Listen to cardigan (the long pond studio sessions) by Taylor Swift

cardigan (the long pond studio sessions)

Taylor Swift

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Taylor Swift - cardigan (folklore: long pond studio sessions) (Live/2020)

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Taylor Swift

Lead Vocals

Aaron Dessner

Piano

Jack Antonoff

Piano

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Taylor Swift

Songwriter

Aaron Dessner

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Taylor Swift

Producer

Jonathan Low

Recording Engineer

Christopher Rowe

Christopher Rowe

Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Vintage tee, brand new phone

High heels on cobblestones

When you are young, they assume you know nothing

Sequin smile, black lipstick

Sensual politics

When you are young, they assume you know nothing

[Verse 2]

But I knew you

Dancing in your Levi's

Drunk under a streetlight, I

I knew you

Hand under my sweatshirt

Baby kiss it better, I

[Verse 3]

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 girls, lose the one

When you are young, they assume you know nothing

[Verse 4]

But I knew you

Playing Hide-and-seek and

Giving me your weekends, I

I knew you

Your heartbeat on the High Line

Once in twenty lifetimes, I

[Verse 5]

And when I felt like I was an old cardigan under someone's bed

You put me on and said I was your favorite

[Verse 6]

To kiss in cars and downtown bars

Was all we needed

You drew stars around my scars

But now I'm bleeding

[Verse 7]

'Cause I knew you

Stepping on the last train

Marked me like a bloodstain, I

I knew you

Tried to change the ending

Peter losing Wendy, I

[Verse 8]

I knew you

Leaving like a father

Running like water, I

'Cause when you are young, they assume you know nothing

[Verse 9]

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

[Verse 10]

I knew I'd curse you for the longest time

Chasing shadows in the grocery line

I knew you'd miss me once the thrill expired

And you'd be standing 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

[Verse 11]

And when I felt like I was an old cardigan under someone's bed

You put me on and said I was your favorite

Written by: Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner

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