Lyrics

[Spoken: Taylor Swift & Max Martin] Wanna hear my two lines of the first—for the second verse? I'm really, really happy about them Sorry, just a melody thing, sorry, sorry, so I don't forget Ending the little tail, like, for one, mm-mm-mm [Verse 1: Taylor Swift & Max Martin] When I met you [?] Stuck in the cold Pulled up to you in the Jag', turned your rags into- (Ba-doh) Down into gold (Yeah) Turn- Pulled up to you in the Jag', turned your rags into gold [Spoken: Max Martin] Yeah, like that [Verse 1: Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift & Max Martin] The winding road leads to the Chateau The Chateau You remind me [Spoken: Max Martin & Taylor Swift] I'm recording this after so you can focus on your thing Okay Two, three, four [Verse 1: Taylor Swift] The winding— [Spoken: Taylor Swift & Max Martin] Do you wanna go from the first of the first verse? The beginning of the verse One, two, three, four [Verse 1: Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift & Max Martin] When I found you, you were lost, wayward, stuck in the cold Pulled up to you in the Jag', turned your rags into gold The winding road leads to the Chateau You remind me of a younger me I saw potential [Chorus: Taylor Swift] I'll be your father figure I'll drink that brown liquor I can make deals with the devil Because my dick's bigger This love is pure profit Just step into my office Don't cry, I know what you need [Post-Chorus: Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift & Max Martin] Leave it with me I protect the family Leave it with me [Spoken: Shellback] Almost like you want, almost like "Leave it with me," just drums and vocals in the hook Yeah [Post-Chorus: Taylor Swift] I protect the family Leave it with me I protect the family [Spoken: Taylor Swift & Max Martin] Take away the music for a minute Can I read you these first two lines of the second verse? I'm so excited about it Two, three, oh, read I wanna sing it Two, three, four [Verse 2: Taylor Swift] I pay the check before it kisses the mahogany grain I said "They all wanna see you rise, they don't want you to reign" [Spoken: Taylor Swift, Max Martin & Shellback] Said "They all want you to rise, they don't want you to reign" Yeah, yeah They want you to rise, they don't want you to stay Right [Verse 2: Taylor Swift] Well, I can teach you all the nam-na, the tricks of the trade I taught you all the tricks of the trade [Spoken: Max Martin & Taylor Swift] Uh, yeah, yeah, the tricks of the trade's great there Ah [Verse 2: Shellback, Shellback, Max Martin & Taylor Swift] I teach you all the tricks of the trade [Spoken: Taylor Swift, Max Martin & Shellback] And I, and I showed you all the tricks of the trade And I, then I showed you all the tricks of the trade Yeah It's all leading to a battle Yeah, yeah Between, like, Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker Yeah, exactly Or Darth Vader and the Emperor, haha Mm Great Uh, I showed you, uh Great, great, great, great, great