The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived - Taylor Swift

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[Verse 1]
           
Was any of it 


true?
        
Gazing at me s

tarry-eyed
             
In your Jehova

         
h's Witness su

it
           
Who the fuck w

   
as that guy?
             
You tried to b

      
uy some pills
           
From a friend 

   
of friends of 

mine
           
They just ghos

  
ted you
            
Now you know w

      
hat it feels l

ike

[Chorus]
             
And I don't ev

            
en want you ba

           
ck, I just wan

t to know
             
If rusting my 

            
sparkling summ

            
er was the goa

l
             
And I don't mi

            
ss what we had

            
, but could so

meone give
             
A message to t

            
he smallest ma

      
n who ever liv

ed?

[Verse 2]
           
You hung me on

      
 your wall
           
Stabbed me wit

       
h your push pi

ns
           
In public, sho

       
wed me off
            
Then sank in s

      
toned oblivion
             
'Cause once yo

            
ur queen had c


ome
             
You treat her 

      
like an also-r

an
            
You didn't mea

     
sure up
            
In any measure

 
 of a man

[Chorus]
             
And I don't ev

            
en want you ba

           
ck, I just wan

t to know
             
If rusting my 

            
sparkling summ

            
er was the goa

l
             
And I don't mi

            
ss what we had

            
, but could so

meone give
             
A message to t

            
he smallest ma

      
n who ever liv

ed?

[Bridge]
              
Were you sent 

             
by someone who

            
 wanted me dea

d?
              
Did you sleep 

             
with a gun und

             
erneath our be

d?
              
Were you writi

             
ng a book? Wer

              
e you a sleepe

       
r cell spy?
              
In fifty years

             
, will all thi

              
s be declassif

  
ied?
              
And you'll con

              
fess why you d


id it
              
And I'll say, 

   
"Good riddance

"
              
'Cause it wasn

             
't sexy once i

            
t wasn't forbi

dden
              
I would've die

            
d for your sin

s
              
Instead, I jus

        
t died inside
              
And you deserv

             
e prison, but 

              
you won't get 

 
time
              
You'll slide i

             
nto inboxes an

              
d slip through

     
 the bars
              
You crashed my

             
 party and you

         
r rental car
              
You said norma

             
l girls were b

oring
              
But you were g

           
one by the mor

ning
              
You kicked out

      
 the stage lig

hts
              
But you're sti

     
ll performing
              
And in plain s

         
ight you hid
              
But you are wh

        
at you did
              
And I'll forge

             
t you, but I'l

            
l never forgiv

e
              
The smallest m

            
an who ever li

ved

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