[Verse 1]

Vintage tee, b

rand new phone

High heels on 

cobblestones
             
When you are y

              
oung, they ass

             
ume you know n

othing 

Sequined smile

, black lipsti

ck

Sensual politi

cs

When you are y

oung, they ass

ume you know
       
Nothing


[Chorus]

But I knew you

, dancin' in y

our

Levi's, drunk 

under a street

light, I

I knew you, ha

nd under my

Sweatshirt, ba

by, kiss it be

tter, I


[Refrain]

And when I fel

t like I was a

n old

Cardigan, unde

r someone's be

d

You put me on 

and said I was

 your

Favorite


[Verse 2]

A friend to al

l is a friend 

to none

Chase two girl

s, lose the on

e

When you are y

oung, they ass

ume you know
      
Nothing


[Chorus]

But I knew you

, Playing hide

-and-

Seek and, givi

ng me your wee

kends, I

I knew you, Yo

ur heartbeat o

n the

High Line, onc

e in twenty li

fetimes, I


[Refrain]

And when I fel

t like I was a

n old

Cardigan, unde

r someone's be

d

You put me on 

and said I was

 your
       
Favorite


[Bridge]
           
To kiss in car

s and downtown

 bars
           
Was all we nee

ded

You drew stars

 around my sca

rs
            
But now I'm bl


eedin'


[Chorus]

'Cause I knew 

you, steppin' 

on the

Last train, ma

rked me like a

 bloodstain, I

I knew you, tr

ied to change 

the

Ending, Peter 

losing Wendy, 

I

I knew you, le

avin' like a


Father, runnin

g like water, 

I

And when you a

re young, they

 assume you kn

ow
       
nothing


[Verse 3]
              
But I knew you

   
'd linger like

 a tattoo kiss
             
I knew you'd h


aunt all of my

 what-ifs
             
The smell of s


moke would han

g around this 

long
              
'Cause I knew 


everything whe

n I was young
           
I knew I'd cur

se you for the

 longest time
        
Chasin' shadow

s in the groce

ry line
             
I knew you'd m


iss me once th

e thrill expir

ed
             
And you'd be s

tandin' in my 

front porch li

ght
              
And I knew you

        
'd come back t

o me
            
You'd come bac

k to me
              
And you'd come

 
 back to me
          
And you'd come

 back


[Ending]

And when I fel

t like I was a

n old

Cardigan, unde

r someone's be

d

You put me on 

and said I was

 your

Favorite