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 lipstick
           
Sensual politi

cs
              
When you are y

             
oung, they ass

             
ume you know n

  
othing


[Chorus]
         
But I knew you
          
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 you
        
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 Wendy, I
      
I knew you
             
Leavin' like a


 father

Running 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


[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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