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he said the way my blue eyes shined put those georgia stars to shame that night i said, that’s a lie just a boy in a Chevy truck that had a tendency b y of getting stuck on bAck roads at night and i was right there beside him all summer loNg and then the time we woke up to find that summer gone, buT
chorus when you think tim mcgraw, i hope you think my favorite song the one we danced To all night long the moon like a spotlight on the lake when you think happinEss, i hope you think that Little black dress think of my head on your chest and my oLd faded blue jeans, when you think tim Mcgraw… i hope you think of me septEmber saw a month of tears and thanking god that you weren’t here, to see me like that but in a box beNeath my bed is a letter that you never read from three summers back it’s hard not tO find it all a little bittersweet and looking back on all of thaT it’s nice to believe repeat chorus And i’m back for the first time since t Hen i’m standIng on your street, and there’s a letter left on your door step and the first thiNg that you’ll read… chorus when you think tim mcgraw, i hope you think my favorite song someday you’ll turn your radio on i hope it takes you back to that place when you think happiness, i hope you think that little black dress think my head on your chest and my old faded blue jeans, when you think tim mcgraw … i hope you think of me think of me TM
Produced by Nathan Chapman Recorded by Chad Carlson at Quad Studios-A, Nashville, TN; Additional Recording by Chad Carlson and Nathan Chapman at Sound Cottage, Nashville, TN; Assistant Engineer: Aaron Chmielewski / Mixed by Chuck Ainlay, Assisted by Greg Lawrence at Masterfonics, Nashville, TN © 2006 Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Sony/ATV Sounds LLC, Taylor Swift Music (BMI), Hillsboro Valley Songs (SESAC)/Administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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state the obvious, i diDn’t get my perfect fantasy i realize you love yourself more thAn you could ever love me so go and tell your friends thaT i’m obsessive and crazy that’s fine; i’ll tell mine you’rE gay and by the way… CHORUS i hate that stupid old pickup truck you Never let me drive you’re a redneck heartbreak who’s really bad at lyIng so watCh me strike a match on all my wastEd time as far as i’m concerned you’re just another picture to Burn there’s nO time for tears, i’m just sitting here planning mY revenge there’s nothing Stopping me from going out with all of your best friends and if you come around saying sorry to me my daddy’s gonna show you how sorry you’ll be REPEAT CHORUS if you’re missing me, you’d better keep it to yourself cause coming back around here would be bad for your health… REPEAT CHORUS burn, burn, burn, baby, burn you’re just another picture to burn baby, burn... TM
Produced by Nathan Chapman / Recorded by Chad Carlson at The Castle Studios-A, Nashville, TN Additional Recording by Chad Carlson & Nathan Chapman at Sound Cottage, Nashville, TN & Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN / Assistant Engineer: Steve Short / Mixed by Chuck Ainlay, Assisted by Scott Kidd at Masterfonics, Nashville, TN. © 2006 Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Sony/ATV Sounds LLC, Taylor Swift Music (BMI), Hillsboro Valley Songs (SESAC)/Administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
T e a rd r p o s O n M y G u it a r b y T a y lo r S w if t a n d
L iz Ro s e
drew looks at me, i fake a smile so he won’t see that i want and i’m needing everything that we should be i’ll bet sHe’s beautiful, that girl he talks about and she’s got evErything that i have to live without drew talks to me, i laugh cuz it’s just so funny that i can’t even see anyone When he’s with me he says he’s so In love, he’s finally got it right, i wonder if he knows he’s alL i think about at night CHORUS he’s the reason for the teardrops on my guitar the onLy thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star he’s the song in the car i keep singing, don’t know why i do drew walks by me, can he tell that i caN’t breathe? and thEre he goes, so perfectly the kind of flawless i wish i could be she’d better hold him tight, give him all her loVe look in those bEautiful eyes and know she’s lucky cause REPEAT CHORUS so i dRive home alone, as i turn out the light i’ll put his picture down and maybe get some sleep tonight he’s the reason for the teardrops on my guitar the only one who’s got enough for me to breaK my heart he’s the soNg in the car i keep singing don’t know why I do he’s the time taken up, but there’s never enOugh and he’s all that i need t o fall into… dreW looks at me, i fake a smile so he won’t see Produced by Nathan Chapman / Recorded by Nathan Chapman at Sound Cottage, Nashville, TN / Re-Mixed by Chris Rowe at Love Shack Studios, Nashville, TN © 2006 Sony/ ATV Songs LLC, Sony/ATV Sounds LLC, Taylor Swift Music (BMI), Hillsboro Valley Songs (SESAC)/ Administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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i don’t know what i want, so don’t ask me cause i’m still trying to figure it out don’t know what’s down thIs road, i’m just walking trying to see through the rain coming down even though i’m not the only one who Feels the way i do... CHORUS i’m alone, On my own, and that’s all i know i’ll be strong, i’ll be wrong, oh but life goes on i’m just a girl, trying to find a place in this world got the radio on, my old blUe jeans and i’m weariNg my heart on my sleeve feeling lucky toDay, got the sunshine could you tell me what more do i need and tomorrow’s just a mystery, oh yeah but that’s ok REPEAT CHORUS maybe i’m just a girl on a mIssion but i’m ready To fly... REPEAT CHORUS
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you have a way of coming easily To me and when you take, you take the very best of me so i start a fIght cause i need to feel soMething and you do what you want causE i’m not what you wanted CHORUS oh whaT a shame, what a rainy ending given to a perfect day just walk away, ain’t no use defending wOrds that you will never say and now that i’m sitting here thinking it through i’ve never been anywhere cold as you you put up walls and paint them alL a shade of gray and i stood there loving you and wishEd them all away and you come away with a great liTtle story of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you REPEAT CHORUS you never did Give a damn thing honey but i cried, cried for you and i know you wOuldn’t have told nobody if i died, died for you oh what a shame, what a rainy ending given to a perfect day every smile you fake is so condescending counting all the scars you made and now that i’m sitting here thinking it through i’ve never been anywhere cold as you
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Produced by Nathan Chapman / Recorded by Chad Carlson at Darkhorse Recording, Franklin, TN / Additional Engineering by Nathan Chapman at Love Shack Studios, Nashville, TN / Mixed by Jeff Balding at Masterfonics, Nashville, TN © 2006 Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Sony/ATV Sounds LLC, Taylor Swift Music (BMI), Hillsboro Valley Songs (SESAC)/Administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
di e s t u O e h T
w i f t y l o r S b y Ta
i didn’t know what i would find when i went looking for a reason, i know i didn’t read between the lines and, baby, i’ve got nowhere to go i tried to take the road less traveled bY but nothing seems to wOrk the first few times am i right? CHORUS so how can i ever try to be better? nobody ever lets me in i can still see yoU, this ain’t the best view on the outside looking in i’ve been a lot of lonely plAces i’ve neveR been on the outside you saw mE there, but never kNew i would give it all up tO be
and now it’s alL too late so you see you could’ve helped if you had wanted to but nO one notices uNtil it’s too latE to do anything REPEAT CHORUS so how can i ever try to be better? nobody ever lets me in i can still see you, this ain’t the best view on the outside looking in i’ve been a lot of lonely places i’ve never been on the outside Produced by Robert Ellis Orrall, with additional tracks produced by Nathan Chapman / Recorded by Clarke Schleicher at The TrackingTM Room, Nashville, TN / Additional Recording by Alan Ditto at Love Shack Studios, Nashville, TN / Mixed by Jeff Balding at Masterfonics, Nashville, TN © 2006 Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Taylor Swift Music (BMI)/Administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
h t i W r e h t e T ei d T omg i A S l e
s e n d L i z R o r S w i f t a o l y a T y b
seems the only one who doesn’t see Your beauty is the face in the mirror looking back at yOu you walk around here thinking yoU’re not pretty but thAt’s not true, cause i know you...
Stay Beautiful
by Taylor Swift and Liz Rose
cory’s eyes are like a jungle he smiles, it’s like the radio he whiSpers songs into my window in words nobody knows there’s pretty girls on every corner that watcH him as he’s walking home saying, does he know will you ever know
CHORUS hold on, baby, you’Re losing it the watEr’s high, you’re jumping into it and letting go...and no one knows you cry, but you don’t tell anyone that you might not be the goLden one and yOu’re tied together with a smile but you’re coming undone
CHORUS you’re beAutiful every little piece, love, don’t you Know you’re rEally gonna be someone, ask anyone when you find everythiNg you looked for i hope your life leads you Back to my door oh but if it don’t, stay beautiful
i guess it’s true that love was all you wanted cause you’re giVing it away like its extra change hoping it will end up in his pocket but he leaves you out like a penny in the rain oh, cause it’s not his pricE to pay not his price to pay...
cory finds Another way to be the highlight of my day i’m taKing pictures in my mind so I can save thEm for a rainy day it’s hard to make conversation when he’s taking my breath away i should say, hey by the way...
REPEAT CHORUS you’re tieD together with a smile but you’re coming undone...oh goodbye, baby goodbye, baby with a smile, baby, baby Produced by Nathan Chapman / Recorded by Chad Carlson at Quad Studios-A, Nashville, TN / Additional Recording by Chad Carlson & Nathan Chapman at Sound Cottage, Nashville, TN / Assistant Engineer: Aaron Chmielewski / Mixed by Chuck Ainlay, Assisted by Greg Lawrence at Masterfonics, Nashville, TN © 2006 Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Sony/ATV Sounds LLC, Taylor Swift Music (BMI), Hillsboro Valley Songs (SESAC)/Administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing. All rights reserved. Used by permission. TM
REPEAT CHORUS if you and i are a story that never gets told if what you are is a daydream i’ll never get to hold, at least you’ll know REPEAT CHORUS Produced by Nathan Chapman / Recorded by Chad Carlson and Nathan Chapman at Quad Studios-A, Nashville, TN / Additional Recording by Chad Carlson at Sound Cottage, Nashville, TN / Assistant Engineer: Aaron Chmielewski / Mixed by Jeff Balding at Masterfonics, Nashville, TN © 2006 Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Sony/ATV Sounds LLC, Taylor Swift Music (BMI), Hillsboro Valley Songs (SESAC)/Administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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Should’ve Said No
Mary’s Song (Oh My My My)
by Taylor Swift
by Taylor Swift, Liz Rose and Brian Maher
it’s strange to think the songs we used to sing the smiles, the flowers, everything...is gone yesterday i found out about you even now just looking at you...feels wrong you say that you’d take it all back, given one chance it was a moment of weakness and you said yes...
she said, i was Seven and you were nine i looked at yOu like the stars that shined in the sky, the pretty lights and our daddies used to joke about the two of us growing up and falling in love and our Mamas smiled and rolled their eyEs and said oh my my my
CHORUS you should’ve said no, you Should’ve gone home you should’ve thought twice before you let it All go you should’ve known that word, bout what you did with her would get back to Me... and i Should’ve been there, in the bAck of your Mind i Shouldn’t be Asking Myself why you shouldn’t be begging for forgivenesS At My feet... you should’ve Said no, baby And you Might still have me you can see that i’ve been crying and baby you know all the right things...to say but do you honestly expect me to believe we could ever be the same... you say that the past is the past, you need one chance it waS A Moment of weakness and you said yes... REPEAT CHORUS i can’t resist...before you go, tell me this was it worth it... was she worth this... no...no no no... REPEAT CHORUS Produced by Nathan Chapman / Recorded by Chad Carlson at Darkhorse Recording, Franklin, TN / Additional Engineering by Nathan Chapman at Love Shack Studios, Nashville, TN / Assistant Engineer: Gordon Hammond / Mixed by Jeff Balding at Masterfonics, Nashville, TN © 2006 Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Taylor Swift Music (BMI)/Administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
take me back to the house in the backyard Tree said you’d beat me up, you were bIgger than me you never did, you never did take Me back when our world was one block wide i dared you to kiss mE and ran when you tried just two kidS, you and i... oh my my my my i was sixteen when suddenly i wasn’t that littLe girl you used to see but your eyes still shined like pretty lights and our daddies used to joke about the two of us they neVer believed we’d really fall in love and our mamas smiled and rollEd their eyes and said oh my my my... take me back to the creek beds we turned up two a.m. riding In your truck and all i need iS you next to me take me back to the time we had our very First fight
the slamming of doOrs instead of kissing goodnight you stayed outside till the moRning light oh my my my my a fEw years had gone and come around we were sitting at our faVorite spot in town and you looked at me, got down on one knee take me back to the timE when we walked down the aisle our whole town came and ouR mamas cried you said i do and i did too take me home where we met so many years before we’ll rock our babies on that very front porch after all this time, you and i i’ll be eighty-seven; you’ll be eighty-nine i’ll still look at you like the stars that shine in the sky, oh my my my… Produced by Nathan Chapman / Recorded by Chad Carlson at Darkhorse Recording, Franklin, TN / Additional Engineering by Nathan Chapman at Love Shack Studios, Nashville, TN / Assistant Engineer: Gordon Hammond / Mixed by Jeff Balding at Masterfonics, Nashville, TN © 2006 Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Sony/ATV Sounds LLC, Taylor Swift Music (BMI), Hillsboro Valley Songs (SESAC)/Administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Moraine Music (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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o ng S r u O
by Taylor Swift
i was riding shotgun with my hair undone in the front seat of his car he’s got a one-hand feel on the steering wheel the other on my heart i Look around, turn the radio down he says baby is something wrong? i say nothIng i was just thinking how we don’t haVe a song and hE said…
CHORUS our song is the slamming screen door, sneakin’ out late, tappIng on your wiNdow when we’re on the phone and you talk real slow cause it’s Late and your mama don’t know our song is the way you laugh the first date “man, i didn’t kiss her, and i should have” and when i gOt home …before i said amen asking god if he could play it again i was walking up the front porch steps after eVerything that day had gone all wrong and bEen trampled on and lost and thrown away got to the hallway, well on my way to my lovin’ bed i almost didn’t notice all the roses and the note that said…
I’m Only Me When I’m With You
by by Taylor Taylor Swift, Swift, Robert Robert Ellis Ellis Orrall Orrall and and Angelo Angelo
friday friday night night beneath beneath the the stars stars in in a field behind your yard you you and and ii are are painting painting pictures pictures in in the the sky sky sometimes sometimes we we don’t don’t say say aa thing thing just just listen listen to to the the crickets crickets sing sing everything everything ii need need isis right right here here by by my my side side and and ii know know everything everything about about you you i don’t wanna live without you CHORUS i’m i’m only only up up when when you’re you’re not not down down don’t don’t wanna wanna fly fly ifif you’re you’re still still on on the the ground ground it’s it’s like like no no matter matter what what ii do do well, well, you you drive drive me me crazy crazy half half the the time time the the other other half half i’m i’m only only trying trying to let you know that what i feel is true and i’m only me when i’m with you
t... e just just aa small-town small-town boy boy and and girl girl e f living living in in the the crazy crazy world world y m trying trying to to figure figure out out what what is and and isn’t isn’t true true and i don’t try to hide my tears my secrets or my deepest fears through through itit all all nobody nobody gets gets me me like like you you do do
and you know everything about me you say that you can’t live without me
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT REPEAT CHORUS CHORUS
i’ve heard every album, listened to the radio waited for something to come along that was as good as our song….
Produced by Nathan Chapman / Recorded by Chad Carlson at Quad Studios-A, Nashville, TN / Additional Recording by Chad Carlson & Nathan Chapman at Sound Cottage, Nashville, TN / Assistant Engineer: Aaron Chmielewski / Re-Mixed by Chris Rowe at Love Shack Studios, Nashville, TN © 2006 Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Taylor Swift Music (BMI)/Administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
when when i’m i’m with with anybody anybody else else it’s it’s so so hard hard to to be be myself myself and only you can say
cause our song is the slamming screen door sneaking out late, tapping on his window when we’re on the phone and he talks real slow cause it’s late and his mama don’t know our song is the way he laughs the first date “man, i didn’t kiss him, and i should have” and when i got home, before i said amen asking god if he could play it again
i was riding shotgun with my hair undone in the front seat of his car i grabbed a pen and an old napkin and i...wrote down our song
m y p ro d uc e r
that i’m only up when you’re not down don’t don’t wanna wanna fly fly ifif you’re you’re still still on on the the ground ground it’s it’s like like no no matter matter what what ii do do well, well, you you drive drive me me crazy crazy half half the the time time the the other other half half i’m i’m only only trying trying to let you know that what i feel is true and and i’m i’m only only me, me, who who ii wanna wanna be be well, i’m only me when i’m with you, with you
Produced Produced by by Robert Robert Ellis Ellis Orrall Orrall and and Angelo Angelo // Recorded Recorded by by A.J. A.J. Derrick Derrick atat Abtrax Abtrax Recording, Recording, Nashville, Nashville, TN TN // Mixed Mixed by by Jamie Jamie Tate Tate atat Abtrax Abtrax Recording, Recording, Nashville, Nashville, TN TN © © 2007 2007 Sony/ATV Sony/ATV Songs Songs LLC, LLC, Taylor TaylorSwift SwiftMusic Music(BMI)/Administered (BMI)/Administeredby bySony/ATV Sony/ATV Music Music Publishing, Publishing, Ten Ten Ten Ten Tunes, Tunes, Orrall Fixation Music (ASCAP), Universal-PolyGram International Publishing, Inc., Green Wagon Music (ASCAP)/All rights for Green Green Wagon Music Music controlled controlled and and administered administered by by Universal-PolyGram Universal-PolyGram International International Publishing, Publishing, Inc. Inc. All rights rightsreserved. reserved.Used Usedby bypermission. permission.
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she can’t see the way your eyes will light up when you smile she’ll never notice how you stop and stare whenever she walks by and you can’t see me wanting you the way you want her but you are everything to me CHORUS and i just want to show you she don’t even know you she’s never gonna love you like i want to and you just see right through me but if you only knew me we could be a beautiful miracle, unbelievable instead of just invisible there’s a fire inside of you that can’t help but shine through she’s never gonna see the light no matter what you do and all i think about is how to make you think of me and everything that we could be REPEAT CHORUS like shadows in the faded light we’re invisible i just wanna open your eyes and make you realize and i just want to show you she don’t even know you baby, let me love you, let me want you you just see right through me but if you only knew me we could be a beautiful miracle, unbelievable instead of just invisible
Produced by Robert Ellis Orrall / Recorded by Clarke Schleicher at The Tracking Room, Nashville, TN / Assistant Engineer: Jason Lefan / Additional Recording by Allen Ditto a t Masterfonics and Love Shack Studios, Nashville, TN / Digital Editing by Chris Rowe at Love Shack Studios, Nashville, TN / Mixed by Ben Fowler at The Rec Room, Nashville, TN © 2007 Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Taylor Swift Music (BMI)/ Administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Ten Ten Tunes, Orrall Fixation Music (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission.
A Perfectly Good Heart
by Taylor Swift, Brett James and Troy Verges
CHORUS why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart why would you wanna take our love and tear it all apart now why would you wanna make the very first scar why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart maybe i should’ve seen the signs, should’ve read the writing on the wall and realized by the distance in your eyes that i would be the one to fall no matter what you say i still can’t believe that you would walk away it don’t make sense to me but REPEAT CHORUS it’s not unbroken anymore how do i get it back the way it was before CHORUS why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart why would you wanna take our love and tear it all apart now why would you wanna make the very first scar why would you wanna break, would you wanna break a
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REPEAT CHORUS Produced by Brett James and Troy Verges / Recorded by A.J. Derrick at Abtrax Recording, Nashville, TN / Mixed by Jamie Tate at Abtrax Recording, Nashville, TN / Additional recording at The Engine Room, Nashville, TN © 2007 Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Taylor Swift Music (BMI), Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing (ASCAP), Dimensional Music Of 1091 (ASCAP), Cornman Music (ASCAP), Songs of
I love you, family. Dad, because you are my biggest fan, and I’ll never get tired of the way you smile when I pick up a guitar and play. Mom, for being my best friend and most trusted companion, even in times when you were my only friend. That was just fine. Austin, my little brother, for being so much more brave than I could ever hope to be. My aunt, Alison, for being such a beautiful person. My aunts, uncles, cousins, and relatives (even the ones I didn’t know I had) for making Thanksgiving something someone should write a book about. I love my mom and dad’s friends who have been so unbelievably supportive (and so unbelievably loud at my shows). I love my friends. Abigail, I love you because you are my best friend in the entire world. Can’t wait to room together when we’re 65 and wrinkly and living in Minnesota. I love Ally, Kelsey, Kathryn, Jeff, Clay and all my awesome friends in Hendersonville. Britany Maack for being my first friend, I miss you! I love everyone who helped put this album together. Scott Borchetta for believing in me and actually DOING something about it. Shake and bake, Radioman. This is how we roll. Nathan Chapman because he is the most amazing red-headed freckle-faced little producer in the world and I love your beautiful wife Stephanie. Thanks Nathan for gracing me with your first album. Liz Rose, you are my songwriting soulmate, and one of my dearest friends. Robert Ellis Orrall, you Rock! Nick for breaking your drumsticks on my songs, Tim for playing on my session ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, and everyone else who played on the album because you are THAT GOOD. Chad, for your amazing mullet (and engineering skills). I love my record label. Jack Purcell, for your Minnesota accent. Mandy McCormack, for humoring me in my mailbox obsession. Rick Barker, because I learned everything I know about radio in..nevermind. HAHA. Bobby Young, thanks for taking us shopping. Whitney Sutton, you are so organized and I love you for it. JZ, because of that adorable laugh/nose thing you do. Erik Powell, for being cool and pretty much a genius. Larry Hughes, you rock! Jamice Jennings, for being the sweetest ever. Kelly Rich, you are the wizard of Marketing! Jayme Austin for adding so much spirit to the label. Sandi Spika Borchetta, for being so creative/brilliant/beautiful and buying me pretty things to wear. Penny Lazo, because you are a crazy rock star. Andrew Kautz, if I ever walk into the label, and you’re NOT there, I will not know what to do with myself. Natalie Kilgore, for your amazing sense of humor. Ray Pronto, for putting this Big Machine in motionnnn. I love the people who helped me get here. Arthur Buenahora, thank you for signing a FOURTEEN year old to a full writers publishing deal. I will never forget that. In fact, I love everyone at Sony Publishing. Pat Garret and Suzy Dalton for letting my little ten-year-old self open up for you. Harry Warner, for being such a gentleman and having my back at BMI. Frank Bell for being so brutally honest about my music from the time I was like 12, and so supportive of my career NOW. Andrew Orth for 14 years of great photos! ! Paula Erickson for being the most stylish publicist in the world. Jody Williams, for listening to my rants about high school, and being such a dear friend and musicologist. HHS for supporting me 100%. Bob Taylor and Bob Borbonus at Taylor Guitars for believing in me and making perfection in the form of guitars. Mike Milom for being a genius and the best lawyer ever. Sarah, Ed, and Jim at GAC for taking such a vested interest in me, and PUTTING ME ON TV! CMT you’re awesome! Trey Fanjoy, because you are such a visionary and for directing an amazing video. Pete Fisher you are amazing. Rod Essig, for believing in me from the beginning and being so passionate about what you do. I love Tim McGraw for making such inspiring music. I love Faith Hill for being the most graceful woman in the world. I love y ou, Jack Ingram. If at any point in my life, I ever amount to being HALF as cool as you, I will t hrow myself a party. I LOVE RADIO because I haven’t met one person I don’t consider a friend. I love all of my myspace friends for taking such an active roll in what I do, I will never forget how you all rallied for me from the beginning. I love everyone who’s inspired me to write a song, whether you know it or not. I love anyone who has ever turned the volume up when my song comes on the radio, anyone who has bought this album. Anyone who can sing along to my songs when I play them live. Anyone who’s ever requested my song on the radio, or even remembered my name. If you ever see me in public, I want to meet you. I will thank you myself. You have let me into your life, and I will never be able to thank you enough for that. I love YOU, and I love God for putting you in my life.
I l ov e you ’s
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“I’m not that complicated. My complications come out in my songs. All you have to do to be my friend is like me… …and listen.”
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D E L U X E TIM MCGRAW 3:52 2 PICTURE TO BURN 2:53 3 TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR (RADIO SINGLE VERSION) 3:24 4 A PLACE IN THIS WORLD 3:19 5 COLD AS YOU 3:59 6 THE OUTSIDE 3:27 7 TIED TOGETHER WITH A SMILE 4:08 8 STAY BEAUTIFUL 3:56 9 SHOULD’VE SAID NO 4:02 10 MARY'S SONG (OH MY MY MY) 3:33 11 OUR SONG (RADIO SINGLE VERSION) 3:27 12 I’M ONLY ME WHEN I’M WITH YOU 3:35 13 INVISIBLE 3:25 14 A PERFECTLY GOOD HEART 3:42 1
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N O I T I D E D E T I M I L E X U L E D
Album Executive Producer: Scott Borchetta
Mastering:
All songs Mastered by Hank Williams at Master Mix, Nashville, TN
Musicians:
Taylor Swift-guitar:4,11,15,16 har mony:1,3,4,9,10,11 Nathan Chapman-acoustic & electric guitar, harmony:1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10,11 banjo:11 percussion:3 bass:3 B3:3,5,7,10 piano:5 mandolin:8 Stephanie Chapman-harmony:4 Tim Marks-bass:1,2,4,5,7,8,9,10,11 Rob Hajacos-f iddle:1,2,3,4,7,8,9,11 Bruce Bouton-dobro:1,7,11 Eric Darken-percussion:1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11 Nick Buda-drums:1,2,4,5,7,8,9,10,11 Lex Price-mandolin:1,7 Scotty Sanders-steel:2,4,9,10 dobro:5,8,10 John Willis-mandolin:2,4 high string acoustic:3 banjo:8 Jeff Hyde-banjo:2 Dan Dugmore-steel:3,6,12,13 Andy Leftwich-fiddle:5 mandolin:10 Ilya Toshinsky-banjo:5,9,10 acoustic guitar:5 Gary Burnette–electric guitar:6,13 Mike Brignardello–bass:6,13 Wanda Vick–fiddle:6,13 mandolin:12 Tony Harrell–keyboards:6,12 Shannon Forrest–drums:6,13 Liana Manis–background vocals:6 Robert Ellis Orrall–background vocals:6,12 Curt Ryle–acoustic guitar:12,14 Troy Lancaster–electric guitar:12,14 Steve Bryant–bass:12,14 Russ Pahl–steel guitar:14 Jonathan Yudkin–mandolin:14 Tammy King–fiddle:13 Tommy Harden–drums:14 Anthony Harrell–keyboards:14 piano:13 Lorraine Morrison–background vocals:12,14 Dennis Holt–drums:12 Emily Poe–fiddle:15,16 harmony:15,16 Ben Clark–banjo:15,16 harmony:15,16
Audio Production Coordinators: Jason Campbell, Melissa Carr, Whitney Sutton, Scott Johnson
Album Package:
Photographers: Andrew Orth (covers & tray images) MelindaNorrisPhotography.com (additional images) Photographers assistant: Derrick Armond Location assistant: Austin Swift Graphic Design: Lee Ann Ramey Doodle graphics: Taylor Swift Make-up: Lorrie Turk Creative Art Direction, Hair, Make-up, Wardrobe: Sandi Spika Borchetta
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