Listen to 'tis the damn season by Taylor Swift

'tis the damn season

Taylor Swift

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Taylor Swift

Vocals

Aaron Dessner

Piano

Yuki Numata Resnick

Yuki Numata Resnick

Violin

Clarice Jensen

Cello

Thomas Bartlett

Thomas Bartlett

Keyboards

Nick Lloyd

Hammond Organ

Josh Kaufman

Lap Steel Guitar

Benjamin Lanz

Trombone

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Taylor Swift

Songwriter

Aaron Dessner

Songwriter

Bryce Dessner

Orchestrator

Benjamin Lanz

Horn Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Aaron Dessner

Producer

Jonathan Low

Mixing Engineer

Thomas Bartlett

Thomas Bartlett

Additional Engineer

Nick Lloyd

Additional Engineer

Benjamin Lanz

Additional Engineer

Kyle Resnick

Additional Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

If I wanted to know

Who you were hanging with while I was gone

I would've asked you

It's the kind of cold

Fogs up windshield glass

But I felt it when I passed you

There's an ache in you

Put there by the ache in me

But if it's all the same to you

It's the same to me

[Chorus]

So we could call it even

You could call me "babe" for the weekend

'Tis the damn season

Write this down

I'm staying at my parents' house

And the road not taken looks real good now

And it always leads to you and my hometown

[Verse 2]

I parked my car right between The Methodist

And the school that used to be ours

The holidays linger like bad perfume

You can run but only so far

I escaped it too

Remember how you watched me leave

But if it's okay with you

It's okay with me

[Chorus]

We could call it even

You could call me "babe" for the weekend

'Tis the damn season

Write this down

I'm staying at my parents' house

And the road not taken looks real good now

Time flies

Messy as the mud on your truck tires

Now I'm missing your smile

Hear me out

We could just ride around

And the road not taken looks real good now

And it always leads to you

And my hometown

[Bridge]

Sleep in half the day

Just for old times' sake

I won't ask you to wait

If you don't ask me to stay

[Bridge]

So I'll go back to LA and the so-called friends

Who'll write books about me if I ever make it

And wonder about the only soul

Who can tell which smiles I'm faking

And the heart I know I'm breaking

Is my own

To leave the warmest bed I've ever known

[Bridge]

We could call it even

Even though I'm leaving

And I'll be yours for the weekend

'Tis the damn season...

[Chorus]

We could call it even

You could call me "babe" for the weekend

'Tis the damn season

Write this down

I'm staying at my parents' house

And the road not taken looks real good now

Time flies

Messy as the mud on your truck tires

Now I'm missing your smile

Hear me out

We could just ride around

And the road not taken looks real good now

And it always leads to you

And my hometown

And it always leads to you and my hometown

Written by: Taylor Swift, Aaron Dessner

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