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=**Taylor Swift**= ==

Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in Reading, Pennsylvania. Swift spent her early years on her family's Christmas tree farm in nearby Wyomissing. Her grandmother had been a professional opera singer, and Swift soon followed in her footsteps. By the age of 10, Swift was singing at a variety of local events, including fairs and contests. She sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at a Philadelphia 76ers game at the age of 11, and began writing her own songs and learning guitar at 12 years old. = = = = =Our Song - Taylor Swift= media type="youtube" key="Jb2stN7kH28" width="420" height="315"

__Instruments:__
 * vocal
 * drums
 * guitar
 * violin
 * banjo
 * back up vocal
 * bass
 * electric guitar

__Genre:__ Country ( Taylor was born in Pennsylvania - a country town).

__Why it was written__: Swift solely composed "Our Song" for the talent show of her freshman year in high school, about a boyfriend who she did not have a song with.

__Structure:__ verse 1, chorus, verse 2, chorus, verse 3, chorus, verse 4. 0.12 - 0.36: verse 1 0.36 - 1.03: chorus 1.09 - 1.29: verse 2 1.29 - 1.56: chorus 2.09 - 2.22: verse 3 2.22 - 2.52: chorus 3.04 - 3.16: verse 4

__Our Song__ __Lyrics:__

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 says...

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, when I should have" And when I got home...'for 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...

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, when I should have" And when I got home ... 'fore I said amen Asking God if he could play it again I've heard every album, listened to the radio Waited for something to come along That was as good as our song...

'Cause our song is the slamming screen door, Sneakin' 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, when I should have" And when I got home ... 'fore I said amen Asking God if he could play it again Play it again

Oh, yeah... Oh-oh, yeah.

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

=Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift= media type="youtube" key="IdneKLhsWOQ" width="560" height="315"

__Instruments:__
 * vocals
 * back up vocals
 * keyboard
 * electric guitar
 * acoustic guitar
 * percussion

__Genre: __ P op (She has changed her style to fit the generations music).

__Why it was__ __written:__ Taylor wrote the song wildest dreams because she was trying to plea her lover (don't know which one) to come back.

__Structure:__ verse 1, pre-chorus 1, chorus, verse 2, pre-chorus 2, chorus, brigde x2, chorus variation, chorus. 0.00 - 3.40 0.13 - 0.24: verse 1 0.25 - 0.39: pre chorus 0.25 - 1.05: chorus 1.10 - 1.24: verse 2 1.24 - 1.38: pre-chorus 1.38 - 2.06: chorus 2.06 - 2.19: bridge 1 2.19 - 2.36: bridge 2 2.37 - 2.51: chorus variation 2.52 - 3.33: chorus __Lyrics:__

He said let's get out of this town Drive out of the city Away from the crowds I thought heaven can't help me now Nothing lasts forever But this is gonna take me down He's so tall, and handsome as hell He's so bad but he does it so well I can see the end as it begins, my one condition is

Say you'll remember me Standing in a nice dress, staring at the sunset, babe Red lips and rosy cheeks Say you'll see me again even if it's just in your wildest dreams Wildest dreams

I said "No one has to know what we do," His hands are in my hair, his clothes are in my room And his voice is a familiar sound, nothing lasts forever But this is getting good now He's so tall, and handsome as hell He's so bad but he does it so well And when we've had our very last kiss My last request is

Say you'll remember me Standing in a nice dress, staring at the sunset, babe Red lips and rosy cheeks Say you'll see me again even if it's just in your wildest dreams Wildest dreams

You see me in hindsight Tangled up with you all night Burnin' it down Some day when you leave me I bet these memories follow you around You see me in hindsight Tangled up with you all night Burnin' it down Some day when you leave me I bet these memories follow you around

Say you'll remember me Standing in a nice dress, staring at the sunset, babe Red lips and rosy cheeks Say you'll see me again even if it's just pretend

Say you'll remember me Standing in a nice dress, staring at the sunset babe Red lips and rosy cheeks Say you'll see me again even if it's just in your wildest dreams In your wildest dreams Even if it's just in your wildest dreams In your wildest dreams