is my boyfriend
Karma is a god
Karma's a relaxing thought