Taylor Swift
Love Story lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2008
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:56
We were both young when I first saw you
I close my eyes and the flashback starts
I'm standing there
On a balcony, in summer air
See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns
See you make your way through the crowd
And say, "Hello"
Little did I know
That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet"
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you, "Please don't go"
And I said
"Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince, and I'll be the princess
It's a love story, baby, just say yes"
So I sneak out to the garden to see you
We keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew
So close your eyes
Escape this town for a little while, oh, oh
'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter
And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet"
But you were everything to me
I was begging you, "Please don't go"
And I said
"Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince, and I'll be the princess
It's a love story, baby, just say yes"
Romeo, save me, they're trying to tell me how to feel
This love is difficult, but it's real
Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess
It's a love story, baby, just say yes
Oh, oh-oh
I got tired of waiting
Wondering if you were ever coming around
My faith in you was fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town
And I said
"Romeo, save me, I've been feeling so alone
I keep waiting for you, but you never come
Is this in my head? I don't know what to think"
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring
And said
"Marry me, Juliet, you'll never have to be alone
I love you, and that's all I really know
I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress
It's a love story, baby, just say yes"
Oh, oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh, oh
'Cause we were both young when I first saw you
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Key vocabulary
- flashback
- past scene in a story
- juliet
- Romeo’s love
- staircase
- stairs in a set
- begging
- asking for somethingB2
- knelt
- past of kneel
- escape
- get free from dangerB1
- mess
- untidy disorderB1
- prince
- male royal; son of kingB1
- princess
- royal woman or girlB1
- air
- the gas we breatheA1
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About this song
Taylor Swift is an American singer-songwriter who works in country and pop, known for albums and songwriting that blend autobiographical details with wide-ranging pop production and narrative storytelling. She is recognized for her major crossover from Nashville country to mainstream pop, including landmark releases like Red and 1989, and for the global Eras Tour.