Cardigan - Taylor Swift

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[Verse 1]
            
Vintage tee, b

         
rand new phone
             
High heels on 

      
cobblestones
             
When you are y

             
oung, they ass

             
ume you know n

       
othing
             
 Sequin smile,

         
 black lipstic

k
          
Sensual politi

cs
             
When you are y

              
oung, they ass

             
ume you know n

        
othing


[Chorus]

 But I knew yo

u
              
Dancin' in you

  
r Levi's
              
Drunk under a 

             
streetlight, I
       
I knew you
              
Hand under my 


sweatshirt
              
Baby, kiss it 

        
better, I


[Refrain]
            
And when I fel

              
t like I was a

  
n old cardigan

Under someone's bed
             
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 n

      
othing


[Chorus]

 But I knew yo

u
              
Playing hide-a

   
nd-seek and
              
Giving me your

           
 weekends, I
       
I knew you
              
Your heartbeat

             
 on the High L


ine
              
Once in twenty

            
 lifetimes, I


[Refrain]
            
And when I fel

              
t like I was a

  
n old cardigan

Under someone's bed
             
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 th

       
e last train
              
Marked me like

             
 a bloodstain,

  
 I
       
I knew you
              
Tried to chang

      
e the ending
             
Peter losing W

       
endy, I
       
I knew you
              
Leavin' like a

 
 father
             
Running like w

       
ater, 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


[Refrain]
            
And when I fel

              
t like I was a

  
n old cardigan

Under someone's bed
             
You put me on 

              
and said I was

      
 your favorite

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