But in a box beneath my bed

Is a letter that you never read,

From three summers back.

Picture to Burn

I really, really hate that

Stupid old pickup truck
You never let me drive.

Let’s be very clear: this is the final repeat, with the repeated
“really” for emphasis.

Teardrops on My Guitar

He’s the time taken up,

But there’s never enough.

The unrequited love song of our age.

A Place in This World

I don’t know what I want,

So don’t ask me.

A nearly unbeatable opening line.

Cold as You

You never did give a damn thing, honey,

But I cried, cried for you,
And I know you wouldn’t have told nobody
If I died, died for you.

This bridge renders the entire genre of emo redundant.

The Outside

But nothing seems to work the first few times,

Am I right?

Tied Together with a Smile

I guess it’s true that love was all you wanted,

’Cause you’re giving it away like it’s extra change,
Hoping it will end up in his pocket,
But he leaves you out like a penny in the rain.

Stay Beautiful

He smiles, it’s like the radio.

What a wild image. “I will speak daggers to her” (Hamlet, Act 3

Scene 2).

Should’ve Said No

You should’ve known that word

‘Bout what you did with her’d
Get back to me.

Love this internal rhyme.

Mary’s Song (Oh My My My)

Take me back to the creek beds we turned up,

Two A.M. riding in your truck.

Our Song

He’s got a one-hand feel on the steering wheel,

The other on my heart.

It’s the pause before “heart” that makes this.

BONUS TRACKS

I’m Only Me When I’m with You

You drive me crazy half the time;

The other half I’m only tryin’
To let you know that what I feel is true.

Invisible

She’s never gonna love you like I want to.

Here is where she taught us one of her most important lessons:

always get the bonus tracks.

A Perfectly Good Heart

How do I get it back the way it was before?

The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (EP)

Christmases When You Were Mine

“Merry Christmas, everybody”…

That’ll have to be something I just say this year.

Christmas Must Be Something More

Would the song still survive

Without five golden rings?

Beautiful Eyes (EP)

Beautiful Eyes

I wake up; I’m alive.

In only a little while, I’ll cry.

I Heart Question Mark

Wake up and smell the breakup;

Realize that we won’t make up.

This I love because it’s the final-chorus-lyric-change payoff of the

previous “Fix my hair, put on my makeup.”

Fearless (2008)