All Too Well (Jake's Version)

Hey Taylor how are you doin'

It's been a while

I'm at my sister's house and I found your scarf behind the couch

What's your address

I'll mail it back

How crazy is that

It's been here for ten years

It's kinda got me thinking about the time we spent

And I've been feelin' pretty bad about how it all went

I was sort of a d**k then and I'm sorry bout that

It was a tough time in my career five years after Brokeback

And I know it's all over and it was only three months

And you've probably moved on but I guess I still think about us

'Cause there we are again and we are lookin' so hot

I almost ran the red cause I saw a parking spot

Wind in your hair I was there I remember it all too well

And I'm sorry about my mom she was so over the top

And when she showed you old pictures I was just wishin' she would stop

'Cause my sister just got married and mom was pressuring me

I was like we just started dating let's slow down a little please

And I was tossing you the cars keys

Cause I had to read a script for an audition

I was hoping you would drive

And I was thinking on the ride down anytime now I'm gonna say let's quit

I'm just not that into it

Till we were buried in the drama

And yeah maybe you were asking for too much

I mean jeez

And then I wondered where it went to as I reached for you

But all I felt was weird as I held you to my beard

And I was lookin like I did at the end of Donnie Darko

Maybe that's all that love is just a blockbuster movie that we borrow

'Cause there we are again lookin' at pictures on your phone

I knew you were just a kid and we'd be better off alone

Down the stairs I was there I remember it all too well

I was lookin' for a good time

You were lookin' for a song

I thought it was just a fling but maybe I was stringing you along

I hear you and me too

I remember it all too well

Maybe we just didn't make sense

Maybe I was hung up on Reese

Or maybe I am just a product of the patriarchy

To be fair I was there I remember it all too well

And then I called you up again just to tell the truth

But the words came out wrong and I only hurt you

Then I knew you were gonna write a song about me

I remember it all all all

They say all's well that ends well

But I'm in a new hell every time I open Spotify

I said "If we had been closer in age maybe it would work out fine"

And I still think that was right

The idea you had of me who was he

A needy beta washed up stupid stone who could not shine alone

Not shaking in a party bathroom

Some actor asking me what happened you

That's what happened you

I met your dad and tried to make him laugh

And maybe network just a little is that so bad

I did not want to miss your birthday I knew it would be fun

But I had to let you go 'cause you were only twenty one

A decade later now and I still think about that time

You were a teen pop queen I was the sexiest man alive

Like in The Day After Tomorrow nothing really makes sense

You're writing ten minute hit songs and the world's gonna end

But you're just cashing in on our little affair

That's the music business now and there are people who care

You're a star I'm a star I remember it all too well

Cause there we are again Obama's on TV

You're lying in my bed reading The Hunger Games to me

And we made the right call I remember it all too well

It wasn't right I was there I remember it all

Just three months I was there I remember it all

It was legal I was there

I remember it all too well

And now I know I'm just a cliche joke and the punchline goes

"You'll get older but my lovers stay your age"

I'm almost forty-one now and I'm much more wise

I'm dating a model and she's twenty-five

So you were right about that but we're doin' well

Our private life is private not something we sell

But in the city's barren cold

I still remember the first fall of snow

And how it glistened as it fell

I remember it all too well

Just between us the love affair maimed me all too well

Just between us I remember it all too well

Just between us I remember it all too well

Down the stairs I was there I was there

To be fair I was there I was there

It was rare I remember it

Did my hair I was there I was there

Down the stairs I was there I was there

To be fair I was there I was there

It was rare I remember it

Did my hair I was there I was there

Down the stairs I was there I was there

To be fair I was there I was there

It was rare I remember it