Friday, August 6, 2010 . 8/06/2010 01:42:00 AM

It's a known fact I'm a Taylor Swift fan. She is the reason why I got started on songwriting, and I aspire to be like her. 

She recently released her newest single, "Mine". And as usual, I took note of the lyrics. And this is the song that spoke volumes to me. The largest volumes. 

Read on, and you'll know why. 

The lyrics are a mix of internet sources and listening by ear. I've edited as best as I could, so hopefully they're accurate. 

I can't wait for her album. Really.

Mine

Taylor Swift

Oh oh ooo o

Oh oh ooo o

You were in college working part-time waiting tables
Left the small town never looked back.
I was the flight risk with the fear of falling 
Wondered why we bothered with love if it never lasts

I say "Can you believe it?”
As we’re lying on a couch
The moment I could see it
Yes yes I can see it now

Do you remember we were sitting there by the water
You put your arm around me for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter
You are the best thing that’s ever been mine

Flash forward and we’d been taking on the world together
And there is a drawer of my things at your place
You learned my secrets and you figured out why I’m guarded 
You said we’d never make my parents’ mistakes.

But we’ve got bills to pay
We’ve got nothing figured out
When it was hard to take yes yes
This is was I thought about

Do you remember we were sitting there by the water
You put your arm around me for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter
You are the best thing that’s ever been mine

Do you remember all the city lights on the water
You saw me start to believe for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter
You are the best thing that’s ever been mine

Oh oh oo

And I remembered that fight two thirty A.M.
You said everything was slipping right out of our hands
And I ran out crying and you followed me out into the street

Braced myself for the goodbye
'Cause that's all I've ever known
Then you took me by surprise
You said "I'll never leave you alone"

You said...

I remember how we felt sitting by the water
And everytime I look at you it's like the first time
I fell in love with a careless man’s careful daughter
She is the best thing that’s ever been mine

Go on
Make it last
Go on
Never turn back

You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine

Go on
Do you believe it
Go on
We're gonna make it now
Go on
And I could see it
Yeah yeah

See it now

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