Taylor Swift - Back To December (Live on Letterman)
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(audience cheering and applauding)
(drum thumping)
(gentle music)
♪ I'm so glad you made time to see me ♪
♪ How's life ♪
♪ Tell me, how's your family ♪
♪ I haven't seen them in a while ♪
♪ You've been good, busier than ever ♪
♪ We small talk, work, and the weather ♪
♪ Your guard is up and I know why ♪
♪ Because the last time you saw me ♪
♪ Is still burned in
the back of your mind ♪
♪ You gave me roses and I
left them there to die ♪
♪ So this is me swallowin' my pride ♪
♪ Standin' in front of you
sayin' I'm sorry for that night ♪
♪ And I go back to December all the time ♪
♪ It turns out freedom ain't
nothin' but missin' you ♪
♪ Wishin' I'd realized what
I had when you were mine ♪
♪ I'd go back to December, turn
around and make it alright ♪
♪ I go back to December all the time ♪
(gentle music)
♪ These days, I haven't been sleepin' ♪
♪ Stayin' up playin' back myself leavin' ♪
♪ When your birthday
passed and I didn't call ♪
♪ Then I think about summer,
all the beautiful times ♪
♪ I watched you laughin'
from the passenger's side ♪
♪ And realized I loved you in the fall ♪
♪ And then the cold came ♪
♪ The dark days when
fear crept into my mind ♪
♪ You gave me all your love and
all I gave you was goodbye ♪
♪ So this is me swallowin' my pride ♪
♪ Standin' in front of you
sayin' I'm sorry for that night ♪
♪ And I go back to December all the time ♪
♪ It turns out freedom ain't
nothin' but missin' you ♪
♪ Wishin' I'd realized what
I had when you were mine ♪
♪ I'd go back to December ♪
♪ Turn around and change my own mind ♪
♪ I go back to December all the time ♪
(gentle melancholic music)
♪ I miss your tan skin, your sweet smile ♪
♪ So good to me, so right ♪
♪ And how you held me in your
arms that September night ♪
♪ The first time you ever saw me cry ♪
♪ Maybe this is wishful thinkin' ♪
♪ Probably mindless dreamin' ♪
♪ But if we loved again, I
swear I'd love you right ♪
♪ I'd go back in time and
change it, but I can't ♪
♪ So if the chain is on
your door, I understand ♪
♪ But this is me swallowin' my pride ♪
♪ Standin' in front of you
sayin' I'm sorry for that night ♪
♪ And I go back to December ♪
♪ It turns out freedom ain't
nothin' but missin' you ♪
♪ Wishin' I'd realized what
I had when you were mine ♪
♪ I'd go back to December, turn
around and make it alright ♪
♪ I'd go back to December ♪
♪ Turn around and change my own mind ♪
♪ I go back to December all the time ♪
♪ All the time, oh ♪
(audience cheering and applauding)