If This Was a Movie

Album: Speak Now Deluxe Edition (2011)
Charted: 10
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  • Last night I heard my own heart beating
    Sounded like footsteps on my stairs
    Six months gone and I'm still reaching
    Even though I know you're not there
    I was playing back a thousand memories, baby
    Thinking 'bout everything we've been through
    Maybe I've been going back too much lately
    When time stood still and I had you

    Come back, come back, come back to me like
    You would, you would if this was a movie
    Stand in the rain outside 'til I came out
    Come back, come back, come back to me like
    You could, you could if you just said you're sorry
    I know that we could work it out somehow
    But if this was a movie, you'd be here by now

    I know people change and these things happen
    But I remember how it was back then
    Wrapped up in your arms and our friends were laughin'
    'Cause nothing like this ever happened to them
    Now I'm pacing down the hall, chasing down your street
    Flashback to the night when you said to me
    "Nothing's gonna change, not for me and you"
    Back before I knew how much I had to lose

    Come back, come back, come back to me like
    You would, you would if this was a movie
    Stand in the rain outside 'til I came out
    Come back, come back, come back to me like
    You could, you could if you just said you're sorry
    I know that we could work it out somehow
    But if this was a movie you'd be here by now

    If you're out there
    If you're somewhere
    If you're moving on
    I've been waiting for you
    Ever since you've been gone
    I just want it back the way it was before
    And I just want to see you back at my front door
    And I say

    Come back, come back, come back to me like
    You would before you said it's not that easy
    Before the fight, before I locked you out
    But I take it all back now

    Come back, come back, come back to me like
    You would, you would if this was a movie
    Stand in the rain outside 'til I came out
    Come back, come back, come back to me like
    You could, you could if you just said you're sorry
    I know that we could work it out somehow
    But if this was a movie you'd be here by now

    You'd be here by now
    Is that the kind of ending you wanna see now?
    Baby, what about the ending?
    Oh-oh, I thought you'd be here by now, whoa-oh-oh
    Oh-oh, oh-oh
    Thought you'd be here by now Writer/s: Martin Johnson, Taylor Swift
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Navayah CherryWho else loves this song? And where are my SWIFTIES at?!
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