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I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I-I I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I-I I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I-I You stand with your hand on my waistline Its a scene and were out here in plain sight I can hear them whisper as we pass by Its a bad sign, bad sign Something happens when everybody finds out See the vultures circling, dark clouds Loves a fragile little flame, it could burn out It could burn out Cause they got the cages, they got the boxes and guns They are the hunters, we are the foxes and we run Baby, I know places we wont be found And theyll be chasing their tails trying to track us down Cause I, I know places we can hide I know places, I know places Lights flash and well run for the fences Let them say what they want, we wont hear it Loose lips sink ships all the damn time Not this time Just grab my hand and dont ever drop it, my love They are the hunters, we are the foxes, and we run Baby, I know places we wont be found And theyll be chasing their tails trying to track us down Cause I, I know places we can hide I know places They are the hunters, we are the foxes, and we run Just grab my hand and dont ever drop it, my love Baby, I know places we wont be found And theyll be chasing their tails trying to track us down Cause I, I know places we can hide I know places They take their shots, but were bulletproof And you know for me, its always you In the dead of night, your eyes so green And I know for you, its always me I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I-I I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I-I

I remember tears streaming down your face When I said Ill never let you go When all those shadows almost killed your light I remember you said, Dont leave me here alone But all thats dead and gone and passed tonight Just close your eyes The sun is going down Youll be alright No one can hurt you now Come morning light You and Ill be safe and sound Dont you dare look out your window Darling, everythings on fire The war outside our door keeps raging on Hold on to this lullaby Even when musics gone Gone Just close your eyes The sun is going down Youll be alright No one can hurt you now Come morning light You and Ill be safe and sound Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh, oh Just close your eyes Youll be alright Come morning light You and Ill be safe and sound Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh oh oh

Loving him is like Driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street Faster than the wind, passionate as sin Ending so suddenly Loving him is like tryin to change your mind Once youre already flying through the free fall Like the colors in autumn, so bright Just before they lose it all Losing him was blue like Id never known Missing him was dark gray, all alone Forgetting him was like Tryin to know somebody you never met But loving him was red Loving him was red Touching him was like Realizing all you ever wanted was right there in front of you Memorizing him was as Easy as knowing all the words to your old favorite song Fighting with him was like Trying to solve a crossword and realizing theres no right answer Regretting him was like Wishing you never found out that love could be that strong Losing him was blue like Id never known Missing him was dark gray, all alone Forgetting him was like Tryin to know somebody you never met But loving him was red Oh, red Burning red Remembering him comes in flashbacks and echoes Tell myself its time now, gotta let go But moving on from him is impossible When I still see it all in my head In burning red Burning, it was red Oh, losing him was blue like Id never known Missing him was dark gray, all alone Forgetting him was like Tryin to know somebody you never met Cause loving him was red Yeah, yeah, red Burning red And thats why hes spinning round in my head Comes back to me , burning red Yeah, yeah His love was like Driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street

People like you always want back The love they gave away And people like me wanna believe you When you say youve changed The more I think about it now The less I know All I know is that you drove us Off the road Hey, all you had to do was stay Had me in the palm of your hand, then Whyd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in? Hey, now you say you want it back Now that its just too late Well, couldve been easy All you had to do was All you had to do was All you had to do was All you had to do was All you had to do was stay Here you are now, calling me up But I dont know what to say Ive been picking up the pieces Of the mess you made People like you always want back The love they pushed aside But people like me are gone forever When you say goodbye Hey, all you had to do was stay Had me in the palm of your hand, then Whyd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in? Hey, now you say you want it back Now that its just too late Well, couldve been easy All you had to do was All you had to do was All you had to do was All you had to do was Let me remind you This was what you wanted You ended it You were all I wanted But not like this Not like this Not like this Oh, all you had to do was... Hey, all you had to do was stay Had me in the palm of your hand, then Whyd you want to go and lock me out when I let you in? Hey, now you say you want it back Now that its just too late Well, couldve been easy All you had to do was... Hey, all you had to do was stay Had me in the palm of your hand, then Whyd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in? Hey, now you say you want it back Now that its just too late Well, couldve been easy All you had to do was All you had to do was All you had to do was All you had to do was All you had to do was

We were both young when I first saw you I close my eyes and the flashback starts Im standing there On a balcony in summer air See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns See you make your way through the crowd And say, Hello Little did I know That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles And my daddy said, Stay away from Juliet And I was crying on the staircase Begging you, Please dont go, and I said Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone Ill be waiting, all theres left to do is run Youll be the prince and Ill be the princess Its a love story, baby, just say, Yes So I sneak out to the garden to see you We keep quiet cause were 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 dont go, and I said Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone Ill be waiting, all theres left to do is run Youll be the prince and Ill be the princess Its a love story, baby, just say, Yes Romeo, save me, theyre trying to tell me how to feel This love is difficult, but its real Dont be afraid, well make it out of this mess Its 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, Ive been feeling so alone I keep waiting for you, but you never come Is this in my head? I dont know what to think He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring, and said Marry me, Juliet, youll never have to be alone I love you and thats all I really know I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress Its a love story, baby, just say, Yes Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Cause we were both young when I first saw you

There I was again tonight Forcing laughter, faking smiles Same old tired, lonely place Walls of insincerity, shifting eyes and vacancy Vanished when I saw your face All I can say is, it was enchanting to meet you Your eyes whispered, Have we met? Cross the room your silhouette Starts to make its way to me The playful conversation starts Counter all your quick remarks Like passing notes in secrecy And it was enchanting to meet you All I can say is, I was enchanted to meet you This night is sparkling Dont you let it go Im wonderstruck Blushing all the way home Ill spend forever Wondering if you knew I was enchanted to meet you The lingering question kept me up 2AM, who do you love? I wonder til Im wide awake And now Im pacing back and forth Wishing you were at my door Id open up and you would say, Hey It was enchanting to meet you All I know is I was enchanted to meet you This night is sparkling Dont you let it go Im wonderstruck Blushing all the way home Ill spend forever Wondering if you knew This night is flawless Dont you let it go Im wonderstruck Dancing around all alone Ill spend forever Wondering if you knew I was enchanted to meet you This is me praying that This was the very first page Not where the storyline ends My thoughts will echo your name Until I see you again These are the words I held back As I was leaving too soon I was enchanted to meet you Please dont be in love With someone else Please dont have somebody Waiting on you Please dont be in love With someone else Please dont have somebody Waiting on you This night is sparkling Dont you let it go Im wonderstruck Blushing all the way home Ill spend forever Wondering if you knew This night is flawless Dont you let it go Im wonderstruck Dancing around all alone Ill spend forever Wondering if you knew I was enchanted to meet you Please dont be in love With someone else Please dont have somebody Waiting on you

Walking through a crowd, the village is aglow Kaleidoscope of loud heartbeats under coats Everybody here wanted something more Searching for a sound we hadnt heard before And it said Welcome to New York, its been waiting for you Welcome to New York, welcome to New York Welcome to New York, its been waiting for you Welcome to New York, welcome to New York Its a new soundtrack, I could dance to this beat, beat, forevermore The lights are so bright but they never blind me, me Welcome to New York, its 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, its been waiting for you Welcome to New York, welcome to New York Welcome to New York, its been waiting for you Welcome to New York, welcome to New York Its a new soundtrack, I could dance to this beat, beat, forevermore The lights are so bright, but they never blind me, me Welcome to New York , its been waiting for you Welcome to New York, welcome to New York Like any great love, it keeps you guessing Like any real love, its ever-changing Like any true love, it drives you crazy But you know you wouldnt change anything, anything, anything Welcome to New York, its been waiting for you Welcome to New York, welcome to New York Welcome to New York, its been waiting for you Welcome to New York, welcome to New York Its a new soundtrack, I could dance to this beat The lights are so bright, but they never blind me Welcome to New York Its been waiting for you Welcome to New York The lights are so bright but they never blind me Welcome to New York So bright, they never blind me Welcome to New York Welcome to New York

I still remember the look on your face Lit through the darkness at 1:58 The words that you whispered For just us to know You told me you loved me So why did you go away? Away I do recall now the smell of the rain Fresh on the pavement I ran off the plane That July 9th The beat of your heart It jumps through your shirt I can still feel your arms But now Ill go sit on the floor Wearing your clothes All that I know is I dont know how to be something you miss I never thought wed have a last kiss Never imagined wed end like this Your name, forever the name on my lips I do remember the swing of your step The life of the party, youre showing off again And I roll my eyes and then You pull me in Im not much for dancing But for you I did Because I love your handshake, meeting my father I love how you walk with your hands in your pockets How youd kiss me when I was in the middle of saying something Theres not a day I dont miss those rude interruptions And Ill go sit on the floor Wearing your clothes All that I know is I dont know how to be something you miss I never thought wed have a last kiss I never imagined wed end like this Your name, forever the name on my lips, ooh So Ill watch your life in pictures like I used to watch you sleep And I feel you forget me like I used to feel you breathe And I keep up with our old friends just to ask them how you are Hope its nice where you are And I hope the sun shines And its a beautiful day And something reminds you You wish you had stayed You can plan for a change in weather and time But I never planned on you changing your mind So Ill go sit on the floor Wearing your clothes All that I know is I dont know how to be something you miss I never thought wed have a last kiss Never imagined wed end like this Your name, forever the name on my lips Just like our last kiss Forever the name on my lips Forever the name on my lips Just like our last

Its 2AM in your car Windows down, you pass my street, the memories start You say its in the past, you drive straight ahead Youre thinking that I hate you now Cause you still dont know what I never said I wish you would come back Wish I never hung up the phone like I did, I Wish you knew that Id never forget you as long as I live, and I Wish you were right here, right now, its all good I wish you would Its 2 AM in my room Headlights pass the window pane I think of you Were a crooked love in a straight line down Makes you want to run and hide But 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 Id never forget you as long as I live, and I Wish you were right here, right now, its 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, its all good I wish you would I, I, I, I, I, I wish I, wish I I, I, I, I, I, I wish I, wish 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 This mad, mad love makes you come running To stand back where you stood I wish you would, I wish you would I wish you would, I wish you would 2AM, here we are See your face, hear my voice in the dark Were a crooked love in a straight line down Makes you wanna run and hide But it made us 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 Id never forget you as long as I live, and I Wish you were right here, right now, its all good I wish you would I wish you would come back Wish I never hung up the phone like I did, I Wish you knew that Id never forget you as long as I live, and I Wish you were right here, right now, its 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, its all good I wish you would You always knew how to push my buttons You give me everything and nothing This mad, mad love makes you come running To stand back where you stood I wish you would, I wish you would I wish you would, I wish you would I, I, I, I, I, I wish I, wish I I, I, I, I, I, I wish I, wish I I wish you would

I said, remember this moment, in the back of my mind The time we stood with our shaking hands The crowds in stands went wild We were the kings and the queens And they read off our names The night you danced like you knew our lives Would never be the same You held your head like a hero On a history book page It was the end of a decade But the start of an age Long live the walls we crashed through All the kingdom lights shined just for me and you I was screaming, long live all the magic we made And bring on all the pretenders One day, we will be remembered I said, remember this feeling I passed the pictures around Of all the years that we stood there On the side-lines wishing for right now We are the kings and the queens You traded your baseball cap for a crown When they gave us our trophies And we held them up for our town And the cynics were outraged Screaming, This is absurd Cause for a moment, a band of thieves In ripped up jeans got to rule the world Long live the walls we crashed through All the kingdom lights shined just for me and you I was screaming, long live all the magic we made And bring on all the pretenders Im not afraid Long live all the mountains we moved I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you I was screaming, long live that look on your face And bring on all the pretenders One day, we will be remembered Hold on to spinning around Confetti falls to the ground May these memories break our fall Will you take a moment? Promise me this That youll stand by me forever But if, God forbid, fate should step in And force us into a goodbye If you have children some day When they point to the pictures Please tell them my name Tell them how the crowds went wild Tell them how I hope they shine Long live the walls we crashed through I had the time of my life, with you Long, long live the walls we crashed through All the kingdom lights shined just for me and you I was screaming, long live all the magic we made And bring on all the pretenders Im not afraid Singing, long live all the mountains we moved I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you And long, long live that look on your face And bring on all the pretenders One day, we will be remembered

If youre anything like me, You bite your nails, And laugh when youre nervous. You promise people the world, because thats what they want from you. You like giving them what they want... But darling, you need to stop, If youre anything like me, You knock on wood every time you make plans. You cross your fingers, hold your breath, Wish on lucky numbers and eyelashes Your superstitions were the lone survivors of the shipwreck. Rest In Peace, to your naive bravado... If life gets too good now, Darling, it scares you. If youre anything like me, You never wanted to lock your door, Your secret garden gate or your diary drawer Didnt want to face the you you dont know anymore For fear she was much better before... But Darling, now you have to. If youre anything like me, Theres a justice system in your head For names youll never speak again, And you make your ruthless rulings. Each new enemy turns to steel They become the bars that confine you, In your own little golden prison cell... But Darling, there is where you meet yourself. If youre anything like me Youve grown to hate your pride To love your thighs And no amount of friends at 25 Will fill the empty seats At the lunch tables of your past The teams that picked you last... But Darling, you keep trying. If youre anything like me, You couldnt recognize the face of your love Until they stripped you of your shiny paint Threw your victory flag away And you saw the ones who wanted you anyway... Darling, later on you will thank your stars for that frightful day. If youre anything like me, Im sorry. But Darling, its going to be okay.

Heres something Ive learned about people. We think we know someone, but the truth is that we only know the version of them they have chosen to show us. We know our friend in a certain light, but we dont know them the way their lover does. Just the way their lover will never know them the same way that you do as their friend. Their mother knows them differently than their roommate, who knows them differently than their colleague. Their secret admirer looks at them and sees an elaborate sunset of brilliant color and dimension and spirit and pricelessness. And yet, a stranger will pass that person and see a faceless member of the crowd, nothing more. We may hear rumors about a person and believe those things to be true. We may one day meet that person and feel foolish for believing baseless gossip. This is the first generation that will be able to look back on their entire life story documented in pictures on the internet, and together we will all discover the after-effects of that. Ultimately, we post photos online to curate what strangers think of us. But then we wake up, look in the mirror at our faces and see the cracks and scars and blemishes, and cringe. We hope someday well meet someone who will see that same morning face and instead see their future, their partner, their forever. Someone who will still choose us even when they see all of the sides of the story, all the angles of the kaleidoscope that is you. The point being, despite our need to simplify and generalize absolutely everyone and everything in this life, humans are intrinsically impossible to simplify. We are never just good or just bad. We are mosaics of our worst selves and our best selves, our deepest secrets and our favorite stories to tell at a dinner party, existing somewhere between our well-lit profile photo and our drivers license shot. We are all a mixture of our selfishness and generosity, loyalty and self-preservation, pragmatism and impulsiveness. Ive been in the public eye since I was 15 years old. On the beautiful, lovely side of that, Ive been so lucky to make music for living and look out into crowds of loving, vibrant people. On the other side of the coin, my mistakes have been used against me, my heartbreaks have been used as entertainment, and my songwriting has been trivialized as oversharing. When this album comes out, gossip blogs will scour the lyrics for the men they can attribute to each song, as if the inspiration for music is as simple and basic as a paternity test. There will be slideshows of photos backing up each incorrect theory, because its 2017 and if you didnt see a picture of it, it couldnt have happened right? Let me say it again, louder for those in the back... We think we know someone, but the truth is that we only know the version of them that they have chosen to show us. There will be no further explanation. There will be just reputation.

You were in college, working part-time, waiting tables Left a small town and never looked back I was a flight risk, with a fear of falling Wondering why we bother with love, if it never lasts I say, Can you believe it? As were lying on the couch The moment, I could see it Yes, yes, I can see it now Do you remember, we were sitting there, by the water? You put your arm around me for the first time You made a rebel of a careless mans careful daughter You are the best thing thats ever been mine Flash forward, and were taking on the world together And theres a drawer of my things at your place You learn my secrets and you figure out why Im guarded You say well never make my parents mistakes But we got bills to pay We got nothing figured out When it was hard to take Yes, yes This is what I thought about: Do you remember, we were sitting there, by the water? You put your arm around me for the first time You made a rebel of a careless mans careful daughter You are the best thing thats ever been mine Do you remember all the city lights on the water? You saw me start to believe for the first time You made a rebel of a careless mans careful daughter You are the best thing thats ever been mine And I remember that fight, 2:30 AM As everything was slipping right out of our hands I ran out, crying, and you followed me out into the street Braced myself for the goodbye Cause thats all Ive ever known Then, you took me by surprise You said, Ill never leave you alone. You said, I remember how we felt, sitting by the water And every time I look at you, its like the first time I fell in love with a careless mans careful daughter She is the best thing thats ever been mine Hold on, make it last Hold on, never turn back You made a rebel of a careless mans careful daughter You are the best thing thats ever been mine Yeah, yeah Do you believe it? Were gonna make it now And I can see it Yeah, yeah I can see it now

Put your lips close to mine As long as they dont touch Out of focus, eye to eye Til the gravitys too much And Ill do anything you say If you say it with your hands And Id be smart to walk away But youre quicksand This slope is treacherous This path is reckless This slope is treacherous And I-I-I like it I cant decide if its a choice Getting swept away I hear the sound of my own voice Asking you to stay And all we are is skin and bone Trained to get along Forever going with the flow But youre 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, get you alone Your name has echoed through my mind And I just think you should, think you should know That nothing safe is worth the drive And I would follow you, follow you home Ill follow you, follow you home This hope is treacherous This daydream is dangerous This hope is treacherous I-I-I, I-I-I, I-I-I Two headlights shine through the sleepless night And I will get you, get you alone Your name has echoed through my mind And I just think you should, think you should know That nothing safe is worth the drive And I would follow you, follow you home Ill follow you, follow you home Ill follow you, follow you home Ill follow you, follow you home This slope is treacherous I-I-I like it

It keeps me awake, the look on your face The moment you heard the news Youre screaming inside and frozen in time You did all that you could do The game was rigged, the ref got tricked The wrong ones think they’re right You were outnumbered this time But only the young, only the young Only the young, only the young Can run Can run So run, and run, and run So every day now You brace for the sound youve only heard on TV You go to class, scared Wondering where the best hiding spot would be And the big bad man and his big bad clan Their hands are stained with red Oh, how quickly they forget They arent gonna help us Too busy helping themselves They arent gonna change this We gotta do it ourselves They think that its over But its just begun Only one thing can save us Only the young Only the young Only the young Only the young Only the young Only the young Only the young Only the young Only the young Only the young Only the young Only the young Can run Dont say youre too tired to fight Its just a matter of time Up theres the finish line Dont say youre too tired to fight Its just a matter of time Up theres the finish line Only the young Only the young Only the young

Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Oh-oh, oh-oh Stand there like a ghost Shaking from the rain, rain Shell open up the door and say, Are you insane? Say its been a long six months And you were too afraid to tell her what you want, want And thats how it works Thats how you get the girl And then, you say I want you for worse or for better I would wait forever and ever Broke your heart, Ill put it back together I would wait forever and ever And thats how it works Thats how you get the girl, girl And thats how it works Thats how you get the girl, girl Remind her how it used to be, be, yeah-yeah With pictures in frames of kisses on cheeks, cheeks Tell her how you must have lost your mind, ooh-ooh When you left her all alone And never told her why, why And thats how it works Thats how you lost the girl And now, you say I want you for worse or for better I would wait forever and ever Broke your heart, Ill put it back together I would wait forever and ever And thats how it works Thats how you get the girl, girl And thats how it works Thats how you get the girl, girl Yeah, yeah And you know Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh That I dont want you to go, oh, oh Remind me how it used to be Pictures in frames of kisses on cheeks And say you want me, yeah-yeah And then you say Cause I want you for worse or for better I would wait forever and ever Broke your heart, Ill put it back together I would wait forever and ever And thats how it works Thats how you get the girl, girl And thats how it works Thats how you get the girl, girl And thats how it works Thats how you get the girl, girl And thats how it works Thats how you get the girl, girl Thats how it works Thats how you got the girl

Now go stand in the corner and think about what you did Ha, time for a little revenge The story starts when it was hot and it was summer and I had it all, I had him right there where I wanted him She came along, got him alone and lets hear the applause She took him faster than you can say Sabotage I never saw it coming, wouldnt have suspected it I underestimated just who I was dealing with She had to know the pain was beating on me like a drum She underestimated just who she was stealing from Shes not a saint and shes not what you think Shes an actress, whoa Shes better known for the things that she does On the mattress, whoa Soon shes gonna find stealing other peoples toys On the playground wont make you many friends She should keep in mind, she should keep in mind There is nothing I do better than revenge, ha She looks at life like its a party and shes on the list She looks at me like Im a trend and shes so over it I think her ever-present frown is a little troubling And she thinks Im psycho cause I like to rhyme her name with things But sophistication isnt what you wear or who you know Or pushing people down to get you where you wanna go Oh, they didnt teach you that in prep school so its up to me But no amount of vintage dresses gives you dignity Shes not a saint and shes not what you think Shes an actress, whoa Shes better known for the things that she does On the mattress, whoa Soon shes gonna find stealing other peoples toys On the playground wont make you many friends She should keep in mind, she should keep in mind There is nothing I do better than revenge, ha Im just another thing for you to roll your eyes at, honey You might have him, but havent you heard? Im just another thing for you to roll your eyes at, honey You might have him, but I always get the last word Whoa, whoa-ah-oh Shes not a saint and shes not what you think Shes an actress, whoa Shes better known for the things that she does On the mattress, whoa Soon shes gonna find stealing other peoples toys On the playground wont make you many friends She should keep in mind, she should keep in mind There is nothing I do better than revenge, ha Do you still feel like you know what youre doing? Cause I dont think you do, oh Do you still feel like you know what youre doing? I dont think you do, I dont think you do Lets hear the applause Come on, show me how much better you are See you deserve some applause Cause youre so much better She took him faster than you could say Sabotage

Im so glad you made time to see me Hows life? Tell me, hows your family? I havent seen them in a while Youve been good, busier than ever We small talk, work and the weather Your guard is up and I know why Because the last time you saw me Is still burned in the back of your mind You gave me roses, and I left them there to die So this is me swallowing my pride Standing in front of you, saying Im sorry for that night And I go back to December all the time It turns out freedom aint nothing but missing you Wishing Id realized what I had when you were mine Id go back to December, turn around and make it alright I go back to December all the time These days, I havent been sleeping Staying up, playing back myself leaving When your birthday passed and I didnt call And I think about summer, all the beautiful times I watched you laughing 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 Standing in front of you, saying Im sorry for that night And I go back to December all the time It turns out freedom aint nothing but missing you Wishing Id realized what I had when you were mine Id go back to December, turn around and change my own mind I go back to December all the time I miss your tan skin, your sweet smile So good to me, so right And how you held me in your arms that September night The first time you ever saw me cry Maybe this is wishful thinking Probably mindless dreaming But if we loved again, I swear Id love you right Id go back in time and change it, but I cant So if the chain is on your door, I understand But this is me swallowing my pride Standing in front of you, saying Im sorry for that night And I go back to December It turns out freedom aint nothing but missing you Wishing Id realized what I had when you were mine Id go back to December, turn around and make it alright Id go back to December, turn around and change my own mind I go back to December all the time All the time

What a shame Didnt wanna be the one that got away, yeah Big mistake, broke the sweetest promise That you never should have made Im here on the kitchen floor You call, but I wont hear it You said No one else, how could you do this, babe? You really blew this, babe We aint gettin through this one, babe This is the last time Ill ever call you, babe This is the last time, this is the last time This is the last time, Ill ever call you babe What a waste Takin down the pictures and the plans we made, yeah And its strange how your face doesnt look so innocent Your secret has its consequence and thats on you, babe I break down every time you call Were a wreck, youre the wreckin ball We said, No one else, how could you do this, babe? You really blew this, babe We aint gettin through this one, babe This is the last time Ill ever call you, babe This is the last time, this is the last time This is the last time Since you admitted it , I keep picturin Her lips on your neck , I cant unsee it I hate that because of you , I cant love you, babe What a shame, didnt want to be the one that got away How could you do this, babe? You really blew this, babe We aint gettin through this one, babe How could you do this, babe? This is the last time, this is the last time This is the last time Ill ever call you, babe How could you do this, babe? Im here on the kitchen floor, you call but I wont hear it You said No one else, we aint gettin through this one, babe I break down every time you call, this is the last time Were a wreck, youre the wreckin ball This is the last time You said No one else This is the last time Ill ever call you babe

You shouldve been there Shouldve burst through the door With that Baby, Im right here smile And it wouldve felt like A million little shining stars had just aligned And I wouldve been so happy Christmas lights glisten Ive got my eye on the door Just waiting for you to walk in But the time is ticking People ask me how Ive been As I comb back through my memory How you said youd be here You said youd be here And it was like slow motion Standing there in my party dress In red lipstick With no one to impress And theyre all laughing As Im looking around the room But there was one thing missing And that was the moment I knew And the hours pass by Now I just wanna be alone But your close friends always seem to know When theres something really wrong So they follow me down the hall And there in the bathroom I try not to fall apart And the sinking feeling starts As I say hopelessly He said hed be here And it was like slow motion Standing there in my party dress In red lipstick With no one to impress And theyre all laughing And asking me about you But there was one thing missing And that was the moment I knew What do you say When tears are streaming down your face In front of everyone you know? And what do you do When the one who means the most to you Is the one who didnt show? You shouldve been here And I wouldve been so happy And it was like slow motion Standing there in my party dress In red lipstick With no one to impress And theyre all standing around me, singing Happy birthday to you But there was one thing missing And that was the moment I knew Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, I knew Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh You called me later And said, Im sorry I didnt make it And I said, Im sorry, too And that was the moment I knew

You, with your words like knives And swords and weapons that you use against me You have knocked me off my feet again Got me feeling like Im nothing You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard Calling me out when Im wounded You, picking on the weaker man Well, you can take me down With just one single blow But you dont know what you dont know Someday, Ill be living in a big old city And all youre ever gonna be is mean Someday, Ill be big enough so you cant hit me And all youre 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 dont already see them I walk with my head down, trying to block you out Cause Ill never impress you I just wanna feel okay again I bet you got pushed around Somebody made you cold But the cycle ends right now Cause you cant lead me down that road And you dont know what you dont know Someday, Ill be living in a big old city And all youre ever gonna be is mean Someday, Ill be big enough so you cant hit me And all youre ever gonna be is mean Why you gotta be so mean? And I can see you years from now in a bar Talking over a football game With that same big loud opinion But nobodys listening Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things Drunk and grumbling on about how I cant sing But all you are is mean All you are is mean And a liar, and pathetic, and alone in life And mean, and mean, and mean, and mean But someday, Ill be living in a big old city And all youre ever gonna be is mean, yeah Someday, Ill be big enough so you cant hit me And all youre ever gonna be is mean Why you gotta be so mean? Someday, Ill be living in a big old city And all youre ever gonna be is mean Someday, Ill be big enough so you cant hit me And all youre ever gonna be is mean Why you gotta be so mean?

You said, I know When I said, I need some time, need some space To think about all of this You watched me go And I knew my Words were hard to hear And harder to ever take back And I said, When can I-I-I come back? And you said thats when When I wake up in the morning Thats when, when its sunny or storming Laughing, when Im crying And thats when, Ill be waiting at the front gate Thats when, when I see your face Ill let you in, and baby, thats when Mm, mm I said, I know When you said, I did you wrong Made mistakes And put you through all of this Then through the phone Came all your tears And I said, Leave those all in our past And you said, When can I-I-I come back? And I said, thats when When I wake up in the morning Thats when, when its sunny or storming Laughing, when Im crying And thats when Ill be waiting at the front gate Thats when, when I see your face Ill let you in, and baby, thats when And you said, Honestly When you were gone Did you ever think of me? And I said Thats when, when I woke up in the morning Thats when, it was sunny or storming Laughing when I was crying And thats when, you were waiting at the front gate Thats when, when I saw your face You let me in, and baby, thats when Thats when, when I wake up in the morning Thats when, when its sunny or storming When Im laughing, when Im crying Thats when Ill be waiting at the front gate Thats when, when I see your face Thats when I love you, thats when

You take a deep breath and you walk through the doors Its the mornin of your very first day You say hi to your friends you aint seen in a while Try and stay out of everybodys way Its your freshman year and youre gonna be here For the next four years in this town Hopin one of those senior boys will wink at you and say You know, I havent seen you around before Cause when youre fifteen and somebody tells you they love you Youre gonna believe them And when youre fifteen, feelin like theres nothin to figure out Well, count to ten, take it in This is life before you know who youre gonna be Fifteen You sit in class next to a redhead named Abigail And soon enough, youre best friends Laughin at the other girls who think theyre so cool Well be outta here as soon as we can And then youre on your very first date and hes got a car And youre feelin like flyin And your mamas waitin up and youre thinkin hes the one And youre dancin round your room when the night ends When the night ends Cause when youre fifteen and somebody tells you they love you Youre gonna believe them And when youre fifteen and your first kiss Makes your head spin round But in your life youll do things greater than Dating the boy on the football team But I didnt know it at fifteen When all you wanted was to be wanted Wish you could go back and tell yourself what you know now Back then, I swore I was gonna marry him someday But I realized some bigger dreams of mine And Abigail gave everything she had To a boy who changed his mind And we both cried Cause when youre fifteen and somebody tells you they love you Youre gonna believe them And when youre fifteen, dont forget to look before you fall Ive found time can heal most anything And you just might find who youre supposed to be I didnt know who I was supposed to be At fifteen La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la-la La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la-la La-la-la, la-la-la Your very first day Take a deep breath, girl Take a deep breath as you walk through the doors

Theres something bout the way The street looks when its just rained Theres a glow off the pavement, you walk me to the car And you know I wanna ask you to dance right there In the middle of the parking lot, yeah Oh, yeah Were driving down the road, I wonder if you know Im trying so hard not to get caught up now But youre just so cool, run your hands through your hair Absentmindedly making me want you And I dont know how it gets better than this You take my hand and drag me head first, fearless And I dont know why but with you Id dance In a storm in my best dress, fearless So, baby, drive slow til we run out of road In this one horse town, I wanna stay right here In this passengers seat You put your eyes on me In this moment now, capture it, remember it Cause I dont know how it gets better than this You take my hand and drag me head first, fearless And I dont know why but with you Id dance In a storm in my best dress, fearless Well, you stood there with me in the doorway My hands shake, Im not usually this way but You pull me in and Im a little more brave Its the first kiss, its flawless, really something Its fearless Oh, yeah Cause I dont know how it gets better than this You take my hand and drag me head first, fearless And I dont know why but with you Id dance In a storm in my best dress, fearless Cause I dont know how it gets better than this You take my hand and drag me head first, fearless And I dont know why but with you Id dance In a storm in my best dress, fearless Oh, oh Oh, yeah

I bet this time of night, you’re still up I bet you’re tired from a long hard week I bet you’re sittin in your chair by the window Looking out at the city, and I bet Sometimes you wonder bout me And I just wanna tell you It takes everything in me not to call you And I wish I could run to you And I hope you know that Every time I don’t, I almost do, I almost do I bet you think I either moved on or hate you ‘Cause each time you reach out, there’s no reply I bet it never, ever occurred to you That I can’t say hello to you and risk another goodbye And I just wanna tell you It takes everything in me not to call you And I wish I could run to you And I hope you know that Every time I don’t, I almost do, I almost do Oh, we made quite a mess, babe It’s probably better off this way And I confess, babe In my dreams, you’re touching my face And asking me if I want to try again with you And I almost do And I just wanna tell you It takes everything in me not to call you And I wish I could run to you And I hope you know that Every time I don’t, I almost do, I almost do I bet this time of night, you’re still up I bet you’re tired from a long hard week I bet you’re sittin in your chair by the window Looking out at the city, and I hope Sometimes you wonder bout me

New to town with a made up name In the angels city, chasing fortune and fame And the camera flashes make it look like a dream You had it figured out since you were in school Everybody loves pretty, everybody loves cool So overnight, you look like a sixties queen Another name goes up in lights Like diamonds in the sky And they’ll tell you now, you’re the lucky one Yeah, they’ll tell you now, you’re the lucky one But can you tell me now, you’re the lucky one? Oh, oh, oh Now, it’s big black cars and Riviera views And your lover in the foyer doesn’t even know you And your secrets end up splashed on the news front page And they tell you that you’re lucky, but you’re so confused Cause you don’t feel pretty, you just feel used And all the young things line up to take your place Another name goes up in lights You wonder if you’ll make it out alive And they’ll tell you now, you’re the lucky one 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 It was a few years later, I showed up here And they still tell the legend of how you disappeared How you took the money and your dignity, and got the hell out They say you bought a bunch of land somewhere Chose the rose garden over Madison Square And it took some time, but I understand it now ‘Cause now my name is up in lights But I think you got it right Let me tell you now, you’re the lucky one Let me tell you now, you’re the lucky one Let me tell you now, you’re the lucky one, oh, oh, oh And they’ll tell you now, you’re the lucky one Yeah, they’ll tell you now, you’re the lucky one And they’ll tell you now, you’re the lucky one, oh, oh, oh Oh, whoa, oh, oh

Find myself at your door Just like all those times before I’m not sure how I got there All roads they lead me here I imagine you are home In your room, all alone And you open your eyes into mine And everything feels better And right before your eyes Im breaking, no past No reasons why Just you and me This is the last time Im asking you this Put my name at the top of your list This is the last time Im asking you why You break my heart in the blink of an eye You find yourself at my door Just like all those times before You wear your best apology But I was there to watch you leave And all the times I let you in Just for you to go again Disappear when you come back Everything is better And right before your eyes Im aching, run fast Nowhere to hide Just you and me This is the last time Im asking you this Put my name at the top of your list This is the last time Im asking you why You break my heart in the blink of an eye This is the last time you tell me Ive got it wrong This is the last time I say its been you all along This is the last time I let you in my door This is the last time, I wont hurt you anymore Oh-ho, oh-ho, oh-ho, oh-ho Oh-ho, oh-ho, oh-ho, oh-ho This is the last time Im asking you this Put my name at the top of your list This is the last time Im asking you why You break my heart in the blink of an eye This is the last time Im asking you this Put my name at the top of your list This is the last time Im asking you why You break my heart in the blink of an eye This is the last time Im asking you, last time Im asking you Last time Im asking you this This is the last time Im asking you, last time Im asking you Last time Im asking you this This is the last time Im asking you, last time Im asking you Last time Im asking you this This is the last time Im asking you, last time Im asking you Last time Im asking you this

Long handwritten note, deep in your pocket Words, how little they mean, when youre a little too late I stood right by the tracks, your face in a locket Good girls, hopeful theyll be and long they will wait We had a beautiful magic love affair What a sad, beautiful, tragic love affair In dreams, I meet you in warm conversation We both wake in lonely beds, different cities And time is taking its sweet time erasing you And youve 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 Distance, timing, breakdown, fighting Silence, the train runs off its tracks Kiss me, try to fix it, could you just try to listen? Hang up, give up, and for the life of us we cant get back A beautiful magic love there What a sad, beautiful, tragic, beautiful, tragic, beautiful What we had, a beautiful magic love there What a sad, beautiful, tragic, love affair We had a beautiful magic love there What a sad, beautiful, tragic love affair

Hey, I knew Id run into you somewhere Its been a while, I didnt mean to stare I heard shes nothin like me Im sure shell make you happy But dont you, dont you Smile at me and ask me how Ive been Dont you say youve Missed me if you dont want me again You dont know how much I feel I love you still So why dont you, dont you? Ah, ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah Sometimes, I really wish that I could hate you Ive tried, but thats just somethin I cant do My heart knows what the truth is I swore I wouldnt do this But dont you, dont you Smile at me and ask me how Ive been Dont you say youve Missed me if you dont want me again You dont know how much I feel I love you still So why dont you, dont you? So I walk outta here tonight Try to go on with my life And you can say were still friends So if I see you again Dont you , dont you Smile at me and ask me how Ive been Dont you say youve Missed me if you dont want me again You dont know how much I feel I love you still So why dont you, dont you? Ah, ah, ah, ah Dont you

The way you move is like a full on rainstorm And Im a house of cards Youre the kind of reckless That should send me running But I kinda know that I wont get far And you stood there in front of me Just close enough to touch Close enough to hope you couldnt see What I was thinking of Drop everything now Meet me in the pouring rain Kiss me on the sidewalk Take away the pain Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile Get me with those green eyes, baby, as the lights go down Give me something thatll haunt me when youre not around Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile My mind forgets to remind me Youre a bad idea You touch me once and its really something You find Im even better than you imagined I would be Im on my guard for the rest of the world But with you I know its no good And I could wait patiently but I really wish you would Drop everything now Meet me in the pouring rain Kiss me on the sidewalk Take away the pain Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile Get me with those green eyes, baby, as the lights go down Give me something thatll haunt me when youre not around Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile I run my fingers through your hair and watch the lights go wild Just keep on keeping your eyes on me Its just wrong enough to make it feel right And lead me up the staircase Wont you whisper soft and slow? Im captivated by you, baby, like a firework show Drop everything now Meet me in the pouring rain Kiss me on the sidewalk Take away the pain Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile Get me with those green eyes, baby, as the lights go down Give me something thatll haunt me when youre not around Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile And the sparks fly Oh, baby, smile And the sparks fly

Drew looks at me I fake a smile so he wont see That I want and Im needing Everything that we should be Ill bet shes beautiful, that girl he talks about And shes got everything that I have to live without Drew talks to me I laugh cause its so damn funny That I cant even see Anyone when hes with me He says hes so in love, hes finally got it right I wonder if he knows hes all I think about at night Hes the reason for the teardrops on my guitar The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star Hes the song in the car I keep singing, dont know why I do... Drew walks by me Cant he tell that I cant breathe? And there he goes, so perfectly The kind of flawless I wish I could be Shed better hold him tight, give him all her love Look in those beautiful eyes and know shes lucky cause Hes the reason for the teardrops on my guitar The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star Hes the song in the car I keep singing, dont know why I do... So I drive home alone, as I turn off the light Ill put his picture down and maybe get some sleep tonight Cause hes the reason for the teardrops on my guitar The only one who’s got enough of me to break my heart Hes the song in the car I keep singing, dont know why I do... Hes the time taken up, but theres never enough And hes all that I need to fall into Drew looks at me I fake a smile so he wont see

Follow me home if you dare to I wouldnt know where to lead you Should I take chances when no one took chances on me? So I watch from the dark, wait for my life to start With no beauty in my memory All that I wanted was to be wanted Too young to wander London streets, alone and haunted Born into nothing At least you have something, something to cling to Visions of dazzling rooms Ill never get let into And the memories were lost long ago But at least you have beautiful ghosts Perilous night, their voices calling A flicker of light before the dawning Out here, the wild ones are taming the fear within me Scared to call them my friends and be broken again Is this hope just a mystical dream? All that I wanted was to be wanted Too young to wander London streets, alone and haunted Born into nothing At least you have something, something to cling to Visions of dazzling rooms Ill never get let into And the memories were lost long ago But at least you have beautiful ghosts And so maybe my home isnt what I had known What I thought it would be But I feel so alive with these phantoms of night And I know that this life isnt safe, but its wild and its free All that I wanted was to be wanted Ill never wander London streets, alone and haunted Born into nothing With them, I have something, something to cling to I never knew Id love this world theyve let me into And the memories were lost long ago So Ill dance with these beautiful ghosts And the memories were lost long ago So Ill dance with these beautiful ghosts

I guess you really did it this time Left yourself in your war path Lost your balance on a tightrope Lost your mind trying to get it back Wasnt it easier in your lunchbox days? Always a bigger bed to crawl into Wasnt it beautiful when you believed in everything And everybody believed in you? Its alright, just wait and see Your string of lights is still bright to me Oh, who you are is not where youve been Youre still an innocent, youre still an innocent Did some things you cant speak of But at night you live it all again You wouldnt be shattered on the floor now If only you had seen what you know now then Wasnt it easier in your firefly-catching days? When everything out of reach Someone bigger brought down to you Wasnt it beautiful running wild til you fell asleep Before the monsters caught up to you? Its alright, just wait and see Your string of lights is still bright to me Oh, who you are is not where youve been Youre still an innocent Its okay, life is a tough crowd 32 and still growing up now Who you are is not what you did Youre still an innocent Time turns flames to embers Youll have new Septembers Every one of us has messed up too Lives change like the weather I hope you remember Today is never too late to be brand new, oh Its alright, just wait and see Your string of lights is still bright to me Oh, who you are is not where youve been Youre still an innocent Its okay, life is a tough crowd 32 and still growing up now Who you are is not what you did Youre still an innocent, youre still an innocent Lost your balance on a tightrope, oh Its never too late to get it back

We used to walk along the streets When the porch 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 the way we laughed in the dark Talking bout your daddys farm we were gonna buy someday And we were happy We used to watch the sun go down on the boats in the water Thats sorta how I feel right now And goodbyes so much harder cause we were happy When it was good, baby, it was good, baby We showed em all up No one could touch the way we laughed in the dark Talking bout your daddys farm we were gonna buy someday And we were happy We were happy Oh, I hate those voices telling me Im not in love anymore But they dont give me choices and thats what these tears are for Cause we were happy We were happy When it was good, baby, it was good, baby We showed em all up No one could touch the way we laughed in the dark Talking bout your daddys farm And you were gonna marry me And we were happy We were happy Oh-oh-oh-oh We were happy

Say youre sorry, that face of an angel Comes out just when you need it to As I paced back and forth all this time Cause I honestly believed in you Holdin on, the days drag on Stupid girl, I shoulda known, I shoulda known That Im not a princess, this aint a fairytale Im not the one youll sweep off her feet, lead her up the stairwell This aint Hollywood, this is a small town I was a dreamer before you went and let me down Now its too late for you and your white horse To come around Maybe I was naive, got lost in your eyes And never really had a chance My mistake, I didnt 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 Im not a princess, this aint a fairytale Im not the one youll sweep off her feet, lead her up the stairwell This aint Hollywood, this is a small town I was a dreamer before you went and let me down Now its 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 But Im so sorry Cause Im not your princess, this aint our fairytale Im gonna find someone someday Who might actually treat me well This is a big world, that was a small town There in my rear view mirror disappearing now And its too late for you and your white horse Now its too late for you and your white horse To catch me now Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa Try and catch me now, oh Its too late to catch me now

State the obvious, I didnt get my perfect fantasy I realize you love yourself more than you could ever love me So go and tell your friends that Im obsessive and crazy Thats fine, you wont mind if I say By the way I hate that stupid old pickup truck you never let me drive Youre a redneck heartbreak whos really bad at lying So watch me strike a match on all my wasted time As far as Im concerned, youre just another picture to burn Theres no time for tears Im just sitting here planning my revenge Theres nothing stopping me From going out with all of your best friends And if you come around saying sorry to me My daddys gonna show you how sorry youll be Cause I hate that stupid old pickup truck you never let me drive Youre a redneck heartbreak whos really bad at lying So watch me strike a match on all my wasted time As far as Im concerned, youre just another picture to burn And if youre missing me, youd better keep it to yourself Cause coming back around here would be bad for your health Cause I hate that stupid old pickup truck you never let me drive Youre a redneck heartbreak whos really bad at lying So watch me strike a match on all my wasted time In case you havent heard I really really hate that Stupid old pickup truck you never let me drive Youre a redneck heartbreak, whos really bad at lying So watch me strike a match on all my wasted time As far as Im concerned, youre just another picture to burn Burn, burn, burn, baby, burn Youre just another picture to burn Baby, burn

He is sensible and so incredible And all my single friends are jealous He says everything I need to hear and its like I couldnt ask for anything better He opens up my door and I get into his car And he says you look beautiful tonight And I feel perfectly fine But I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain And its 2AM and Im cursing your name Youre so in love that you act insane And thats the way I loved you Breaking down and coming undone Its a roller coaster kind of rush And I never knew I could feel that much And thats the way I loved you He respects my space And never makes me wait And he calls exactly when he says he will Hes close to my mother Talks business with my father Hes charming and endearing And Im comfortable But I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain Its 2AM and Im cursing your name Youre so in love that you acted insane And thats the way I loved you Breaking down and coming undone Its a roller coaster kind of rush And I never knew I could feel that much And thats the way I loved you He cant see the smile Im faking And my hearts not breaking Cause Im not feeling anything at all And you were wild and crazy Just so frustrating Intoxicating, complicated Got away by some mistake and now I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain Its 2AM and Im cursing your name Im so in love that I acted insane And thats the way I loved you Breaking down and coming undone Its a roller coaster kind of rush And I never knew I could feel that much And thats the way I loved you oh, oh And thats the way I loved you oh, oh Never knew I could feel that much And thats the way I loved you

I wish I was strong enough to lift not one but both of us Some day I will be strong enough to lift not one but both of us Uhh Ever thought about losing it When your money’s all gone and you lose your whip You might lose your grip when the landlord tell you that you due for rent And the grass so green on the other side Make a nigga wanna run straight through the fence Open up the fridge bout 20 times But you still can’t find no food in it That’s foolishness And sometimes I wonder, why we care so much about the way we look And the way we talk and the way we act and the clothes we bought How much that cost? Does it even really matter? Cause if life is a uphill battle But y’all tryna climb with the same ol’ ladder In the same boat, with the same ol’ paddle Why so shallow? I’m just askin What’s the pattern to the madness? Everybody ain’t a number one draft pick Most of us ain’t Hollywood actors But if it’s all for one, and one for all Then maybe one day, we all could ball Do it one time for the underdogs Sincerely yours, from one of yall I wish I was strong enough to lift not one but both of us Some day I will be strong enough to lift not one but both of us I could feel your pain, I could feel your struggle You just wanna live, but everythings so low That you could drown in a puddle That’s why I gotta hold us up, yeah, hold us up For all the times no one’s ever spoke for us To every single time that they play this song You can say that that’s what Bobby Ray wrote for us When the tides get too high And the sea up underneath gets so deep And you feel like you’re just another person Getting lost in the crowd, way up high in the nosebleeds Uh, because weve both been there, both of us But we still stand tall with our shoulders up And even though we always against the odds These are the things that’ve molded us And if life hadn’t chosen us Sometimes I wonder where I wouldve wound up Cause if it was up to me, I’d make a new blueprint Then build it from the ground up, hey But if it’s all for one, and one for all Then maybe one day, we all could ball Do it one time for the underdogs From Bobby Ray, to all of y’all I wish I was strong enough to lift not one but both of us Some day I will be strong enough to lift not one but both of us

I used to think one day, wed tell the story of us How we met, and the sparks flew instantly And people would say, theyre the lucky ones I used to know my place was a spot next to you Now Im searching the room for an empty seat Cause lately, I dont even know what page youre on Oh, a simple complication Miscommunications lead to fallout So many things that I wish you knew So many walls up, I cant break through Now Im standing alone in a crowded room And were not speaking And Im dying to know Is it killing you like its killing me? Yeah, I dont know what to say Since the twist of fate when it all broke down And the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now Next chapter Howd we end up this way? See me nervously pulling at my clothes and trying to look busy And youre doing your best to avoid me Im starting to think one day, Ill tell the story of us How I was losing my mind when I saw you here But you held your pride like you shouldve held me Oh, Im scared to see the ending Why are we pretending this is nothing? Id tell you I miss you, but I dont know how Ive never heard silence quite this loud Now Im standing alone in a crowded room And were not speaking And Im dying to know Is it killing you like its killing me? Yeah, and I dont know what to say Since the twist of fate, when it all broke down And the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now This is looking like a contest Of who can act like they care less But I liked it better when you were on my side The battles in your hands now But I would lay my armor down If you say youd rather love than fight So many things that you wish I knew But the story of us might be ending soon Now Im standing alone in a crowded room And were not speaking And Im dying to know Is it killing you like its killing me? Yeah, and I dont know what to say Since the twist of fate, when it all broke down And the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now, now, now And were not speaking And Im dying to know Is it killing you like its killing me, yeah? I dont know what to say since the twist of fate Cause were going down And the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now The End

I was ridin shotgun with my hair undone In the front seat of his car Hes got a one-hand feel on the steering wheel The other on my heart I look around, turn the radio down He says, Baby, is something wrong? I say, Nothin, I was just thinkin How we dont have a song And he says Our song is the slamming screen door Sneakin out late, tapping on your window When were on the phone and you talk real slow Cause its late and your mama dont know Our song is the way you laugh The first date: Man, I didnt kiss her, and I should have And when I got home fore I said amen Asking God if he could play it again I was walking up the front porch steps After everything that day Had gone all wrong or been trampled on And lost and thrown away Got to the hallway, well on my way To my lovin bed I almost didnt notice all the roses And the note that said Our song is the slamming screen door Sneakin out late, tapping on your window When were on the phone and you talk real slow Cause its late and your mama dont know Our song is the way you laugh The first date: Man, I didnt kiss her, and I should have And when I got home fore I said amen Asking God if he could play it again Da-da-da-da Ive heard every album, listened to the radio Waited for somethin to come along That was as good as our song Cause our song is the slamming screen door Sneakin out late, tappin on his window When were on the phone and he talks real slow Cause its late and his mama dont know Our song is the way he laughs The first date: Man, I didnt kiss him, and I should have And when I got home fore I said amen Asking God if he could play it again Play it again, oh, yeah Oh, oh, yeah I was ridin shotgun with my hair undone In the front seat of his car I grabbed a pen and an old napkin And I wrote down our song

It wasnt just like a movie The rain didnt soak through my clothes, down to my skin Im drivin away and I, I guess you could say This is the last time Ill drive this way again Lost in the gray and I try to grab at the fray Cause I, I still love you but I cant Bye bye to everything I thought was on my side Bye bye baby I want you back but its come down to nothing And all I have is your sympathy Cause you took me home but you just couldnt keep me Bye bye baby Bye bye baby The picture frame is empty On the dresser, vacant just like me I see your writing on the dash Then back to your hesitation I was so sure of everything Everything I thought wed always have Guess I never doubted it Then the here and the now floods in Feels like Im becoming a part of your past Bye bye to everything I thought was on my side Bye bye baby I want you back but its come down to nothing And all I have is your sympathy Cause you took me home but you just couldnt keep me Bye bye baby And theres so much that I cant touch Youre all I want but its not enough this time And all the pages are just slipping through my hands And Im so scared of how this ends Bye bye to everything I thought was on my side Bye bye baby I want you back but its come down to nothing And all I have is your sympathy Cause you took me home but you just couldnt keep me Bye bye to everything I thought was on my side Bye bye baby I want you back but its come down to nothing And all I have is your sympathy Cause you took me home but you just couldnt keep me Oh, you took me home, I thought you were gonna keep me Bye bye baby Bye bye baby

My winter nights are taken up by static Stress and holiday shopping traffic But I close my eyes and Im somewhere else Just like magic In my heart is a Christmas tree farm Where the people would come To dance under sparkling lights Bundled up in their mittens and coats And the cider would flow And I just wanna be there tonight Sweet dreams of holly and ribbon Mistakes are forgiven And everythin is icy and blue And you would be there too Under the mistletoe Watchin the fire glow And tellin me, I love you Just bein in your arms Takes me back to that little farm Where every wish comes true In my heart is a Christmas tree farm Theres a light in the barn We run inside out from the cold In the town, kids are dreamin of sleighs And theyre warm and theyre safe They wake to see a blanket of snow Sweet dreams of holly and ribbon Mistakes are forgiven And everythin is icy and blue And you would be there too Under the mistletoe Watchin the fire glow And tellin me, I love you Just bein in your arms Takes me back to that little farm Where every wish comes true Baby, yeah And when Im feelin alone You remind me of home Oh, baby, baby, Merry Christmas And when the world isnt fair I pretend that were there Baby, baby, Merry Christmas Under the mistletoe Watching the fire glow And tellin me, I love you Oh, baby, baby, Merry Christmas Oh, baby, baby, Merry Christmas Oh, baby, baby, Merry Christmas I love you Oh, baby, baby, Merry Christmas Oh, baby, baby, Merry Christmas Oh, baby, baby, Merry Christmas Where every wish comes true I love you

You and I walk a fragile line I have known it all this time But I never thought Id live to see it break Its getting dark and its all too quiet And I cant trust anything now And its coming over you like its all a big mistake Whoa, holding my breath Wont lose you again Somethings made your eyes go cold Come on, come on, dont leave me like this I thought I had you figured out Somethings gone terribly wrong Youre all I wanted Come on, come on, dont leave me like this I thought I had you figured out Cant breathe whenever youre gone Cant turn back now, Im haunted Stood there and watched you walk away From everything we had But I still mean every word I said to you He will try to take away my pain And he just might make me smile But the whole time, Im wishing it was you instead Oh, holding my breath Wont see you again Something keeps me holding onto nothing Come on, come on, dont leave me like this I thought I had you figured out Somethings gone terribly wrong Youre all I wanted Come on, come on, dont leave me like this I thought I had you figured out Cant breathe whenever youre gone Cant turn back now, Im haunted I know I know I just know Youre not gone, you cant be gone, no Come on, come on, dont leave me like this I thought I had you figured out Somethings gone terribly wrong Wont finish what you started Come on, come on, dont leave me like this I thought I had you figured out Cant breathe whenever youre gone Cant go back, Im haunted You and I walk a fragile line I have known it all this time Never ever thought Id see it break Never thought Id see it

Once upon a time I believe it was a Tuesday when I caught your eye And we caught onto something I hold onto the night You looked me in the eye and told me you loved me Were you just kidding? Cause it seems to me This thing is breaking down, we almost never speak I dont feel welcome anymore Baby, what happened? Please tell me Cause one second it was perfect Now youre halfway out the door And I stare at the phone, he still hasnt called And then you feel so low you cant feel nothing at all And you flashback to when he said forever and always Oh, and it rains in your bedroom Everything is wrong It rains when youre here and it rains when youre 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 Im not so sure So heres to everything coming down to nothing Heres to silence that cuts me to the core Where is this going? Thought I knew for a minute, but I dont anymore And I stare at the phone, he still hasnt called And then you feel so low you cant feel nothing at all And you flashback to when he said forever and always Oh, and it rains in your bedroom Everything is wrong It rains when youre here and it rains when youre gone Cause I was there when you said forever and always You didnt mean it baby, I dont think so Oh, back up, baby, back up Did you forget everything? Back up, baby, back up Did you forget everything? Cause it rains in your bedroom Everything is wrong It rains when youre here and it rains when youre gone Cause I was there when you said forever and always Oh, I stare at the phone, he still hasnt called And then you feel so low you cant feel nothing at all And you flashback to when we said forever and always And it rains in your bedroom Everything is wrong It rains when youre here and it rains when youre gone Cause I was there when you said forever and always You didnt mean it baby You said forever and always, yeah

I said, Oh, my, what a marvelous tune It was the best night, never would forget how we moved The whole place was dressed to the nines And we were dancing, dancing Like were made of starlight Like were made of starlight I met Bobby on the boardwalk, summer of 45 Picked me up, late one night at the window We were 17 and crazy, running wild, wild Cant remember what song it was playing when we walked in The night we snuck into a yacht club party Pretending to be a duchess and a prince And I said, Oh, my, what a marvelous tune It was the best night, never would forget how we moved The whole place was dressed to the nines And we were dancing, dancing Like were made of starlight, starlight Like were made of starlight, starlight He said, Look at you Worrying so much about things you cant change Youll 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 Dont you see the starlight, starlight? Dont you dream impossible things? Like, Oh, my, what a marvelous tune It was the best night, never would forget how we moved The whole place was dressed to the nines And we were dancing, dancing Like were made of starlight, starlight Like were made of starlight, starlight Ooh, ooh, hes talking crazy Ooh, ooh, dancing with me Ooh, ooh, we could get married Have ten kids and teach em how to dream Oh, my, what a marvelous tune It was the best night, never would forget how we moved The whole place was dressed to the nines And we were dancing, dancing Like were made of starlight, starlight Like were made of starlight, starlight Like were made of starlight, starlight Like we dream impossible dreams Like starlight, starlight Like we dream impossible dreams Dont you see the starlight, starlight? Dont you dream impossible things?

You said it in a simple way 4 AM, the second day How strange that I dont know you at all Stumbled through the long goodbye One last kiss, then catch your flight Right when I was just about to fall I told myself, dont get attached But in my mind, I play it back Spinning faster than the plane that took you And this is when the feeling sinks in I dont wanna miss you like this Come back, be here, come back, be here I guess youre in New York today I dont wanna need you this way Come back, be here, come back, be here The delicate beginning rush The feeling you can know so much Without knowing anything at all And now that I can put this down If I had known what I know now I never wouldve played so nonchalant Taxi cabs and busy streets That never bring you back to me I cant help but wish you took me with you And this is when the feeling sinks in I dont wanna miss you like this Come back, be here, come back, be here I guess youre in London today And I dont wanna need you this way Come back, be here, come back, be here This is falling in love in the cruelest way This is falling for you when you are worlds away In New York, be here But youre in London, and I break down Cause its not fair that youre not around This is when the feeling sinks in I dont wanna miss you like this Come back, be here, come back, be here I guess youre in New York today And I dont wanna need you this way Come back, be here, come back, be here Oh-oh, oh-oh I dont wanna miss you like this Oh-oh, oh-oh Come back, be here Come back, be here

I see your face in my mind as I drive away Cause none of us thought it was gonna end that way People are people and sometimes we change our minds But its killing me to see you go after all this time Music starts playing like the end of a sad movie Its the kind of ending you dont really wanna see Cause its tragedy and itll only bring you down Now I dont know what to be without you around And we know its never simple, never easy Never a clean break, no one here to save me Youre the only thing I know like the back of my hand And I cant 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 it doesnt work out Nothing we say is gonna save us from the fall out And we know its never simple, never easy Never a clean break, no one here to save me Youre the only thing I know like the back of my hand And I cant breathe without you, but I have to Breathe without you but I have to Its 2 A.M, feeling like I just lost a friend Hope you know its not easy, easy for me Its 2 A.M, feeling like I just lost a friend Hope you know this aint easy, easy for me And we know its never simple, never easy Never a clean break, no one here to save me, oh-oh I cant breathe without you, but I have to Breathe without you, but I have to Breathe without you, but I have to Im sorry, Im sorry Im sorry, Im sorry Im sorry, Im sorry Im sorry

Woo! You wake up It’s raining and it’s Monday Looks like one of those rough days Time’s up You’re late again, so get out the door Sometimes you feel like running Find a whole new life and jump in Let go, get up and hit the dance-floor But when the lights go down, it’s the ending of the show And you’re feeling like you got nowhere to go Don’t you know... You can change your hair and you can change your clothes You can change your mind, that’s just the way it goes You can say goodbye, and you can say hello But you’ll always find your way back home You can change your style, you can change your jeans You can learn to fly and you can chase your dreams You can laugh and cry, but everybody knows You’ll always find your way back home Your best friends, your little hometown Are waiting up wherever you go now You know that you can always turn around Cause this world is big and it’s crazy And this girl is thinking that maybe This life is what some people dream about Cause when I’m feeling down and I am all alone I’ve always got a place where I can go Cause I know... You can change your hair and you can change your clothes You can change your mind, that’s just the way it goes You can say “goodbye,” and you can say “hello” But you’ll always find your way back home You can change your style, you can change your jeans You can learn to fly and you can chase your dreams You can laugh and cry, but everybody knows You’ll always find your way back home Where they know exactly who you are Back home, where the real you is the superstar Back home, you know it’s never too far away You can change your hair and you can change your clothes You can change your mind, that’s just the way it goes You can say “goodbye,” and you can say “hello” But you’ll always find your way back You can change your hair and you can change your clothes You can change your mind, that’s just the way it goes You can say “goodbye,” and you can say “hello” But you’ll always find your way back home You can change your style, you can change your jeans You can learn to fly and you can chase your dreams You can laugh and cry, but everybody knows You’ll always find your way back home You’ll always find your way back home You’ll always find your way back home You’ll always find your way back home You’ll always find your way back home You’ll always, youll always find your way You’ll always find your way back home

He said the way my blue eyes shined Put those Georgia stars to shame that night I said, Thats a lie Just a boy in a Chevy truck That had a tendency of gettin stuck On backroads at night And I was right there beside him all summer long And then the time we woke up to find that summer gone But when you think Tim McGraw I hope you think my favorite song The one we danced to all night long The moon like a spotlight on the lake When you think happiness I hope you think that little black dress Think of my head on your chest And my old faded blue jeans When you think Tim McGraw I hope you think of me September saw a month of tears And thankin God that you werent here To see me like that But in a box beneath my bed Is a letter that you never read From three summers back Its hard not to find it all a little bittersweet And lookin back on all of that, its nice to believe When you think Tim McGraw I hope you think my favorite song The one we danced to all night long The moon like a spotlight on the lake When you think happiness I hope you think that little black dress Think of my head on your chest And my old faded blue jeans When you think Tim McGraw I hope you think of me And Im back for the first time since then Im standin on your street And theres a letter left on your doorstep And the first thing that youll read is: When you think Tim McGraw I hope you think my favorite song Someday youll turn your radio on I hope it takes you back to that place When you think happiness I hope you think that little black dress Think of my head on your chest And my old faded blue jeans When you think Tim McGraw I hope you think of me Oh, think of me Mmmm He said the way my blue eyes shine Put those Georgia stars to shame that night I said, Thats a lie

Im pretty sure we almost broke up last night I threw my phone across the room, at you I was expecting some dramatic turn away But you stayed This morning, I said we should talk about it Cause I read you should never leave a fight unresolved Thats when you came in wearing a football helmet And said, Okay, lets talk And I said Stay, stay, stay Ive been loving you for quite some time, time, time You think that its funny when Im mad, mad, mad But I think that its best if we both stay Before you, Id only dated self-indulgent takers Who took all of their problems out on me But you carry my groceries and now Im always laughing And I love you because you have given me No choice but to Stay, stay, stay Ive been loving you for quite some time, time, time You think that its funny when Im mad, mad, mad But I think that its best if we both stay, stay, stay, stay You took the time to memorize me My fears, my hopes, and dreams I just like hanging out with you, all the time All those times that you didnt leave, its been occurring to me Id like to hang out with you, for my whole life Stay, and Ill be loving you for quite some time No one else is gonna love me when I get mad, mad, mad So I think that its best if we both stay, stay Stay, stay, stay, stay! Stay, stay, stay Ive been loving you for quite some time, time, time You think that its funny when Im mad, mad, mad But I think that its best if we both stay, stay Stay, stay, stay, stay! Stay, stay, stay Ive been loving you for quite some time, time, time You think that its funny when Im mad, mad, mad But I think that its best if we both stay

Elevator buttons and morning air Strangers silence makes me want to take the stairs If you were here, wed laugh about their vacant stares But right now, my time is theirs Seems like theres always someone who disapproves Theyll judge it like they know about me and you And the verdict comes from those with nothing else to do The jurys out, but my choice is you So dont you worry your pretty little mind People throw rocks at things that shine And life makes love look hard The stakes are high, the waters rough But this love is ours You never know what people have up their sleeves Ghosts from your past gonna jump out at me Lurking in the shadows with their lip gloss smiles But I dont care, cause right now, youre mine And youll say Dont you worry your pretty little mind People throw rocks at things that shine And life makes love look hard The stakes are high, the waters rough But this love is ours And its not theirs to speculate if its wrong And your hands are tough, but they are where mine belong And Ill fight their doubt and give you faith With this song for you Cause I love the gap between your teeth And I love the riddles that you speak And any snide remarks from my father about your tattoos Will be ignored Cause my heart is yours So dont you worry your pretty little mind People throw rocks at things that shine And life makes love look hard Dont you worry your pretty little mind People throw rocks at things that shine But they cant take whats ours They cant take whats ours The stakes are high, the waters rough But this love is ours

I am not the kind of girl Who should be rudely barging 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 family All dressed in pastel And she is yelling at a bridesmaid Somewhere back inside a room Wearing a gown shaped like a pastry This is surely not What you thought it would be I lose myself in a daydream Where I stand and say Dont say yes, run away now Ill meet you when youre out Of the church at the back door Dont wait or say a single vow You need to hear me out And they said, speak now Fond gestures are exchanged And the organ starts to play A song that sounds like a death march And I am hiding in the curtains It seems that I was uninvited By your lovely bride-to-be She floats down the aisle Like a pageant queen But I know you wish it was me You wish it was me Dont say yes, run away now Ill meet you when youre out Of the church at the back door Dont wait or say a single vow You need to hear me out And they said, speak now Dont say yes, run away now Ill meet you when youre out Of the church at the back door Dont wait or say a single vow Your time is running out And they said, speak now Ooh, la-da-da-da, oh Ooh, ooh I hear the preacher say Speak now or forever hold your peace Theres the silence, theres my last chance I stand up with shaking hands, all eyes on me Horrified looks from everyone in the room But Im only looking at you I am not the kind of girl Who should be rudely barging in On a white veil occasion But you are not the kind of boy Who should be marrying the wrong girl So dont say yes, run away now Ill meet you when youre out Of the church at the back door Dont wait or say a single vow You need to hear me out And they said, speak now And you say Lets run away now Ill meet you when Im out of my tux at the back door Baby, I didnt say my vows So glad you were around when they said Speak now

Your little hands wrapped around my finger And its so quiet in the world tonight Your little eyelids flutter cause youre dreaming So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light To you everythings funny, you got nothing to regret Id give all I have, honey If you could stay like that Oh darling, dont you ever grow up Dont you ever grow up, just stay this little Oh darling, dont you ever grow up Dont you ever grow up, it could stay this simple I wont let nobody hurt you, wont let no one break your heart And no one will desert you Just try to never grow up, never grow up Youre in the car on the way to the movies And youre mortified your moms dropping you off At fourteen, theres just so much you cant do And you cant wait to move out someday and call your own shots But dont make her drop you off around the block Remember that shes getting older too And dont lose the way that you dance around in your pjs getting ready for school Oh darling, dont you ever grow up Dont you ever grow up, just stay this little Oh darling, dont you ever grow up Dont you ever grow up, it could stay this simple No ones ever burned you, nothings ever left you scarred And even though you want to, just try to never grow up Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home Remember the footsteps, remember the words said And all your little brothers favorite songs I just realized everything I have is someday gonna be gone So here I am in my new apartment In a big city, they just dropped me off Its so much colder than I thought it would be So I tuck myself in and turn my night light on Wish Id never grown up I wish Id never grown up Oh, I dont wanna grow up, wish Id never grown up I could still be little Oh, I dont wanna grow up, wish Id never grown up It could still be simple Oh darling, dont you ever grow up Dont you ever grow up, just stay this little Oh darling, dont you ever grow up Dont you ever grow up, it could stay this simple Wont let nobody hurt you Wont let no one break your heart And even though you want to, please try to never grow up Oh, dont you ever grow up Oh, never grow up, just never grow up

Loving him is like Driving a new Maserati down a dead end street Faster than the wind, passionate as sin, ending so suddenly Loving him is like Trying to change your mind once youre already flying through the freefall Like the colors in autumn So bright, just before they lose it all Losing him was blue like Id never known Missing him was dark grey, all alone Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody youve never met But loving him was red Loving him was red Touching him was like Realizing all you ever wanted was right there in front of you Memorizing him was as Easy as knowing all the words to your old favorite song Fighting with him was like Trying to solve a crossword and realizing theres no right answer Regretting him was like Wishing you never found out that love could be that strong Losing him was blue like Id never known Missing him was dark grey, all alone Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody youve never met But loving him was red Oh, red Burning red Remembering him comes in flashbacks and echoes Tell myself its time now, gotta let go But moving on from him is impossible When I still see it all in my head In burning red Burning, it was red Losing him was blue like Id never known Missing him was dark grey, all alone Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met Cause loving him was red Yeah, yeah, red Were burning red And thats why hes spinning round in my head Burning red, burning red His love was like Driving a new Maserati down a dead end street

Mmm-mm, mm-mm Mmm-mm, mm-mm Mmm-mm, mm-mm, yeah Hey Stephen, I know looks can be deceiving But I know I saw a light in you And as we walked we were talking I didnt say half the things I wanted to Of all the girls tossing rocks at your window Ill be the one waiting there even when its cold Hey Stephen, boy, you might have me believing I dont always have to be alone Cause I cant help it if you look like an angel Cant help it if I wanna kiss you in the rain so Come feel this magic Ive been feeling since I met you Cant help it if theres no one else Mmm, I cant help myself Hey Stephen, Ive been holding back this feeling So I got some things to say to you Ive 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 Its beautiful, wonderful, dont you ever change Hey Stephen, why are people always leaving? I think you and I should stay the same Cause I cant help it if you look like an angel Cant help it if I wanna kiss you in the rain so Come feel this magic Ive been feeling since I met you Cant help it if theres no one else Mmm, I cant help myself Theyre dimming the street lights, youre perfect for me Why arent you here tonight? Im waiting alone now, so come on and come out And pull me near and shine, shine, shine Hey Stephen, I could give you fifty reasons Why I should be the one you choose All those other girls, well, theyre beautiful But would they write a song for you? I cant help it if you look like an angel Cant help it if I wanna kiss you in the rain so Come feel this magic Ive been feeling since I met you Cant help it if theres no one else Mmm, I cant help myself If you look like an angel Cant help it if I wanna kiss you in the rain so Come feel this magic Ive been feeling since I met you Cant help it if theres no one else Mmm, I cant help myself Myself Cant help myself I cant help myself

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

Im five years old, its getting cold, Ive got my big coat on I hear your laugh and look up smiling at you, I run and run Past the pumpkin patch and the tractor rides Look now, the sky is gold I hug your legs and fall asleep on the way home I dont know why all the trees change in the fall But I know youre not scared of anything at all Dont know if Snow Whites house is near or far away But I know I had the best day with you today Im thirteen now And dont know how my friends could be so mean I come home crying and you hold me tight and grab the keys And we drive and drive until we found a town far enough away And we talk and window shop til Ive forgotten all their names I dont know who Im going to talk to now at school But I know Im laughing on the car ride home with you Dont know how long its 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 Hes better than I am I grew up in a pretty house and I had space to run And I had the best days with you There is a video I found from back when I was three You set up a paint set in the kitchen and youre talking to me Its the age of princesses and pirate ships and the seven dwarfs And Daddys smart And youre the prettiest lady in the whole wide world And now I know why all the trees change in the fall I know you were on my side even when I was wrong And I love you for giving me your eyes For staying back and watching me shine And I didnt know if you knew, so Im taking this chance to say That I had the best day with you today

I was born in the arms of imaginary friends Free to roam, made a home out of everywhere Ive been Then you come crashing in, like the realest thing Trying my best to understand all that your love can bring Oh half of my hearts got a grip on the situation Half of my heart takes time Half of my hearts got a right mind to tell you That I cant keep loving you Oh, with half of my heart I was made to believe Id never love somebody else Made a plan, stay the man who can only love himself Lonely was the song I sang, until the day you came Showing me another way and all that my love can bring Oh half of my hearts got a grip on the situation Half of my heart takes time Half of my hearts got a right mind to tell you That I cant keep loving you Oh, with half of my heart Your faith is strong But I can only fall short for so long Down the road, later on You will hate that I never gave more to you than half of my heart But I cant stop loving you I cant stop loving you But I cant stop loving you with half of my Half of my heart Half of my heart Half of my heart’s got a real cool imagination Half of my heart’s got you Half of my heart’s got the right mind to tell you Half of my heart won’t do Half of my heart is a shotgun wedding to a bride with a paper ring And half of my heart is the part of a man whos never truly loved anything Half of my heart Half of my heart Half of my heart Half of my heart Half of my heart Half of my heart

Its strange to think the songs we used to sing The smiles, the flowers, everything is gone Yesterday I found out about you Even now just looking at you: feels wrong You say that youd take it all back, given one chance It was a moment of weakness and you said, Yes You shouldve said, No You shouldve gone home You shouldve thought twice fore you let it all go You shouldve known that word, bout what you did with her’d Get back to me And I shouldve been there, in the back of your mind I shouldnt be asking myself, Why? You shouldnt be begging for forgiveness at my feet You shouldve said no, baby, and you might still have me You can see that Ive been crying 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 shouldve said, No You shouldve gone home You shouldve thought twice fore you let it all go You shouldve known that word, bout what you did with her’d Get back to me And I shouldve been there, in the back of your mind I shouldnt be asking myself, Why? You shouldnt be begging for forgiveness at my feet You shouldve said no, baby, and you might still have me I cant resist Before you go tell me this Was it worth it? Was she worth this? No no, no, no, no, no You shouldve said, No You shouldve gone home You shouldve thought twice fore you let it all go You shouldve known that word, bout what you did with her’d Get back to me And I shouldve been there, in the back of your mind I shouldnt be asking myself, Why? You shouldnt be begging for forgiveness at my feet You shouldve said no, baby, and you might still have me

Untouchable like a distant diamond sky Im reaching out and I just cant tell you why Im caught up in you, Im caught up in you Untouchable, burning brighter than the sun And when youre close, I feel like coming undone In the middle of the night when Im in this dream Its like a million little stars spelling out your name You got to come on, come on, say that well be together Come on, come on, little taste of heaven Its half full and I wont wait here all day I know youre saying that youd be here anyway But youre untouchable, burning brighter than the sun Now that youre close, I feel like coming undone In the middle of the night when Im in this dream Its like a million little stars spelling out your name You got to come on, come on, say that well be together Come on, come on, oh In the middle of the night waking from this dream I want to feel you by my side, standing next to me You got to come on, come on, say that well be together Come on, come on, little taste of heaven Im caught up in you Oh-oh, oh, oh-oh But youre untouchable, burning brighter than the sun Now that youre close, I feel like coming undone In the middle of the night when Im in this dream Its like a million little stars spelling out your name You got to come on, come on, say that well be together Come on, come on, oh In the middle of the night when Im in this dream Its like a million little stars spelling out your name You got to come on, come on, say that well be together Come on, come on, come on In the middle of the night waking from this dream I want to feel you by my side, standing next to me You got to come on, come on, say that well be together Come on, come on, little taste of heaven And in the middle of the night when Im in this dream Its like a million little stars spelling out your name You got to come on, come on, come on, come on Come on, come on, oh, oh, oh Like a million little stars spelling out your name Theyre spelling out your name, oh

All this time I was wasting hoping you would come around Ive been giving out chances every time and all you do is let me down And its taken me this long, baby, but Ive figured you out And youre thinking well be fine again, but not this time around You dont have to call anymore I wont pick up the phone This is the last straw Dont wanna hurt anymore And you can tell me that youre sorry But I dont believe you, baby, like I did before Youre not sorry Youre looking so innocent, I might believe you if I didnt know Couldve loved you all my life if you hadnt left me waiting in the cold And youve got your share of secrets And Im tired of being last to know, oh And now youre asking me to listen cause its worked each time before But you dont have to call anymore I wont pick up the phone This is the last straw Dont wanna hurt anymore And you can tell me that youre sorry But I dont believe you, baby, like I did before Youre not sorry Youre not sorry You had me crawling for you, honey, and it never wouldve gone away, no You used to shine so bright, but I watched all of it fade So you dont have to call anymore I wont pick up the phone This is the last straw Theres nothing left to beg for And you can tell me that youre sorry But I dont believe you, baby, like I did before Youre not sorry Youre not sorry Woah, oh, oh oh, oh oh oh

Last night, I heard my own heart beating Sounded like footsteps on my stairs Six months gone and Im still reaching Even though I know youre not there I was playing back a thousand memories, baby Thinkin bout everything weve been through Maybe Ive been going back too much lately When time stood still and I had you Come back, come back, come back to me like You would, you would if this was a movie Stand in the rain outside till I came out Come back, come back, come back to me like You could, you could if you just said youre sorry I know that we could work it out somehow But if this was a movie youd be here by now I know people change and these things happen But I remember how it was back then Wrapped up in your arms and our friends were laughing Cause nothing like this ever happened to them Now Im pacing down the hall, chasing down your street Flashback to the night when you said to me Nothings gonna change, not for me and you Not before I knew how much I had to lose Come back, come back, come back to me like You would, you would if this was a movie Stand in the rain outside till I came out Come back, come back, come back to me like You could, you could if you just said youre sorry I know that we could work it out somehow But if this was a movie youd be here by now If youre out there, if youre somewhere, if youre moving on Ive been waiting for you every day since youve been gone I just want it back the way it was before And I just want to see you back at my front door And I say, Come back, come back, come back to me like You would before you said its not that easy Before the fight, before I locked you out But I take it all back now Come back, come back, come back to me like You would, you would if this was a movie Stand in the rain outside till I came out Come back, come back, come back to me like You could, you could if you just said youre sorry I know that we could work it out somehow But if this was a movie youd be here by now Youd be here by now Its not the kind of ending you want to see now Baby, what about the ending? Oh, I thought youd be here by now Thought youd be here by now

The first shots fired, everybodys gathered around Youre looking at me like I tried to take you down No, no, thats not what happened at all Theres no sound, Im waiting on your next move A showdown and I know where to hit you But no, no, its not how I wanted this to go down Now were standing in the ring And you make the first swing And now were fighting dirty Wont somebody come say break it up? And I used to be on your side Now its looking like were going to battle And why you taking shots at me like Somebodys gonna give you a medal? And I never wanna hurt you But Im tired of taking all these blows And so Id rather be on your side But if you wanna fight Baby lets go, oh, oh Lets go, oh, oh So gloves off, if this is how you want it We had it all, but you couldnt keep a promise No, no, Im not the one who tore us apart Let me remind you for a minute why were not fine Is she here? Is she standing on the sidelines? Oh, oh, cant you tell this is breaking my heart? Now were standing in the ring And you make the first swing And now Im fighting dirty But I aint going down till they break it up And I used to be on your side Now its looking like were going to battle And why you taking shots at me like Somebodys gonna give you a medal? And I never wanna hurt you But Im tired of taking all these blows And so Id rather be on your side But if you wanna fight Lets go, oh, oh Lets go, oh, oh Now were standing in the ring Breaking everything that weve been building up so long And I dont wanna do this, break it up But youre not who I thought you were And this is looking more like a war Looks like were going to war And I used to be on your side Now its looking like were going to battle And Im trying not to break down crying No ones gonna give you a medal And I never wanna hurt you But Im tired of taking all these blows And so Id rather be on your side Id rather be on your side But if you wanna fight Baby lets go, oh, oh Looks like were going to war Oh, oh The first shots fired Everybodys gathered around Youre looking at me like I tried to take you down No, no, but if you wanna fight, baby, lets go

You have a way of coming easily to me And when you take, you take the very best of me So I start a fight cause I need to feel something And you do what you want cause Im not what you wanted Oh, what a shame, what a rainy ending given to a perfect day Just walk away, aint no use defending words that you will never say And now that Im sitting here thinking it through Ive never been anywhere cold as you You put up walls and paint them all a shade of gray And I stood there loving you and wished them all away And you come away with a great little story Of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you Oh, what a shame, what a rainy ending given to a perfect day So just walk away, aint no use defending words that you will never say And now that Im sitting here thinking it through Ive never been anywhere cold as you You never did give a damn thing, honey, but I cried, cried for you And I know you wouldnt have told nobody if I died, 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 Im sitting here thinking it through Ive never been anywhere cold as you

Dont look at me, you got a girl at home And everybody knows that, everybody knows that, ah-ah Dont look at me, you got a girl at home And everybody knows that I dont even know her But I feel a responsibility to do whats upstanding and right Its kinda like a code, yeah And youve been getting closer and closer And crossing so many lines And it would be a fine proposition If I was a stupid girl But, honey, I am no ones exception This, I have previously learned So dont look at me, you got a girl at home And everybody knows that, everybody knows that, ah-ah Dont 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 youve got me alone, and I say Dont look at me, you got a girl at home And everybody knows that, everybody knows that I just want to make sure You understand perfectly Youre 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 hadnt once been just like her So dont look at me, you got a girl at home And everybody knows that, everybody knows that, ah-ah Dont 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 youve got me alone, and I say Dont look at me, you got a girl at home And everybody knows that, everybody knows that Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh Call a cab, lose my number Youre about to lose your girl Call a cab, lose my number Lets consider this lesson learned Dont look at me, you got a girl at home And everybody knows that, everybody knows that, ah-ah Dont look at me, you got a girl at home And everybody knows that, everybody knows that Want to see you pick up your phone And tell her youre coming home Dont look at me, you got a girl at home And everybody knows that, everybody knows that Dont look at me, you got a girl at home And everybody knows that, everybody knows that It would be a fine proposition If I hadnt once been just like her

Do you remember The 28th night of September? Love was changin the minds of pretenders While chasin the clouds away Our hearts were ringin In the key that our souls were singin As we danced in the night, remember How the stars stole the night away Ahh-ahh-ahh Hey, say that you remember Ai, ai, dancin in September Ai, ai, never was a cloudy day My thoughts are with you Holding hands with your heart to see you Only blue talk and love Remember how we knew love was here to stay Now, December found the love that we shared in September Only blue talk and love Remember the love that we share today Ahh-ahh-ahh Hey, say that you remember Ai, ai, dancin in September Ai, ai, never was a cloudy day Ahh-ahh-ahh Hey, say that you remember Ai, ai, dancin in September Ai, ai, golden dreams were shiny days Do you remember The 28th night of September? Ahh-ahh-ahh Hey, say that you remember Ai, ai, dancin in September Ai, ai, never was a cloudy day Ahh-ahh-ahh Hey, say that you remember Ai, ai, dancin in September Ai, ai, golden dreams were shiny days And there never was a cloudy day There never was a cloudy day

In the heat of the fight I walked away Ignoring words that you were saying Trying to make me stay I said, This time Ive had enough And youve called a hundred times But Im not picking up Cause Im so mad I might tell you that its over But if you look a little closer I said, Leave, but all I really want is you To stand outside my window throwing pebbles Screaming, Im in love with you Wait there in the pouring rain Come back for more And dont you leave cause I know All I need is on the other side of the door Me and my stupid pride are sitting here alone Going through the photographs, staring at the phone I keep going back over things we both said And I remember the slamming door And all the things that I misread So babe if you know everything Tell me why you couldnt see When I left, I wanted you to chase after me Yeah, I said, Leave, but all I really want is you To stand outside my window throwing pebbles Screaming, Im in love with you Wait there in the pouring rain Come back for more And dont you leave cause I know All I need is on the other side of the door And Ill scream out the window I cant even look at you I dont need you but I do, I do, I do I say, Theres nothing you can say To make this right again, I mean it, I mean it What I mean is I said, Leave, but baby, all I want is you To stand outside my window throwing pebbles Screaming, Im in love with you Wait there in the pouring rain Come back for more And dont you leave cause I know All I need is on the other side of the door With your face and the beautiful eyes And the conversation with the little white lies And the faded picture of a beautiful night You carried me from your car up the stairs And I broke down crying, was she worth this mess? After everything and that little black dress After everything I must confess, I need you

You took me back But you shouldnt have Now its your fault if I mess around I took a drag But I shouldnt have Now Im coughing up like I Never smoked a pack Gasoline, pretty please I want to get off But youre such a tease Throw the keys back to me Go on and kick off your boots In the passenger seat I get sad, you know I get sad And I cant look past what Im sad about You did me bad And I did it back You needed ass, well, whats Wrong with that? Gasoline , pretty please I want to get off But youre such a tease Throw the keys back to me Go on and kick off your boots In the passenger seat Strike a match, strike a match, watch it blow Were watching the sunrise from the kitchen counter Want you bad, want you bad, dont you know? When youre lying between my legs it doesnt matter Strike a match, strike a match, watch it blow You say you wanna go slower but I wanna go faster Want you bad, want you bad, dont you know? Faster and faster Gasoline, pretty please I want to get off But youre such a tease

And its a sad picture, the final blow hits you Somebody else gets what you wanted again and You know its all the same, another time and place Repeating history and youre getting sick of it But I believe in whatever you do And Ill do anything to see it through Because these things will change Can you feel it now? These walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down This revolution, the time will come For us to finally win And well sing hallelujah, well sing hallelujah Oh, oh So weve been outnumbered, raided, and now cornered Its hard to fight when the fight ain’t fair Were getting stronger now, find things they never found They might be bigger but were faster and never scared You can walk away, say we dont need this But theres something in your eyes says we can beat this Cause these things will change Can you feel it now? These walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down This revolution, the time will come For us to finally win And well sing hallelujah, well sing hallelujah Oh, oh Tonight we stand, get off our knees Fight for what weve worked for all these years And the battle was long, its the fight of our lives But well stand up champions tonight It was the night things changed Can you see it now? These walls that they put up to hold us back fell down Its a revolution, throw your hands up Cause we never gave in And well sing hallelujah, we sang hallelujah Hallelujah

I remember your bare feet, down the hallway I remember your little laugh Race cars on the kitchen floor, 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 me up I can still feel you hold my hand, little man And even the moment I knew You fought it hard like an army guy Remember I leaned in and whispered to you Come on baby with me were going to fly away from here You were my best four years I remember the drive home When the blind hope turned to crying and screaming Why? Flowers pile up in the worst way, no one knows what to say About a beautiful boy who died And its about to be Halloween You could be anything you wanted, if you were still here I remember the last day, when I kissed your face I whispered in your ear Come on baby with me were going to fly away from here Out of this curtain room and this hospital grey, well just disappear Come on baby with me were going to fly away from here You were my best four years What if Im standing in your closet trying to talk to you? What if I kept the hand-me-downs you wont grow into? And what if I really thought some miracle would see us through? What if the miracle was even getting one moment with you? Come on baby with me were going to fly away from here Come on baby with me were going to fly away from here You were my best four years I remember your bare feet, down the hallway I love you to the moon and back

Im so glad you made time to see me Hows life, tell me, hows your family I havent seen them in a while Youve been good, busier than ever We small talk, work and the weather Your guard is up and I know why Cause the last time you saw me Is still burned in the back of your mind You gave me roses and I left them there to die So this is me swallowing my pride Standing in front of you, saying Im sorry for that night And Id go back to December all the time It turns out freedom ain’t nothing but missing you Wishing Id realized what I had when you were mine Id go back to December, turn around and make it alright I go back to December all the time These days I havent been sleeping Staying up playing back myself leaving When your birthday passed and I didnt call And I think about summer, all the beautiful times I watched you laughing 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 Standing in front of you, saying Im sorry for that night And Id go back to December all the time It turns out freedom ain’t nothing but missing you Wishing Id realized what I had when you were mine Id go back to December, turn around and change my own mind I go back to December all the time I miss your tan skin, your sweet smile, so good to me, so right And how you held me in your arms that September night The first time you ever saw me cry Maybe this is wishful thinking Probably mindless dreaming But if we loved again I swear Id love you right Id go back in time and change it, but I cant So if the chain is on your door, I understand... And then he said, Its too late to apologize Its too late... He said, Its too late to apologize Its too late... So this is me swallowing my pride Standing in front of you, saying Im sorry for that night And I go back to December It turns out freedom aint nothing but missing you Wishing Id realized what I had when you were mine Oh... He said youre not sorry Youre not sorry Youre not sorry Youre not sorry

Seems the only one who doesnt see your beauty Is the face in the mirror looking back at you You walk around here thinking youre not pretty But thats not true, cause I know you Hold on, baby, youre losing it The waters high, youre jumping into it And letting go and no one knows That you cry, but you dont tell anyone That you might not be the golden one And youre tied together with a smile But youre coming undone I guess its true that love was all you wanted Cause youre giving it away like its extra change Hoping it will end up in his pocket But he leaves you out like a penny in the rain Oh, cause its not his price to pay Its not his price to pay Hold on, baby, youre losing it The waters high, youre jumping into it And letting go and no one knows That you cry, but you dont tell anyone That you might not be the golden one And youre tied together with a smile But youre coming undone Oh, ooh-oh Hold on, baby, youre losing it The waters high, youre jumping into it And letting go and no one knows That you cry but you dont tell anyone That you might not be the golden one And youre tied together with a smile But youre coming undone Youre tied together with a smile But youre coming undone oh Goodbye, baby With a smile, baby, baby

She said, I was seven and you were nine I looked at you like the stars that shined In the sky, the pretty lights And our daddies used to joke about the two of us Growing up and falling in love and our mamas smiled And rolled their eyes and said, Oh my, my, my Take me back to the house in the backyard tree Said youd beat me up, you were bigger than me You never did, you never did Take me back when our world was one block wide I dared you to kiss me and ran when you tried Just two kids, you and I Oh my, my, my, my Well, I was sixteen when suddenly I wasnt that little girl you used to see But your eyes still shined like pretty lights And our daddies used to joke about the two of us They never believed wed really fall in love And our mamas smiled and rolled their eyes And said, Oh my, my, my Take me back to the creek beds we turned up Two A.M. riding in your truck, and all I need is you next to me Take me back to the time we had our very first fight The slamming of doors instead of kissing goodnight You stayed outside til 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 Well rock our babies on that very front porch After all this time, you and I Ill be eighty-seven; youll be eighty-nine Ill still look at you like the stars that shine In the sky, oh my, my, my

I took a chance, I took a shot And you might think Im bulletproof, but Im not You took a swing, I took it hard And down here from the ground I see who you are Im sick and tired of your attitude Im feeling like I dont 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 That makes me run for cover when youre around And heres to you and your temper Yes, I remember what you said last night And I know, that you see, what youre doing to me Tell me why You could write a book on how to ruin someones perfect day Well, I get so confused and frustrated Forget what Im trying to say, oh Im 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 That makes me run for cover when youre around Heres to you and your temper Yes, I remember what you said last night And I know, that you see, what youre doing to me Tell me why Why do you have to make me feel small So you can feel whole inside? Why do you have to put down my dreams So youre the only thing on my mind? Im sick and tired of your attitude Im feeling like I dont know you You tell me that you want me, then cut me down Im sick and tired of your reasons Ive got no one to believe in You ask me for my love, then you push me around Heres to you and your temper Yes, I remember what you said last night And I know that you see what youre doing to me Tell me why Tell me why I take a step back, let you go I told you Im not bulletproof Now you know

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I like the way you sound in the morning Were on the phone and without a warning I realize your laugh is the best sound I have ever heard I like the way I cant keep my focus I watch you talk, you didnt notice I hear the words but all I can think is We should be together Every time you smile, I smile And every time you shine, Ill shine for you Whoa oh, Im feeling you, baby Dont be afraid to Jump then fall Jump then fall into me Baby, Im never gonna leave you Say that you wanna be with me too Cause Ima stay through it all So jump then fall Well I like the way your hair falls in your face You got the keys to me I love each freckle on your face, oh Ive never been so wrapped up, honey I like the way youre everything I ever wanted I had time to think it o-over And all I can say is come closer Take a deep breath and jump then fall into me Cause every time you smile, I smile And every time you shine, Ill shine for you Whoa oh, Im feeling you, baby Dont be afraid to Jump then fall Jump then fall into me Baby, Im never gonna leave you Say that you wanna be with me too Cause Ima stay through it all So jump then fall The bottoms gonna drop out from under our feet Ill catch you, Ill catch you When people say things that bring you to your knees Ill catch you The time is gonna come when youre so mad you could cry But Ill hold you through the night until you smile Whoa oh, I need you, baby Dont be afraid, please Jump then fall Jump then fall into me Baby, Im never gonna leave you Say that you wanna be with me too Cause Ima stay through it all So jump then fall Jump then fall, baby Jump then fall into me, into me Every time you smile, I smile And every time you shine, I shine And every time youre here Baby, Ill show you, Ill show you You can jump then fall, jump then fall Jump then fall into me, into me, yeah

Id never gone with the wind, just let it flow Let it take me where it wants to go Til you open the door, theres so much more Id never seen it before I was tryin to fly but I couldnt find wings But you came along and you changed everything You lift my feet off the ground You spin me around You make me crazier, crazier Feels like Im fallin and I am lost in your eyes You make me crazier, crazier, crazier Ive watched from a distance as you made life your own Every sky was your own kind of blue And I wanted to know how that would feel And you made it so real You showed me somethin that I couldnt see You opened my eyes And you made me believe You lift my feet off the ground You spin me around You make me crazier, crazier Feels like Im fallin and I am lost in your eyes You make me crazier, crazier, crazier, oh Baby, you showed me what livin is for I dont wanna hide anymore Oh-oh You lift my feet off the ground You spin me around You make me crazier, crazier Feels like Im fallin and I am lost in your eyes You make me crazier, crazier, crazier Crazier, crazier

Bro. Bro. Listen to the kids. Jeremy, I need, I gotta put it down for a second. It’s beautiful. Jeremy Scotts design. First of all, thank you Taylor for being so gracious and giving me this award, this evening thank you. And I can think back to the first day I met you, also. You know. I think about, when I’m in the grocery store with my daughter, and I have a really great conversation about fresh juice and, you know. And at the end they say, Oh, you’re not that bad after all. And like, I think about it sometimes. Like, it crosses my mind a bit like when I go to a baseball game. And um, sixty thousand people boo me. Crosses my mind a little bit. And I think if I had to do it all again what would I have done? Would I have worn a leather shirt? Would I have drank a half a bottle of Hennessy and gave the rest of it to the audience Y’all know y’all drink that bottle too. If I had a daughter at that time, would I have went on stage and grab the mic from someone elses? You know, this arena tomorrow, it’s gonna be a completely different set up, some concert something like that. This stage will be gone, after that night, the stage is gone, but the effect that it had on people remain. The, the problem was, the contradiction, the contradiction is, I do fight for artists, but in that fight I somehow, was disrespectful to artists. I-I didn’t know how to say the right thing. The perfect thing. I just, I sat at the Grammy’s and saw Justin Timberlake and Cee-Lo lose. Gnarls Barkley and the Future-Love... SexyBack album, and bro….Justin I ain’t tryna put you on blast but I saw that man in tears, bro. You know, and I was thinking like, He deserve to win Album of the Year. And this small box that we are as the entertainers of the evening. How could you explain that? Sometimes I feel like, you know, all this shit they run about beef and that, sometimes I feel like I died for an artists opinion, for an artist to be able to have an opinion after they were successful. I’m not no politician bro. And look at that, you know how many times MTV ran that footage again, cause it got them more ratings? You know how many times they announced Taylor was gonna give me the award, cause it got them more ratings? Listen to the kids bro! I still don’t understand award shows, I don’t understand how they get five people who work their entire life, won, sold records, sold concert tickets, to come stand on a carpet and for the first time in they live be judged on a chopping block and have the opportunity to be considered a loser. I don’t understand it bro. I don’t understand when the biggest album or the biggest video, I still don’t understand it, I been conflicted bro, I just wanted people to like me more. But fuck that bro! Two thousand and fifteen. I will die for the art for what I believe in and the art aint always gonna be polite. Y’all might be thinking right now, I wonder, did he smoke something before he came up here? The answer is yes, I rolled up a little something, I knocked the edge off. I don’t know what’s gonna happen tonight, I don’t know whats going to happen tomorrow bro. But all I can say to my artists, my fellow artists, just worry how you feel at the time man, just worry about how you feel and don’t never, you know what I’m saying, I’m confident, I believe in myself. We the millennials bro, this is a new, this is a new mentality. We not gonna control our kids with brands. We’re not gonna teach low self-esteem and hate to our kids, we’re gonna teach our kids that they can be something. We gonna teach our kids that they can stand up for themselves. We gonna teach our kids to believe in themselves. If my grandfather was here right now, he would not let me back down. I don’t know what I’m finna lose after this. It don’t matter though, it ain’t about me, it’s about ideas. People with new ideas. People who believe in truth. And yes, as you probably could have guessed by this moment, I have decided in 2020, to run for President.

Theres something bout the way The street looks when its just rained Theres a glow off the pavement, you walk me to the car And you know I wanna ask you to dance right there In the middle of the parking lot, yeah Oh, yeah Were driving down the road, I wonder if you know Im trying so hard not to get caught up now But youre just so cool, run your hands through your hair Absent-mindedly making me want you And I dont know how it gets better than this You take my hand and drag me head first, fearless And I dont know why but with you Id dance In a storm in my best dress, fеarless So, baby, drive slow til we run out of road in this onе-horse town I wanna stay right here, in this passengers seat You put your eyes on me In this moment now, capture it, remember it Cause I dont know how it gets better than this You take my hand and drag me head first, fearless And I dont know why but with you Id dance In a storm in my best dress, fearless Oh, oh Well, you stood there with me in the doorway My hands shake, Im not usually this way but You pull me in and Im a little more brave Its the first kiss, its flawless, really something Its fearless Oh, yeah Cause I dont know how it gets better than this You take my hand and drag me head first, fearless And I dont know why but with you Id dance In a storm in my best dress, fearless Cause I dont know how it gets better than this You take my hand and drag me head first, fearless And I dont know why but with you Id dance In a storm in my best dress, fearless Oh, oh Oh-oh, yeah

Tall, dark, and superman He puts papers in his briefcase and drives away To save the world or go to work Its the same thing to me Hes got his mothers eyes, his fathers 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?” I say, Just fine I always forget to tell you, I love you I love you forever I watch superman fly away Youve got a busy day today Go save the world, Ill be around I watch superman fly away Come back, Ill be with you someday Ill be right here on the ground When you come back down Tall, dark and beautiful Hes complicated, hes irrational But I hope someday youll take me away and save the day, yeah Something in his deep brown eyes has me sayin Hes not all bad like his reputation And I cant hear one single word they say And youll leave, got places to be and Ill be okay I always forget to tell you I love you I loved you from the very first day I watch superman fly away Youve got a busy day today Go save the world, Ill be around I watch superman fly away Come back, Ill be with you someday Ill be right here on the ground When you come back down And I watch you fly around the world And I hope you dont save some other girl Dont forget, dont forget about me Im far away, but I never let you go Im love-struck and looking out the window Dont forget, dont forget where Ill be Right here, wishing the flowers were from you Wishing the card was from you Wishing the call was from you Cause I loved you from the very first day I watch superman fly away Youve got a busy day today Go save the world, Ill be around Forever and ever here I watch superman fly away I swear, Ill be with you someday Ill be right here on the ground When you come back down La, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la When you come back down

So over the years, a lot of people have asked me to sort of describe my song writing process from beginning to end. How long does it take, where do you write, what are the circumstances, do you start with music, do you start with lyrics, and my answer is always that it happens differently every time, and thats why Im still so in love with song writing. So what Ive done here is shown you three different examples of the beginning stages of these songs and how they each started, different ways. So Ill explain them to you and maybe that will help you understand kind of how I put songs together I sent this voice memo to Ryan Tedder because Id always wanted to work with him, and finally we scheduled some studio time. So I always wanna be prepared. I wanted to send him the idea that I was working on before we went into the studio just in case he wrote back and said I cant stand that, I wanna work on something else, think of something else. So I just sat down with the piano, put my phone on top of the piano and just kind of explained to him where I wanted to go with the song, how I saw the melody sitting in and we ended up recording the song the next day and it ended up being on the record called I Know Places. So this was the voice memo I sent to him the night before we ended up finishing the song Okay so this is kind of this rough idea thing: Uh-uh-uh-oh, oh-oh-oh-i Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-i Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-i-i-i Na na na na waiting at the back door Theyre around and the vultures come around And you know that they wont, they wont us Say what they want bout, say what they want bout us And you come and sing and listen I would not think about it but Im not done Every know that a thing or two about it, thing or two about it, I Cause they got the cages, they got the boxes And guns They are the hunters we are the foxes And we run Baby, I know some places we wont be found And theyll be chasing their tails trying to track us down Cause I, I know places we can hide I know places, I know places Uh-uh-uh-i, uh-uh-uh-i, oh-oh-i, uh-uh-uh-i, know places Or whatever. I dont know, but thats basically just like a dark, really dark lyric, like, bridge thing and its about, like, everybodys, like, trying to get into and ruin a love or whatever, and its like you just, whatever, you know, and the chorus would just go to that major and just be like ooh chorus. So I hope you like it, it wouldnt be a piano thing. It would be, like, . Like, very, like, beat. Now Im just making weird sounds. Hope you like it!

Friday night beneath the stars In a field behind your yard You and I are painting pictures in the sky And sometimes we dont 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 dont wanna live without you Im only up when youre not down Dont wanna fly if youre still on the ground Its like no matter what I do Well, you drive me crazy half the time The other half, Im only tryna Let you know that what I feel is true And Im only me when Im with you Just a small-town boy and girl Living in a crazy world Tryna figure out what is and isnt true And I dont try to hide my tears My secrets or my deepest fears Through it all nobody gets me like you do And you know everything about me You say that you cant live without me Im only up when youre not down Dont wanna fly if youre still on the ground Its like no matter what I do Well, you drive me crazy half the time The other half, Im only tryna Let you know that what I feel is true And Im only me when Im with you When Im with anybody else Its so hard to be myself And only you can tell That Im only up when youre not down Dont wanna fly if youre still on the ground Its like no matter what I do Well, you drive me crazy half the time The other half, Im only tryna Let you know that what I feel is true And Im only me, who I wanna be Well, Im only me when Im with you With you Uh-huh, yeah

Coreys eyes are like a jungle He smiles, its like the radio He whispers songs into my window in words that nobody knows These pretty girls on every corner They watch him as hes walking home, saying, Does he know? Will you ever know? Youre beautiful Every little piece, love And dont you know Youre really gonna be someone Ask anyone And when you find everything you looked for I hope your life will lead you back to my door Oh, but if it dont Stay beautiful Corey finds another way to be the highlight of my day Im taking pictures in my mind so I can save them for a rainy day Its hard to make a conversation when hes taking my breath away I should say Hey, by the way Youre beautiful Every little piece, love And dont you know Youre really gonna be someone Ask anyone And when you find everything you looked for I hope your life will lead you back to my door Oh, but if it dont Stay beautiful If you and I are a story That never gets told If what you are is a daydream Ill never get to hold At least youll know Youre beautiful Every little piece, love And dont you know Youre really gonna be someone Ask anyone And when you find everything you looked for I hope your life will lead you back to my front door Oh, but if it dont Will you stay Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful? Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful? La la la Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, but if it dont Stay beautiful Stay beautiful Na, na, na, na, na

So this next clip is, uh, from a session that I had with Max Martin and Johan Shellback and what we like to do is we like to run, um, a recording on our phones of everything were doing when were putting a song together, just in case one of us blurts out a cool melody and then we forget about it, we want to go back and then-and replay the tape so that we can remind ourselves what exactly we were saying. Um, so I brought in this idea called Blank Space, and this was me playing it for Max and Johan for the first time and theyre shouting out these production ideas like, you know the Oh! at the beginning of the chorus, um, and that ended up in the song. So, this is the very beginning stages of the song on the album called Blank Space. Nice to meet you, where you been? I could show you incredible things Diamonds, seasides, all those things this song that Like, oh my God, listen in Listen in, I do too honest We can all sing this and cry thinking, all this time Oh my God, listening Just forget what youve heard about me Dont believe what you hear about me, hear about me Cause its gonna be forever, or gonna go - Yeah! Hey, hey! Gonna go down in flames You can tell me when its over - This is like a, like an early 2000s Nelly track Long list of ex-love - Got a long list of ex-lovers, theyll tell you Im insane But Ive got a blank space, baby Click Ill write your name Ive got a blank space, baby Click Ill write your name Thats awesome! I love it Oh my god, everyones gonna kill you Yeah!

PrologueThese songs were once about my life. They are now about yours. I was born in Reading, Pennsylvania on December 13, 1989. In the world we live in, much is said about when we are born and when we die. Our birthday is celebrated every year to commemorate the very instant we came into the world. And a funeral is held to mark the day we leave it. But lately Ive been wondering... what can be said of all the moments in between our birth and our death? The moments when we are reborn... The debate over whether people change is an interesting one for me to observe because it seems like all I ever do is change. All I ever do is learn from my mistakes so I dont make the same ones again. Then I make new ones. I know people can change because it happens to me little by little every day. Every day I wake up as someone slightly new. Isnt it wild and intriguing and beautiful to think that every day we are new? For the last few years, Ive woken up every day not wanting, but needing to write a new style of music. I needed to change the way I told my stories and the way they sounded. I listened to a lot of music from the decade in which I was born and I listened to my intuition that it was a good thing to follow this gut feeling. I was also writing a different storyline than Id ever told you before. I wrote about moving to the loudest and brightest city in the world, the city I had always been overwhelmed by... until now. I think you have to know who you are and what you want in order to take on New York and all its blaring truth. I wrote about the thrill I got when I finally learned that love, to some extent, is just a game of cat and mouse. I wrote about looking back on a lost love and understanding that nothing good comes without loss and hardship and constant struggle. There is no riding off into the sunset, like I used to imagine. We are never out of the woods, because we are always going to be fighting for something. I wrote about love that comes back to you just when you thought it was lost forever, and how some feelings never go out of style. I wrote about an important lesson I learned recently... that people can say whatever they want about me, but they cant make me lose my mind. Ive learned how to shake things off. Ive told you my stories for years now. Some have been about coming of age. Some have been about coming undone. This is a story about coming into your own, and as a result... coming alive. I hope you know that youve given me the courage to change. I hope you know that who you are is who you choose to be, and that whispers behind your back dont define you. You are the only person who gets to decide what you will be remembered for. From the girl who said she would never cut her hair or move to New York or find happiness in a world where she is not in love... Love, Taylor1. Welcome To New York Hidden Message: We begin our story in New York 2. Blank Space Hidden Message: There once was a girl known by everyone and no one 3. Style Hidden Message: Her heart belonged to someone who couldn’t stay 4. Out of the Woods Hidden Message: They loved each other recklessly 5. All You Had to Do Was Stay Hidden Message: They paid the price 6. Shake It Off Hidden Message: She danced to forget him 7. I Wish You Would Hidden Message: He drove past her street each night 8. Bad Blood Hidden Message: She made friends and enemies 9. Wildest Dreams Hidden Message: He only saw her in his dreams 10. How You Get the Girl Hidden Message: Then one day he came back 11. This Love Hidden Message: Timing is a funny thing 12. I Know Places Hidden Message: And everyone was watching 13. Clean Hidden Message: She lost him but she found herself and somehow that was everything DELUXE 14. Wonderland 15. You Are In Love 16. New Romantics 17. I Know Places 18. I Wish You Would 19. Blank Space

This is wrong but I cant help but feel like There ain’t nothing more right babe Misty morning comes again and I cant Help but wish I could see your face And I knew from the first note played Id 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 cant take my eyes off of you Im no one special, just another wide-eyed girl Whos desperately in love with you Give me a photograph to hang on my wall, superstar Good morning loneliness Comes around when Im not dreaming about you When my world wakes up today Youll be in another town And I knew when I saw your face Id be counting down the ways 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 cant take my eyes off of you Im no one special, just another wide-eyed girl Whos desperately in love with you Give me a photograph to hang on my wall, superstar You played in bars, you play guitar And Im invisible and everyone knows who you are And youll never see, you sing me to sleep Every night from the radio So dim that spotlight, tell me things like I cant take my eyes off of you Im no one special, just another wide-eyed girl Whos desperately in love with you Give me a photograph to hang on my wall, superstar Sweet, sweet superstar Superstar

I remember what you wore on the first day You came into my life and I thought Hey, you know, this could be something Cause everything you do and words you say You know that it all takes my breath away And now Im left with nothing So maybe its true that I cant live without you And maybe two is better than one But theres so much time to figure out the rest of my life And youve already got me coming undone And Im thinking two is better than one I remember every look upon your face The way you roll your eyes, the way you taste You make it hard for breathing Cause when I close my eyes and drift away I think of you and everythings okay Im finally now believing Then maybe its true that I cant live without you And maybe two is better than one But theres so much time to figure out the rest of my life And youve already got me coming undone And Im thinking two is better than one Yeah, yeah I remember what you wore on the first day You came into my life and I thought, hey Maybe its true that I cant live without you And maybe two is better than one But theres so much time to figure out the rest of my life And youve already got me coming undone And Im thinking, ooh, I cant live without you Cause, baby, two is better than one Theres so much time to figure out the rest of my life But Ill figure out with all thats said and done Two is better than one Two is better than one

ForewordTheres an old poem by Neruda that Ive always been captivated by, and one of the lines in it has stuck with me ever since the first time I read it. It says love is so short, forgetting is so long. Its a line Ive related to in my saddest moments, when I needed to know someone else had felt that exact same way. And when were trying to move on the moments we always go back to arent the mundane ones. They are the moments you saw sparks that werent really there, felt stars aligning without having any proof, saw your future before it happened, and then saw it slip away without any warning. These are moments of newfound hope, extreme joy, intense passion, wishful thinking, and in some cases, the unthinkable letdown. And in my mind, every one of these memories looks the same to me. I see all of these moments in bright, burning red. My experiences in love have taught me difficult lessons, especially my experiences with crazy love. The red relationships. The ones that went from zero to a hundred miles per hour and then hit a wall and exploded. And it was awful. And ridiculous. And desperate. And thrilling. And when the dust settled, it was something I’d never take back. Because there is something to be said for being young and needing someone so badly, you jump in head first without looking. And theres something to be learned from waiting all day for a train thats never coming. And theres something to be proud of about moving on and realizing that real love shines golden like starlight, and doesnt fade or spontaneously combust. Maybe I’ll write a whole album about that kind of love if I ever find it. but this album is about the other kinds of love that I’ve recently fallen in and out of. Love that was treacherous, sad, beautiful, and tragic. But most of all, this record is about love that was red.1. State Of Grace Hidden message: I love you doesnt count after goodbye 2. Red Hidden message: SAG 3. Treacherous Hidden message: Wont stop till its over 4. I Knew You Were Trouble Hidden message: When you saw me dancing 5. All Too Well Hidden message: Maple latte 6. 22 Hidden message: Ashley Dianna Claire Selena 7. I Almost Do Hidden message: Wrote this instead of calling 8. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together Hidden message: When I stopped caring what you thought 9. Stay Stay Stay Hidden message: Daydreaming about real love 10. The Last Time Hidden message: LA on your break 11. Holy Ground Hidden message: When you came to the show in SD 12. Sad Beautiful Tragic Hidden message: While you were on a train 13. The Lucky One Hidden message: Wouldnt you like to know? 14. Everything Has Changed Hidden message: Hyannis Port 15. Starlight Hidden message: For Ethel 16. Begin Again Hidden message: I wear heels now DELUXE: 17. The Moment I Knew 18. Come Back... Be Here 19. Girl At Home 20. Treacherous 21. Red 22. State Of Grace

I didnt know what I would find When I went looking for a reason, I know I didnt read between the lines And, baby, Ive got nowhere to go I tried to take the road less traveled by But 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 aint the best view On the outside looking in Ive been a lot of lonely places Ive never been on the outside You saw me there, but never knew I would give it all up to be A part of this, a part of you And now its all too late so you see You couldve helped if you had wanted to But no one notices until its too Late to do anything So how can I ever try to be better? Nobody ever lets me in I can still see you, this aint the best view On the outside looking in Ive been a lot of lonely places Ive never been on the outside Oh yeah So how can I ever try to be better? Nobody ever lets me in I can still see you, this aint the best view On the outside looking in Ive been a lot of lonely places Ive never been on the outside Oh-oh Oh, oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh

Bet your windows rolled down and your hairs pulled back And I bet you got no idea youre going way too fast Youre trying not to think about what went wrong Trying not to stop til you get where you goin Youre trying to stay awake so I bet you turn on the radio And the song goes I cant live without you, I cant live without you, baby I cant live without you, I cant live without you, baby, oh, baby The highway wont hold you tonight The highway dont know youre alive The highway dont care if youre all alone But I do, I do The highway wont dry your tears The highway dont need you here The highway dont care if youre coming home But I do, I do I bet you got a dead cell phone in your shotgun seat Yeah, I bet youre bending Gods ear talking bout me Youre trying not to let the first tear fall out Youre trying not to think about turning around Youre trying not to get lost in the sound but that song is always on So you sing along I cant live without you, I cant live without you, baby I cant live without you, I cant live without you, baby, oh baby The highway wont hold you tonight The highway dont know youre alive The highway dont care if youre all alone But I do, I do The highway wont dry your tears The highway dont need you here The highway dont care if youre coming home But I do, I do I cant live without you, I cant live without you, baby I cant live without you, I cant live without you, baby, oh baby The highway dont care The highway dont care The highway dont care But I do, I do I cant live without you, I cant live without you, baby I cant live without I cant live without you, baby, oh baby The highway dont care The highway dont care The highway dont care But I do, I do I cant live without you, I cant live without you, baby I cant live without I cant live without you, baby The highway dont care The highway dont care The highway dont care But I do, I do I cant live without you, I cant live without you, baby I cant live without I cant live without you, baby, oh baby The highway dont care The highway dont care The highway dont care But I do, I do I cant live without you, I cant live without you, baby

I could go back to every laugh But I dont wanna go there anymore And I know all the steps up to your door But I dont wanna go there anymore Talk to the wind, talk to the sky Talk to the man with the reasons why And let me know what you find Ill leave my window open Cause Im too tired at night to call your name Just know Im right here hoping That youll come in with the rain I could stand up and sing you a song But I dont wanna have to go that far And I, Ive got you down, I know you by heart And you dont even know where I start Talk to yourself, talk to the tears Talk to the man who put you here And dont wait for the sky to clear Ill leave my window open Cause Im too tired at night to call your name Just know Im right here hoping That youll come in with the rain Ive watched you so long, screamed your name I dont know what else I can say But Ill leave my window open Cause Im too tired at night for all these games Just know Im right here hoping That youll come in with the rain I could go back to every laugh But I dont wanna go there anymore

PrologueSpeak now or forever hold your peace, the words said by preachers at the end of wedding ceremonies all over the world, right before the vows. Its a last chance for protest, a moment that makes everyones heart race, and a moment Ive always been strangely fascinated by. So many fantasize about bursting into a church, saying what theyd kept inside for years like in the movies. In real life, it rarely happens. Real life is a funny thing, you know. In real life, saying the right thing at the right moment is beyond crucial. So crucial, in fact, the most of us start to hesitate, for fear of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. But lately what Ive begun to fear more than that is letting the moment pass without saying anything. I think most of us fear reaching the end of our life, and looking back regretting the moments we didnt speak up. When we didnt say I love you. When we shouldve said Im sorry. When we didnt stand up for ourselves or someone who needed help. These songs are made up of words I didn’t say when the moment was right in front of me. These songs are open letters. Each is written with a specific person in mind, telling them what I meant to tell them in person. To the beautiful boy whose heart I broke in December. To my first love who I never thought would be my first heartbreak. To my band. To a mean man I used to be afraid of. To someone who made my world very dark for a while. To a girl who stole something of mine. To someone I forgive for what he said in front of the whole world. Words can break someone into a million pieces, but they can also put them back together. I hope you use yours for good, because the only words you’ll regret more than the ones left unsaid are the ones you use to intentionally hurt someone. What you say might be too much for some people. Maybe it will come out all wrong and you’ll stutter and you’ll walk away embarrassed, wincing as you play it all back in your head. But I think the words you stop yourself from saying are the ones that will haunt you the longest. So say it to them. Or say it to yourself in the mirror. Say it in a letter you’ll never send or in a book millions might read someday. I think you deserve to look back on your life without a chorus of resounding voices saying ‘I could’ve, but it’s too late now.’ There is a time for silence. There is a time waiting your turn. But if you know how you feel, and you so clearly know what you need to say, you’ll know it. I dont think you should wait. I think you should speak now. Love, Taylor PS: To all the boys who inspired this album, you shouldve known. ;)1. Mine Hidden message: Toby 2. Sparks Fly Hidden message: Portland, Oregon 3. Back to December Hidden message: Tay 4. Speak Now Hidden message: You always regret what you dont say 5. Dear John Hidden message: Loved you from the very first day 6. Mean Hidden message: I thought you got me 7. The Story of Us Hidden message: CMT Awards 8. Never Grow Up Hidden message: I moved out in July 9. Enchanted Hidden message: Adam 10. Better Than Revenge Hidden message: You thought I would forget 11. Innocent Hidden message: Life is full of little interruptions 12. Haunted Hidden message: Still to this day 13. Last Kiss Hidden message: Forever and always 14. Long Live Hidden message: For you

Loving him is like driving a new Maserati Down a dead-end street Faster than the wind, passionate as sin Ending so suddenly Loving him is like trying to change your mind Once youre already flying through the free fall Like the colors in autumn, so bright Just before they lose it all Losing him was blue like Id never known Missing him was dark grey, all alone Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met But loving him was red, red, red But loving him was red, red, red But loving him was red, red, red, red, red, red Touching him was like realizing all you ever wanted Was right there in front of you Memorizing him was as easy as knowing All the words to your old favorite song Fighting with him was like trying to solve a crossword And realizing theres no right answer Regretting him was like wishing you never found out That love could be that strong Losing him was blue like Id never known Missing him was dark grey, all alone Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met But loving him was red, red, red But loving him was red, red, red Oohhh burning red, red, red, red, red, red & & Dinah & {Ally} & All] Remembering him comes in flashbacks {flashbacks} time now, gotta let go {But moving on from} him is impossible When I still see it all in {my head} Losing him was blue like Id never known Missing him was dark grey, all alone Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody But loving him was red, red, red But loving him was red, red, red But loving him was red, red, red, red, red, red Loving him is like driving a new Maserati Down a dead-end street

She cant see the way your eyes Light up when you smile Shell never notice how you stop and stare Whenever she walks by And you cant see me wanting you the way you want her But you are everything to me And I just wanna show you She dont even know you Shes never gonna love you like I want to And you just see right through me But if you only knew me We could be a beautiful Miracle Unbelievable Instead of just invisible Oh, yeah Theres a fire inside of you That cant help but shine through Shes never gonna see the light No matter what you do And all I think about is how to make you think of me And everything that we could be I just wanna show you She dont even know you Shes never gonna love you like I want to And you just see right through me If you only knew me We could be a beautiful Miracle Unbelievable Instead of just invisible Like shadows in a faded light Oh, were invisible I just wanna open your eyes And make you realize I just wanna show you She dont even know you Baby, let me love you Let me want you You just see right through me But if you only knew me We could be a beautiful Miracle Unbelievable Instead of just invisible Oh, yeah She cant see the way your eyes Light up when you smile

I dont know what I want, so dont ask me Cause Im still trying to figure it out Dont know whats down this road, Im just walking Trying to see through the rain coming down Even though Im not the only one Who feels the way I do Im alone, on my own, and thats all I know Ill be strong, Ill be wrong, oh but life goes on Oh, Im just a girl, trying to find a place in this world Got the radio on, my old blue jeans And Im wearing my heart on my sleeve Feeling lucky today, got the sunshine Could you tell me what more do I need And tomorrows just a mystery, oh yeah But thats OK Im alone, on my own, and thats all I know Ill be strong, Ill be wrong, oh but life goes on Oh, Im just a girl, trying to find a place in this world Maybe Im just a girl on a mission But Im ready to fly Im alone, on my own, and thats all I know Ill be strong, Ill be wrong, oh but life goes on Oh Im alone, on my own, and thats all I know Oh Im just a girl, trying to find a place in this world Oh Im just a girl Oh Im just a girl, oh, oh Oh Im just a girl

Macavitys a mystery cat, hes called the Hiddenpaw For hes the master criminal who can defy the law Hes the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squads despair For when they reach the scene of crime, Macavitys not there Macavity, Macavity, theres no one like Macavity Hes broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare But when they reach the scene of crime, Macavitys not there Macavitys a ginger cat, hes very tall and thin You would know him if you saw him for his eyes are sunken in His brow is deeply lined with thought, his head is highly domed His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed He sways his head from side to side, with movements like a snake And when you think hes half asleep, hes always wide awake Macavity, Macavity, theres no one like Macavity For hes a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity You may meet him in a by-street, you may see him in the square But when a crimes discovered, then Macavitys not there Hes outwardly respectable, I know, he cheats at cards And his footprints are not found in any files of Scotland Yards And when the larders looted and the jewel case is rifled Or when the milk is missing or another pekes been stifled Or the greenhouse glass is broken and the trellis past repair Theres the wonder of the thing, Macavitys not there Macavity, Macavity, theres no one like Macavity There never was a cat of such deceitfulness and suavity He always has an alibi, and one or two to spare What ever time the deed took place, Macavity wasnt there And they say that all the cats whose wicked deeds are widely known I might mention Mungojerrie, Rumpleteazer, Griddlebone Are nothing more than agents for the cat who all the time Just controls the operations, the Napoleon of Crime Macavity, Macavity, theres no one like Macavity Hes a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity You may meet him in a by-street, you may see him in the square But when a crimes discovered, then Macavity, Macavity Macavity, Macavity When a crimes discovered, then Macavitys not there

He is sensible and so incredible And all my single friends are jealous He says everything I need to hear and its like I couldnt ask for anything better He opens up my door and I get into his car And he says, You look beautiful tonight And I feel perfectly fine But I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain And its 2AM and Im cursing your name Youre so in love that you act insane And thats the way I loved you Breaking down and coming undone Its a rollercoaster kind of rush And I never knew I could feel that much And thats the way I loved you He respects my space And never makes me wait And he calls exactly when he says he will Hes close to my mother Talks business with my father Hes charming and endearing And Im comfortable But I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain And its 2AM and Im cursing your name Youre so in love that you acted insane And thats the way I loved you Breaking down and coming undone Its a rollercoaster kind of rush And I never knew I could feel that much And thats the way I loved you He cant see the smile Im faking And my hearts not breaking Cause Im not feeling anything at all And you were wild and crazy Just so frustrating Intoxicating, complicated Got away by some mistake and now I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain Its 2AM and Im cursing your name Im so in love that I acted insane And thats the way I loved you Breaking down and coming undone Its a rollercoaster kind of rush And I never knew I could feel that much And thats the way I loved you oh, oh Whoa, whoa, oh-oh, oh And thats the way I loved you oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, whoa Never knew I could feel that much And thats the way I loved you

The way you move is like a full-on rainstorm And Im a house of cards You say my name for the first time, baby And I fall in love in an empty bar And you stood there in front of me just close enough to touch Close enough to hope you couldnt see what I was thinking of Drop everything now Meet me in the pouring rain Kiss me on the sidewalk Take away the pain Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile Get me with those green eyes, baby, as the lights go down Give me something thatll haunt me when youre not around Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile So reach out open handed and lead me out to that floor I dont need more paper lanterns Take me down, baby Bring on the movie score Cause my heart is beating fast and you are beautiful I could wait patiently, but I really wish you would Drop everything now Meet me in the pouring rain Kiss me on the sidewalk Take away the pain Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile Get me with those green eyes, baby, as the lights go down Give me something thatll haunt me when youre not around Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile I run my fingers through your hair and watch the lights go wild Just keep your beautiful eyes on me Gonna strike this match tonight And lead me up the staircase Wont you whisper soft and slow Id love to hate it, but you make it like a firework show Drop everything now Meet me in the pouring rain Kiss me on the sidewalk Take away the pain Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile Get me with those green eyes, baby, as the lights go down Give me something thatll haunt me when youre not around Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile And the sparks fly Oh, baby, smile And the sparks fly

Youre on the phone with your girlfriend, shes upset Shes going off about something that you said Cause she doesnt get your humor like I do Im in my room, its a typical Tuesday night Im listening to the kind of music she doesnt like And shell never know your story like I do Cause she wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts Shes Cheer Captain and Im on the bleachers Dreaming bout the day when you wake up and find That what youre looking for has been here the whole time If you could see that Im the onе who understands you Been here all along, so why cant you see? You bеlong with me, you belong with me Walking the streets with you and your worn-out jeans I cant help thinking this is how it ought to be Laughing on a park bench, thinking to myself Hey, isnt this easy? And youve got a smile that could light up this whole town I havent seen it in a while since she brought you down You say youre fine, I know you better than that Hey, whatcha doing with a girl like that? She wears high heels, I wear sneakers Shes Cheer Captain and Im on the bleachers Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find That what youre looking for has been here the whole time If you could see that Im the one who understands you Been here all along, so why cant you see? You belong with me Standing by and waiting at your back door All this time how could you not know, baby? You belong with me, you belong with me Oh, I remember you driving to my house In the middle of the night Im the one who makes you laugh When you know youre bout to cry I know your favorite songs And you tell me bout your dreams Think I know where you belong Think I know its with me Cant you see that Im the one who understands you Been here all along, so why cant you see? You belong with me Standing by and waiting at your back door All this time how could you not know, baby? You belong with me, you belong with me You belong with me Have you ever thought just maybe You belong with me? You belong with me