Cardigan - Taylor Swift

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[Verse 1]
            
 Vintage tee, 

             
brand new phon

e
              
 High heels on

           
 cobblestones
              
 When you are 

              
young, they as

              
sume you know 


nothing
            
 Sequin smile,

          
 black lipstic

k
            
 Sensual polit

ics
              
 When you are 

              
young, they as

              
sume you know 


nothing


[Chorus]

 But I knew yo

u
              
 Dancin' in yo

   
ur Levi's

 Drunk under a streetlight, I
 
 I knew you
              
 Hand under my

 
 sweatshirt

 Baby, kiss it better, I


[Refrain]
            
 And when I fe

              
lt like I was 

       
an old cardiga

n

 Under someone's bed
             
 You put me on

              
 and said I wa

       
s your favorit

e


[Verse 2]
            
 A friend to a

              
ll is a friend

     
 to none
              
 Chase two gir

              
ls, lose the o


ne
              
 When you are 

              
young, they as

              
sume you know 


nothing


[Chorus]

 But I knew yo

u
              
 Playing hide-

     
and-seek and

 Giving me your weekends, I

 I knew you
              
 Your heartbea

         
t on the High 

Line

 Once in twenty lifetimes, I


[Refrain]
             
 And when I fe

              
lt like I was 

       
an old cardiga

n

 Under someone's bed
             
 You put me on

              
 and said I wa

       
s your favorit

e

   

[Bridge]
            
 To kiss in ca

rs and downtow

n bars
            
 Was all we ne

eded
            
 You drew star

s around my sc

ars
             
 But now I'm b

leedin'


[Chorus]

 'Cause I knew

 you
              
 Steppin' on t

    
he last train

 Marked me like a bloodstain, I

 I knew you
              
 Tried to chan

       
ge the ending

 Peter losing Wendy, I

 I knew you
              
 Leavin' like 

  
a father

 Running like water, I
             
 And when you 

              
are young, the

              
y assume you k

    
now nothing


[Verse 3]
              
 But I knew yo

    
u'd linger lik

e a tattoo kis

s
              
 I knew you'd 

 
haunt all of m

y what-ifs
              
 The smell of 

 
smoke would ha

ng around this

 long
              
 'Cause I knew

 
 everything wh

en I was young
            
 I knew I'd cu

rse you for th

e longest time
         
 Chasin' shado

ws in the groc

ery line
              
 I knew you'd 


miss me once t

he thrill expi

red
              
 And you'd be 


standin' in my

 front porch l

ight
              
 And I knew yo

         
u'd come back 

to me
            
 You'd come ba

ck to me
              
 And you'd com

  
e back to me
              
 And you'd com

  
e back


[Refrain]
             
 And when I fe

              
lt like I was 

       
an old cardiga

n

 Under someone's bed
             
 You put me on

              
 and said I wa

        
s your favorit

e