It feels like a perfect night to dress up like hipters And make fun ofour exes, uh uh uh uh It feels like a perfect night for breakfast at midnight To fall in love with strangers, uh uh uh uh
Yeaaaah
We’re happy free confused and lonely
at the same time
It’s miserable and magical oh yeahhh
Tonight’s the night when we forget about the deadlines It’s time uh uh I don’t know about you but im
feeling twenty-two
Everything will be alright if you keep me next to you
You don’t know about me but I bet you want to
Everything will be alright if we just keep dancing like we’re twenty-two, twenty-two It seems like one of those nights
This place is too crowded too many cool kids
It seems like one of those nights
We ditch the whole scene and end up dreaming instead of sleeping
Yeaaaah
We’re happy free confused and lonely in the best way
It’s miserable and magical oh yeah
Tonight’s the night when we forget about the heartbreaks It’s time uh uh I don’t know about you but im
feeling twenty-two
Everything will be alright if you keep me next to you
You don’t know about me but I bet you want to
Everything will be alright if we just keep dancing like we’re twenty-two twenty-two (I don’t know about you) twenty-two twenty-two It feels like one of those nights
We ditch the whole scene
It feels like one of those nights
We won’t be sleeping
It feels like one of those nights
You look like bad news I gotta have you I gotta have you(you you) Ahh, ahh ahh ahh ahhh
I don’t know about you but im
feeling twenty-two Everything will be alright if you keep me next to you
You don’t know about me but I bet you want to Everything will be alright if we just keep dancing like we’re twenty-two twenty-two Dancing like twenty-two, yeah, twenty-two, yeah yeah It feels like one of those nights
We ditch the whole scene
It feels like one of those nights
We won’t be sleeping
It feels like one of those nights
You look like bad news I gotta have you, I gotta have yo
One of Swift's earliest musical memories is
listening to her maternal grandmother, Marjorie Finlay, sing at
church. In her youth, Finlay was a television host in Puerto Rico and
performed in operas in Singapore and Thailand. As a very young child,
Swift enjoyed Disney movie soundtracks: "My parents noticed that, once I
had run out of words, I would just make up my own. Later, her parents
exposed her to artists including James Taylor, Simon & Garfunkel and Def
Leppard. Swift has said she owes her confidence to her mother, who helped
her prepare for class presentations as a child. She also attributes her
"fascination with writing and storytelling" to her mother. Swift
enjoyed both reading and writing poetry and was particularly drawn to the works
of Shel Silverstein and Dr. Seuss. She remains interested
"in any writing from a child's perspective" and has cited To
Kill a Mockingbird as one of her favorite books.
Swift was introduced to country music by "the
great female country artists of the '90s ...Shania, Faith, the Dixie
Chicks." She was drawn to both the sound and storytelling of country
music. Shania Twain, both as a songwriter and performer, was her biggest
musical influence. Faith Hill was Swift's childhood role model and she
tried to copy "everything she said, did, wore." Swift admired
the Dixie Chicks’s defiant attitude and their ability to play their own
instruments. The band's "Cowboy Take Me Away" was the first song
Swift learned to play on the guitar. She then began to explore the music
of older country stars, including Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Tammy
Wynette and Dolly Parton. Lynn's "Fist City" is one of
Swift's favorite country songs. She believes Parton is "an amazing
example to every female songwriter out there." Other mainstream country
influences include Miranda Lambert, Dwight Yoakam, George Strait, Garth
Brooks, Kenny Chesney, Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson, Martina
McBride, LeAnn Rimes, Tim McGraw and Brad Paisley. Swift
also admires alt-country artists such as Ryan Adams, Patty Griffin, Lori
McKenna and Bon Iver.
Swift has been influenced by many artists outside
the country genre. As a pre-teen, she enjoyed bubblegum pop acts including Hanson and Britney
Spears; she still has "unwavering devotion" for Spears. In her
high school years, Swift listened to emo bands such as Dashboard
Confessional, Fall Out Boy, The All-American Rejects and Jimmy
Eat World. She was also a fan of contemporary female singer-songwriters
including Michelle Branch, Pink, Alanis Morissette, Ashlee
Simpson, Kelly Clarkson, Fefe Dobson and Avril Lavigne. Swift
closely followed the musical supervision on the television dramas The
O.C. andGrey's Anatomy, downloading "every" song featured. She
was a fan of hip hop music, particularly the rhyming patterns used by artists
such as Eminem: "Pride [in a lifestyle] is something that both
country and hip-hop share." Swift also drew inspiration from the
catalogues of veteran artists. She describes Stevie Nicks as a
"hero" who "has inspired me in so many ways." Tom Petty, she
has said, "is on a pedestal for me." She is "obsessed"
with Sixties acts like The Shirelles, Doris Troy and The
Beach Boys. Influence also came from older female pop rocksingers
including Pat Benatar, Melissa Etheridge, Sarah McLachlan, Shawn
Colvin and Linda Ronstadt.
Swift lists Paul McCartney, Bruce
Springsteen, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson and Carly
Simon as her career role models: "They've taken chances, but they've
also been the same artist for their entire careers." McCartney, both
as a Beatle and a solo artist, makes Swift feel "as if I've been
let into his heart and his mind": "Any musician could only dream of a
legacy like that." She admires Springsteen because he is "so
musically relevant after such a long period of time." She aspires to
be like Harris as she grows older: "It’s not about fame for her, it’s
about music." Swift says of Kristofferson: "He shines in
songwriting ... He's just one of those people who have been in this business
for years but you can tell it hasn't chewed him up and spat him out." She
admires Simon's "songwriting and honesty": "She's known as an
emotional person but a strong person."
You're on the phone With your girlfriend She's upset She's going off about Something that you said She dosen't get your humor Like I do
I'm in my room It's a typical tuesday night I'm listening to the kind of music She doesn't like She'll never know your story Like I do
But she wears short skirts I wear T-shirts She's cheer captain And I'm on the bleachers Dreaming about the day When you wake up and find That what you're looking for Has been here the whole time
If you could see That I'm the one Who understands you Been here all along So why can't you see You belong with me
Walking the streets With you and your worn out jeans I can't help thinking This is how it ought to be Laughing on a park bench Thinking to myself Hey, Isn't this easy?
And you've got a smile That could light up this whole town I haven't seen it in awhile Since she brought you down You say you're fine I know you bettert han that Hey what are you doing With a girl like that
She wears high heels I wear sneakers She's cheer captain And I'm on the bleachers Dreaming about the day When you wake up and find That what you're looking for Has been here the whole time
If you could see That I'm the one Who understands you Been here all along So why can't you see You belong with me
Standing by and Waiting at your backdoor All this time How could you not know Baby You belong with me You belong with me
Oh, I remember You driving to my house In the middle of the night I'm the one who makes you laugh When you know you're about to cry And I know your favorite songs And you tell me about your dreams Think I know where you belong Think I know it's with me
Can't you see That I'm the one Who understands you Been here all along So why can't you see You belong with me
Standing by and Waiting at your backdoor All this time How could you not know Baby You belong with me You belong with me
You belong with me Have you ever thought Just maybe You belong with me
I remember whern we broke up the first time Saying, "This is it, I've had enough," 'cause like We hddn't seen each other in a month When you said you needed space. (What?) Then you come around again and say "Baby, I miss you and I swear I'm ganna change, trust me." Remember how that lasted for a day? I say, "I hate you," we breakup, you call me, "I love you." Oooh we called it off again last night But oooh, this time I'm telling you, I'm telling you We are never ever ever getting back together We are never ever ever getting back together You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me But we are never ever ever getting back together Like, ever... I'm really gonna miss you picking fights And me, falling for it screaming that I'm right And you, would hide away and find your peace of mind With some indie record that's much cooler than mine Oooh, you called me up again tonight But oooh, this time I'm telling you, I'm telling you We are never ever ever getting back together We are never ever ever getting back together You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me (talk to me) But we are never ever ever getting back together Oooh yeah, oooh yeah, oooh yeah Oh oh oh I used to think that we were forever ever And I used to say, "Never say never..." Huh, so he calls me up and he's like, "I still love you," And I'm like... "I just... I mean this is exhausting, you know, like, We are never getting back together. Like, ever" No! We are never ever ever getting back together We are never ever ever getting back together You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me But we are never ever ever getting back together We are not getting back together, We oh, not getting back together You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me (talk to me) But we are never ever ever getting back together
