The Alcott

Album: First Two Pages Of Frankenstein (2023)
Charted: 90
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  • I get myself twisted-in threads
    To meet you at the Alcott
    I'd go to the corner in the back
    Where you'd always be
    And there you are, sittin' as usual
    With your golden notebook
    Writing something about someone
    Who used to be me

    And the last thing you wanted
    Is the first thing I'd do
    I tell you my problems
    You tell me the truth
    It's the last thing you wanted
    It's the first thing I'd do
    I tell you that I think I'm falling back in love with you

    I sit there silently
    Waiting for you to look up
    I see you smile when you see it's me
    I had to do something
    To break into your golden thinking
    How many times will I do this
    And you'll still believe?

    It's the last thing you wanted (tell me, which side are you on, dear?)
    It's the first thing you do (give me some tips to forget you)
    You tell me your problems (have I become one of your problems?)
    And I tell you the truth (could it be easy this once?)
    It's the last thing you wanted (everything that's mine is a landmine)
    It's the first thing I'd do (did my love aid and abet you?)
    I tell you that I think I'm falling back in love with you

    And I'll ruin it all over
    I'll ruin it for you
    I'll ruin it all over
    And over like I always do

    I'll ruin it over for you (why don't you rain on my parade?)
    I'll ruin it for you (shred my evening gown)
    I'll ruin it all over (read my sentence out loud)
    And over like I always do ('cause I love this curse on our house)

    It's the last thing I wanted (tell me, which side are you on, dear?)
    It's the first thing I'd do (give me some tips to forget you)
    I tell you my problems (have I become one of your problems?)
    And you tell me the truth
    It's the last thing I wanted (everything that's mine is a landmine)
    It's the first thing I'd do (did my love aid and abet you?)
    I tell you that I think I'm falling back in love with you (back in love)
    Back in love with you Writer/s: Aaron Brooking Dessner, Matthew Donald Berninger, Taylor Swift
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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