Welcome to New York Lyrics

Welcome To New York Lyrics (1989 album)

Written by Taylor Swift and Ryan Tedder
Produced by Ryan Tedder, Taylor Swift, and Noel Zancanella

Walking through a crowd
The village is aglow
Kaleidoscope of loud heartbeats
Under coats
Everybody here wanted something more
Searching for a sound we hadn’t heard before
And it said

Welcome to New York
It’s been waiting for you
Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York
It’s been waiting for you
Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York

It’s a new soundtrack I could dance to this beat, beat
Forevermore
The lights are so bright
But they never blind me, me
Welcome to New York
It’s been waiting for you
Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York

When we first dropped our bags
On apartment floors
Took our broken hearts
Put them in a drawer
Everybody here was someone else before
And you can want who you want
Boys and boys and girls and girls

Chorus

Like any great love
It keeps you guessing
Like any real love
It’s ever changing
Like any true love
It drives you crazy
But you know you wouldn’t change Anything, anything, anything…

Chorus

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I Wish You Would Lyrics

I Wish You Would Lyrics (1989 album)

Written by Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff

It's two A. M. in your car
Windows down, I pass my street
The memories start

You say it's in the past
And drive straight ahead
You think I'm gonna hate you now
'Cause you still don't know what I never said

I wish you would come back
Wish I'd never hung up the phone like I did
And I wish you knew that
I'd never forget you as long as I'd live

Wish you were right here, right now
It's all good
I wish you would

It's two A. M. in my room
Headlights pass the window pane
I think of you

We were a crooked love
In a straight line down
Makes you wanna run and hide
But it made us wanna turn back around

I wish you would come back
Wish I'd never hung up the phone like I did
And I wish you knew that
I'd never forget you as long as I'd live

Wish you were right here, right now
It's all good
I wish you would

I wish we could go back
And remember what we were fighting for
Wish you knew that
I miss you too much to be mad anymore

Wish you were right here, right now
It's all good
I wish you would

I wish, I wish, I
I wish, I wish, I

You always knew how to push my buttons
You give me everything and nothing
This mad, mad love makes you come rushing
Stay back where you stood
I wish you would

I wish you would, I wish you would
I wish you would, I wish you would

It's two A. M., here we are
I see your face
And my voice in the dark

We were a crooked love
In a straight line down
Makes you wanna run and hide
But it made us turn right back around

I wish you would come back
Wish I'd never hung up the phone like I did
And I wish you knew that
I'd never forget you as long as I'd live

Wish you were right here, right now
It's all good
I wish you would

I wish you would come back
Wish I'd never hung up the phone like I did
And I wish you knew that
I'd never forget you as long as I'd live

Wish you were right here, right now
It's all good
I wish you would

I wish we could go back
And remember what we were fighting for
Wish you knew that
I miss you too much to be mad anymore

Wish you were right here, right now
It's all good
I wish you would

You always knew how to push my buttons
You give me everything and nothing
This mad, mad love makes you come rushing
Stay back where you stood
I wish you would

I wish you would, I wish you would
I wish you would, I wish you would

I wish, I wish, I
I wish, I wish, I wish you would

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This Love Lyrics

This Love Lyrics (1989 album)

Written by Taylor Swift

Clear blue water
High tide came and brought you in
And I could go on and on, on and on and I will
Skies grew darker
Currents swept you out again
And you were just gone and gone, gone and gone
In silent screams, in wildest dreams
I never dreamed of this

Chorus:
This love is good
This love is bad
This love is alive
Back from the dead
These hands had to let it go free and this love came back to me

Tossing, turning, struggled through the night with someone new
And I could go on and on, on and on
Lantern, burning, flickered through the night only for you
But you were still gone, gone, gone,
Been losing grip
On sinking ships
You showed up just in time

This love is good
This love is bad
This love is alive
Back from the dead
These hands had to let it go free and
This love came back to me
This love left a permanent mark
This love is glowing in the dark
These hands had to let it go free and
This love came back to me

Your kiss, my cheek
The watched you leave
Your smile, my ghost
I fell to my knees
When you're young, you just to run
But you come back
...to what you need

This love is good
This love is bad
This love is alive,
Back from the dead
These hands had to let it go free and
This love came back to me
This love left a permanent mark
This love is glowing in the dark
These hands had to let it go free and
This love came back to me

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All You Had to Do Was Stay Lyrics

All You Had to Do Was Stay Lyrics (1989 album)

Written by Taylor Swift & Max Martin

People like you always want back 
The love they gave away
And people like me want to believe you 
When you say you've changed
The more I think about it now
The less I know
All I know is that you drove us 
Off the road

Chorus:
Hey- all you had to do was stay
Had me in the palm of your hand
Then
Why'd you had to go and lock me out 
When I let you in
Hey- now you say you want it back
Now it's just too late
Well, could've been easy 

All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay

Here you are now
Calling me up
But I don't know what to say
I've been picking up the pieces of the mess you made
People like you always want back 
The love they pushed aside
But people like me are gone forever
When you say goodbye

Chorus

All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay

Let me remind you... 
This was what you wanted
You ended it
You were all I wanted
But not like this...

Not like this
Not like this
Oh, all you had to do was stay

Chorus

Chorus

All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay
All you had to do was stay

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You Are In Love Lyrics

You Are In Love Lyrics (1989 album)

Written by Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff

One look
Dark room
Meant just for you
Time moved too fast
You played it back
Buttons
On a coat
Lightharded joke
No proof, not much
But you saw enough
Small talk, He drives
Coffee at midnight
The light reflects
The chain on your neck
He says look up
And your shoulders brush
No proof, one touch
You felt enough

You can hear it in the silence
You can feel it on the way home
You can see it with the lights out
You are in love
True love
You are in love

Morning, his place
Burn toast, sunday
You keep his shirt
He keeps his word
And for once you let go
Of your fears and your ghosts
One step, not much
But it said enough
You kissed on sidewalks
You fight and you talk
One night he wakes, strange look on his face
Pauses, then says, you're my best friend
And you knew what it was, he is in love

You can hear it in the silence
You can feel it on the way home
You can see it with the lights out
You are in love
True love
You are in love

So it goes
You two are dancing in a snow ball, 'round and 'round
And he keeps the picture of you in his office downtown
You understand now why they lost their minds and fought the wars
And why I've spent my whole life try to put it in words...

'Cause you can hear in the silence
You can feel it on the way home
You can see it with the lights out
You are in love
True love
You are in love

You can hear it in the silence
You can feel it on the way home
You can see it with the lights out
You are in love
True love
You are in love

You can hear it in the silence
You can feel it on the way home
You can see it with the lights out
You are in love
True love
You are in love
You are in love

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Style Lyrics

Style Lyrics (1989 Album)

Written by Taylor Swift, Max Martin, Shellback & All Payami

Midnight
You come and pick me up
No head lights
Long drive
Could end in burning flames
Or paradise
Fade into view-oh
It's been a while since I have even
Heard from you
I should just tell you to leave
'Cause I
Know exactly where it leads
but I watch us go round and round
Each time

Chorus:
You got that James Dean
Day dream look in your eye
And I got that red lip classic
Thing that you like
And when we go crashing down
We come back every time.
'Cause we never go out of style
We never go out of style
You got that long hair, slicked back
White t-shirt.
And I got that good girl thing
And a tight little skirt
And when we go crashing down
We come back in every time
'Cause we never go out of style
We never go out of style

So it goes
He can't keep his wild eyes
On the road
Takes me home
Lights are off
He's taking
Off his coat
I say I heard -Oh
That you been out and about,
With some other girl
Some other girl
He says what you've heard is
True but I
Can't stop thinking about you
And I
I said I've been there too a
Few times

Chorus

Take me home
Just take me home
Just take me home

You got that James Dean
Day dream look in your eye
And I got that red lip classic
Thing that you like
And when we go crashing down
We come back every time.
'Cause we never go out of style
We never go out of style

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How You Get the Girl Lyrics

How You Get the Girl Lyrics (1989 album)

Written by Taylor Swift, Max Martin & Shellback

Stand there like a ghost
Shaking from the rain
She'll open up the door
And say, are you insane
Say it's been a long 6 months
And you were too afraid 
To tell her what you want.
And that's how it works
It's how you get the girl.

Chorus:Then you say
I want you for worse or for better
I would wait forever and ever
Broke your heart
I'll put it back together
I would wait forever and ever
And that's how it works
It's how you get the girl
And that's how it works
It's how you get the girl

Remind her how it used to be
With pictures in frames, 
Of kisses on cheeks
Tell her how you must've lost your mind
When you left her all alone,
And never told her why
And that's how it works
That's how you lost the girl

Chorus 

'Cause you know
That I don't want you to go...
Remind me how it used to be
Pictures in frames, Kisses on cheeks
And say you want me...

Chorus

And that's how it works
It's how you get the girl, girl
And that's how it works
It's how you get the girl, girl

And that's how it works
That's how you got the girl.

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Blank Space Lyrics

Blank Space Lyrics (1989 Album)

Written by Taylor Swift, Max Martin & Shellback

Nice to meet you
Where you've been?
I could show you incredible things.
Magic, madness, heaven, sin
Saw you there and I thought
Oh my god
Look at that face
You look like my next mistake
Love's a game, want to play?

New money, suit and tie
I can read you like a magazine
Ain't it funny, rumors fly
And I know you've heard about me
So hey, let's be friends
I'm dying to see how this one ends
Grab your passport, and my hand
I can make the bad guys good
For a weekend

Chorus:
So it's gonna be forever
Or it's gonna go down in flames
You can tell me when it's over
If the high was worth the pain
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
'Cause you know I love the players
And you love the game
'Cause we're young and we're
Reckless, we'll take this way
Too far
It'll leave you breathless
Or with a nasty scar
Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
But I got a blank space,
Baby
And I'll write your name.

Cherry lips, crystal skies
I could show you incredible things
Slowly kisses, pretty lies
You're the king, baby, I'm your
Queen find out what you want
Be that girl for a month
Wait, the worst is yet to
Come...

Screaming, crying, perfect storms
I can make all the tables turn
Rose garden filled with thorns
Keep you second guessing like
Oh my god
Who is she?
I get drunk on jealousy
But you'll come back
Each time you leave
Cause darling I'm a nightmare
Dressed like a daydream

Chorus

Boys only want love if it's torture
Don't say I didn't, say I didn't warn
You...
Boy only want love if it's torture
Don't say I didn't say I didn't warn
You...

Chorus

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Taylor's Friends Music Available on iTunes

Lorde

Pure Heroine
Pure Heroine Extended
Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Ladder Song - Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I
Yellow Flicker Beat - Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I
Flicker Kanye West Rework - Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I

Ed Sheeran
X Deluxe Edition
X
+ Deluxe Edition
+

Selena Gomez
For You
Stars Dance
When the Sun Goes Down
A Year Without Rain
Kiss & Tell
Another Cinderella Story (EP)

One Direction (Harry Styles)
Four (Deluxe Edition)
Four
Midnight Memories (Deluxe Edition)
Midnight Memories
Take Me Home (Yearbook Edition)
Take Me Home
Up All Night (Deluxe Edition)
Up All Night

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Out of the Woods Lyrics

Out of the Woods Lyrics (1989 Album)

Written by Taylor Swift/Jack Antonoff

Looking at it now
It all seems so simple
We were lying on your couch
I remember
You took a Polaroid of us
Then discovered
The rest of the world was black and white
But we were in screaming color
And I remember thinking…

Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods?
Are we in the clear yet?
Are we in the clear yet?
Are we in the clear yet?
In the clear yet, good.
Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods yet?
Are we out of the woods?
Are we in the clear yet?
Are we in the clear yet?
Are we in the clear yet?
In the clear yet, good.
Are we out of the woods?

Looking at it now
Last December, we were built to fall apart
Then fall back together
Your necklace hanging from my neck
The night we couldn’t quite forget
When we decided
To move the furniture so we could dance
Baby, like we stood a chance
Two paper airplanes flying, flying…
And I remember thinking

Chorus

Remember when you hit the brakes too soon
Twenty stitches in a hospital room
When you started crying
Baby, I did too
But when the sun came up
I was looking at you
Remember when we couldn’t take the heat
I walked out, I said “I’m setting you free”
But the monsters turned out to be just trees
When the sun came up
You were looking at me.
You were looking at me… Oh
You were looking at me.
I remember.
Oh, I remember..

Chorus

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"I Know Places", "You Are In Love", and "Wildest Dreams"

Today's Taylor Swift songs are the introductory meanings of "I Know Places", "You Are In Love", and "Wildest Dreams".  Rolling Stone did it again and released three new song titles today in a follow up article 22 Things You Learn Hanging Out With Taylor Swift on September 10, 2014.

Who are they about?

"Wildest Dreams" is Taylor's take on love. Taylor tells Rolling Stone "I think the way I used to approach relationships was very idealistic. I used to go into them thinking, 'Maybe this is the one — we'll get married and have a family, this could be forever.' Whereas now I go in thinking, 'How long do we have on the clock — before something comes along and puts a wrench in it, or your publicist calls and says this isn't a good idea?'"

"You do feel a little bit like you got run over by a truck. You'll be riding in the car with someone and all of a sudden it comes on the radio that he bought you a diamond ring and he's going to propose. And you look at him and go, '...that's not true, right?' And he says, 'No that's not true!' Can you blame me for wanting less of that?"

I'm so sorry Taylor. Dating is no fun.  I really, really, really wouldn't want to to it in the public eye.  I really HOPE you can find someone that doesn't care about any of that and you can just have fun being yourselves.

She did have a glimmer of hope later in the interview.  When asked if she'd ever been in love she said, "Looking back? Not real love. Not the kind that lasts. I think that's still ahead of me — which is really exciting."

"You Are In Love" is a song that was cowritten with Jack Antonoff.  He says it has "a very 'Secret Garden' Springsteen vibe." I have an updated analysis of this song here.

"I Know Places" was cowritten with Ryan Tedder.

Thank you Rolling Stone for releasing more music titles!!! I can't wait to hear them.

Interestingly enough Harry Styles wrote a song about Taylor in rebuttal to her album, "Perfect".  Click here for the meaning of that song.

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"Bad Blood", "I Wish You Would", "All You Had to Do Was Stay", "Style",and "Out of the Woods" Introduction

Today's Taylor Swift SONGS are the introductory meanings of the songs; "Bad Blood", "I Wish You Would", "All You Had to Do Was Stay", "Style", and "Out of the Woods" from her 1989 album. They are featured in the Rolling Stone article, "The Reinvention of Taylor Swift" from September 8, 2014.

Who is each one about?

Taylor Swift (Photo Credit: Theo Wanner)

The Rolling Stone article gives us some clues.

"Bad Blood" is about Katy Perry.    Taylor told Rolling Stone, "For years, I was never sure if we were friends or not. She would come up to me at awards shows and say something and walk away, and I would think, 'Are we friends, or did she just give me the harshest insult of my life?'" Then last year, the other star crossed a line. "She did something so horrible, I was like, 'Oh, we're just straight-up enemies.' And it wasn't even about a guy! It had to do with business. She basically tried to sabotage an entire arena tour. She tried to hire a bunch of people out from under me. And I'm surprisingly non-confrontational – you would not believe how much I hate conflict. So now I have to avoid her. It's awkward, and I don't like it." 

She wanted to make sure people knew it was not about a boy, "But I just want people to know it's not about a guy. You don't want to shade someone you used to date and make it seem like you hate him, when that's not the case. And I knew people would immediately be going in one direction." (Rolling Stone)

Katy stole some of Taylor's dancers and crew from her tour.  An ex dancer of Taylor's Lockhart Brownlie, who formally danced with Katy told Manika Dadson Dec. 20, 2013, "I was with Taylor for the first six months. It was a great experience and she's a great person to work with, but then Katy contacted us." And the rest is history, or a song in this case. Click here for a detailed analysis of this song. 

Taylor Swift (Photo Credit:Theo Wenner)

"I Wish You Would" is "about an ex who bought a house two blocks from" Taylor's place. (Rolling Stone)

"All You Had to Do Was Stay" is "about a guy who was never willing to commit (ditto)." (Rolling Stone). Click here for a detailed analysis of this song.

"Style" is "a sexy Miami Vice-sounding throwback about a guy with slicked-back hair and a white T-shirt and a girl in a tight little skirt." (Rolling Stone) Click here for a detailed analysis of this song.

"Out of the Woods" (click here for the updated analysis of "Out of the Woods")  is quite possibly the song I am most excited for from this new group.  It is "a frantic tale" about her relationship with Harry Styles where she says "'every day was a struggle. Forget making plans for life – we were just trying to make it to next week.'" They even ended up in the hospital following a snowmobile accident in Utah in December 2012 because he "lost control and wrecked it so badly that she saw her life flash before her eyes." They both had to go to the ER, but Taylor wasn't hurt as bad.  She said that they went to the hospital and asked everyone to not say anything, and no one did.  (You revealed your own secret Taylor!)
 Harry had a banged up chin, "Remember when you hit the brakes too soon/Twenty stitches in a hospital room." (lyrics from "Out of the Woods"). (Rolling Stone)

I am so excited for all the new songs and can't wait to hear all of them! Don't forget I'll include some more detail analysis once we have the songs in hand.

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