Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Live on Letterman)

(audience applauds)

(light upbeat music)

♪ I am not the kind of girl ♪

♪ Who should be rudely barging

in on a white veil occasion ♪

♪ But you are not the kind of boy ♪

♪ Who should be marrying the wrong girl ♪

♪ I sneak in and see your friends ♪

♪ And her snotty little

family all dressed in pastel ♪

♪ And she is yelling at a bridesmaid ♪

♪ Somewhere back inside a room ♪

♪ Wearing a gown shaped like a pastry ♪

♪ This is surely not what

you thought it would be ♪

♪ I lose myself in a daydream ♪

♪ Where I stand and say ♪

♪ Don't say yes, run away now ♪

♪ I'll meet you when

you're out of the church ♪

♪ At the back door ♪

♪ Don't wait, or say a single vow ♪

♪ You need to hear me out ♪

♪ And they said, "Speak now" ♪

(audience cheers)

♪ Fond gestures are exchanged ♪

♪ And the organ starts to play ♪

♪ A song that sounds like a death march ♪

♪ And I am hiding in the curtains ♪

♪ It seems that I was uninvited

by your lovely bride-to-be ♪

♪ She floats down the aisle

like a pageant queen ♪

♪ But I know you wish it was me ♪

♪ You wish it was me ♪

♪ Don't you ♪

♪ Don't say yes, run away now ♪

♪ I'll meet you when

you're out of the church ♪

♪ At the back door ♪

♪ Don't wait, or say a single vow ♪

♪ You need to hear me out ♪

♪ And they said, "Speak now" ♪

♪ Don't say yes, run away now ♪

♪ I'll meet you when

you're out of the church ♪

♪ At the back door ♪

♪ Don't wait, or say a single vow ♪

♪ Your time is running out ♪

♪ And they said, "Speak now" ♪

Could you please put your hands together?

♪ Ooh, (indistinct) ♪

♪ I hear the preacher say ♪

♪ "Speak now or forever hold your peace" ♪

♪ There's the silence,

there's my last chance ♪

♪ I stand up with shaky

hands, all eyes on me ♪

♪ Horrified looks from

everyone in the room ♪

♪ But I'm only looking at you ♪

♪ I am not the kind of girl ♪

♪ Who should be rudely barging

in on a white veil occasion ♪

♪ But you are not the kind of boy ♪

♪ Who should be marrying the wrong girl ♪

♪ So don't say yes, run away now ♪

♪ I'll meet you when

you're out of the church ♪

♪ At the back door ♪

♪ Don't wait, or say a single vow ♪

♪ You need to hear me out ♪

♪ And they said, "Speak now" ♪

♪ And you'll say, "Let's run away now" ♪

♪ I'll meet you when I'm out

of my tux at the back door ♪

♪ Baby, I didn't say my vows ♪

♪ So glad you were around ♪

♪ When they said, "Speak now" ♪

(audience cheers)