Cardigan
Taylor Swift, Folklore, 2020
Writers: Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner
Producer: Aaron Dessner
Label: Republic
2, 8-counts (~0:20)
Vintage tee, brand new phone
High heels on cobblestones
When you are young, they assume you know nothing
Sequin smile, black lipstick
We don’t know politics
When you are young, they assume you know nothing
But I knew you,
dancin’ in your Levis
right under a streetlight, I…
I knew you,
hand holding my sweatshirt
maybe, knit it better, I.
And when I felt like I was an old cardigan
Under someone’s bed
You put me on and said I was your favorite
A friend to all is a friend to none
Chase two birds, lose the one
When you are young, they assume you know nothin’
But I knew you
Playing hide-and-seek and
Calling me on weekends, I
I knew you
Your heartbeat on the High Line
once in 20 lifetimes, I…
And when I felt like I was an old cardigan
Under someone’s bed
You put me on and said I was your favorite
To ride in cars and planet Mars
was all we needed.
You drew stars around my scars
but now I’m bleedin’
‘Cause I knew you,
steppin’ on the last train
marked me like a mudstain, I…
I knew you,
tried to change the ending
Peter losing Wendy, I…
I knew you,
speakin’ like a father
running like water, I…
And when you are young, they assume you know nothing
But I knew you’d linger like a tattoo kiss
I knew you’d haunt all of my what-ifs
The smell of smoke would hang around this long
‘Cause I knew everything when I was young
I knew I’d miss you for the longest time
Chasin’ shadows in the grocery line
I knew you’d miss me once the thrill expired
And you’d be standin’ in my front porch light
And I knew you’d come back to me
You’d come back to me
And you’d come back to me
And you’d come back
And when I felt like I was an old cardigan
Under someone’s bed
You put me on and said I was your favorite