Long Story Short - Taylor Swift

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[Intro]


[Verse 1]
            
Fatefully, I t

            
ried to pick m

              
y battles 'til

     
 the battle pi

cked me
            
 Misery, like 

            
the war of wor

     
ds I shouted i

n my sleep
        
 And you passe

d right by
            
I was in the a

         
lley, surround

ed on all side

s
          
 The knife cut

s both ways
            
If the shoe fi

              
ts, walk in it

  
 'til your hig

h heels break

[Chorus]
             
 And I fell fr

       
om the pedesta

l
              
Right down the

 
 rabbit hole
           
Long story sho

rt, it was a b

ad time
             
 Pushed from t

   
he precipices
             
Clung to the n


earest lips
           
Long story sho

rt, it was the

 wrong guy
        
 Now I'm all a

bout you
   
 I'm all about

 you, ah
            
 Yeah, yeah, y

     
eah, yeah
    
I'm all about 

you, ah
             
Yeah, yeah, ye

      
ah, yeah

[Verse 2]
            
Actually, I al

            
ways felt I mu

        
st look better

 in the rear v

iew
            
 Missing me, a

            
t the golden g

          
ates they once

 held the keys

 to
       
 When I droppe

d my sword
            
I threw it in 

              
the bushes and

 
 knocked on yo

ur door
       
 And we live i

n peace
            
But if someone

              
 comes at us, 


this time, I'm

 ready

[Chorus]
             
 'Cause I fell

          
 from the pede

stal
              
Right down the

 
 rabbit hole
           
Long story sho

rt, it was a b

ad time
             
 Pushed from t

   
he precipices
             
Clung to the n


earest lips
           
Long story sho

rt, it was the

 wrong guy
        
 Now I'm all a

bout you
   
 I'm all about

 you, ah
            
 Yeah, yeah, y

     
eah, yeah
    
I'm all about 

you

[Bridge]
          
 No more keepi

   
n' score
           
Now I just kee

p you warm (Ke

ep you warm)
            
No more tug of

 
 war
             
Now I just kno

              
w there's more

  
 (Know there's

 more)
            
No more keepin

  
' score
           
Now I just kee

p you warm (Ke

ep you warm)
          
 And my waves 

          
meet your shor

e
         
Ever and everm

ore

[Verse 3]
            
 Past me, I wa

            
nna tell you n

          
ot to get lost

 in these pett

y things
            
 Your nemeses,

            
 will defeat t

            
hemselves befo

re you get the

 chance to swi

ng
         
 And he's pass

ing by
            
Rare as the gl

           
immer of a com

et in the sky
       
 And he feels 

like home
            
If the shoe fi

              
ts, walk in it

 
 everywhere yo

u go

[Chorus]
             
 And I fell fr

       
om the pedesta

l
              
Right down the

 
 rabbit hole
           
Long story sho

rt, it was a b

ad time
              
Pushed from th

  
e precipices
              
Climbed right 

     
back up the cl

iff
           
Long story sho

rt, I survived
             
Now I'm all ab

         
out you, ah
    
I'm all about 

you, ah
             
I'm all about 

    
you, ah
    
I'm all about 

you, ah
             
Yeah, yeah, ye

    
ah, yeah
    
I'm all about 

you
             
Yeah, yeah, ye

    
ah, yeah
    
I'm all about 

you

[Outro]
 
           
 Long story sh

              
ort, it was a 

       
bad time
           
 Long story sh

          
ort, I survive

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