Shake It Off

Album: 1989 (2014)
Charted: 2 1
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  • I stay out too late
    Got nothin' in my brain
    That's what people say, mm-mm
    That's what people say, mm-mm
    I go on too many dates
    But I can't make 'em stay
    At least that's what people say, mm-mm
    That's what people say, mm-mm

    But I keep cruisin'
    Can't stop, won't stop movin'
    It's like I got this music
    In my mind sayin', "It's gonna be alright"

    'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
    And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
    Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
    I shake it off, I shake it off (ooh-ooh-ooh)
    Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break
    And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake
    Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
    I shake it off, I shake it off (ooh-ooh-ooh)

    I never miss a beat
    I'm lightnin' on my feet
    And that's what they don't see, mm-mm
    That's what they don't see, mm-mm
    I'm dancin' on my own (dancin' on my own)
    I'll make the moves up as I go (moves up as I go)
    And that's what they don't know, mm-mm
    That's what they don't know, mm-mm

    But I keep cruisin'
    Can't stop, won't stop groovin'
    It's like I got this music
    In my mind sayin', "It's gonna be alright"

    'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
    And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
    Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
    I shake it off, I shake it off (ooh-ooh-ooh)
    Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break
    And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake
    Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
    I shake it off, I shake it off (ooh-ooh-ooh)

    Shake it off, I shake it off
    I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off
    I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off
    I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off (ooh-ooh-ooh)

    Hey, hey, hey
    Just think, while you've been gettin' down and out
    About the liars and the dirty, dirty cheats of the world
    You could've been gettin' down to this sick beat

    My ex-man brought his new girlfriend
    She's like, "Oh my God," but I'm just gonna shake
    And to the fella over there with the hella good hair
    Won't you come on over, baby? We can shake, shake, shake
    Yeah, oh

    'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
    And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate (haters gonna hate)
    Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
    I shake it off, I shake it off (ooh-ooh-ooh)
    Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break (mm-mm)
    And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake (and fake, and fake, and fake)
    Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
    I shake it off, I shake it off (ooh-ooh-ooh)

    Shake it off, I shake it off
    I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off
    I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off
    I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off (ooh-ooh-ooh)
    Shake it off, I shake it off
    I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off
    (You got to) shake it off, I shake it off
    I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off Writer/s: Johan Karl Schuster, Martin Max Sandberg, Taylor Alison Swift
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • AnonymousSo, this song from 1989 is inspired by how she has dealt with rumors since 2012! Wow, who knew that Taylor Swift could see into the future!
  • Piper from Portland Orfantastic song, Taylor Swift gets to the essence of a woman's strength, the song speaks about shaking off a jimmy hat, which is so wonderful in todays world of love and peace
  • Kieran from New ZealandThe phrase "shake it off" shows up 36 times in this song, mostly in the chorus. - This is incorrect, the phrase "shake it off" features 44 times in the song.
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