Love Story"

Is a song by Taylor Swift. It is the lead single and third track from her second studio album, Fearless. The song was released in September 2008, and by November of that year, reached the top of the Billboard country chart, becoming her third Billboard No. 1. It also became her biggest Billboard Hot 100 hit at the time peaking at #4. "Love Story" was Swift's first international single, venturing into other markets outside North America and Australia. Additionally, "Love Story" was the third best selling digitally downloaded song by a female and sixth overall.[1]

The song was part of the track list for Now That's What I Call Country Volume 2. It was also featured in Band Hero.

The song was rerecorded in November 2020 and a snippet of it first premiered on December 2, 2020 in a commercial that Ryan Reynolds made for an app called "Match".[2] The rerecorded version of the song titled "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" was released on February 12, 2021 and serves as the lead single for the rerecorded album.

Lyrics

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Love Story

GENERAL INFORMATION
ARTIST
Taylor Swift
RELEASE DATE
Original version:
September 16, 2008 (US)
March 2, 2009 (UK & Ireland)
March 18, 2009 (Europe, Asia & Latin America)
February 13, 2009 (Australia, Malaysia & New Zealand)
Taylor's version:

February 12, 2021
GENRE
Country pop, teen pop, pop rock
LENGTH
3:56
ALBUM
Fearless
LABEL
Big Machine Records
SONGWRITER(S)
Taylor Swift
PRODUCER(S)
Taylor Swift
Nathan Chapman
SINGLES CHRONOLOGY
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"Fifteen" "Love Story" "Hey Stephen"
MUSIC VIDEO
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"Love Story" is a song by Taylor Swift. It is the lead single and third track from her second studio album, Fearless. The song was released in September 2008, and by November of that year, reached the top of the Billboard country chart, becoming her third Billboard No. 1. It also became her biggest Billboard Hot 100 hit at the time peaking at #4. "Love Story" was Swift's first international single, venturing into other markets outside North America and Australia. Additionally, "Love Story" was the third best selling digitally downloaded song by a female and sixth overall.[1]

The song was part of the track list for Now That's What I Call Country Volume 2. It was also featured in Band Hero.

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Lyrics
We were both young when I first saw you.
I close my eyes and the flashback starts-
I'm standing there, on a balcony in summer air.
See the lights; see the party, the ball gowns.
See you make your way through the crowd-
And say hello, little did I know...
That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles-
And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet"-
And I was crying on the staircase-
Begging you, "Please don't go"
And I said...
"Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone.
I'll be waiting; all that's left to do is run.
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story, baby, just say, 'Yes'"
So I sneak out to the garden to see you.
We keep quiet, 'cause we're dead if they knew-
So close your eyes... escape this town for a little while.
Oh, Oh
Cause you were Romeo - I was a scarlet letter,
And my daddy said "Stay away from Juliet" -
But you were everything to me-
I was begging you, "Please don't go"
And I said...
"Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone.
I'll be waiting; all there's left to do is run.
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess.
It's a love story, baby, just say 'Yes'"-
"Romeo, save me, they're trying to tell me how to feel.
This love is difficult, but it's real.
Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess.
It's a love story, baby, just say 'Yes.'"
Oh, Oh.
I got tired of waiting.
Wondering if you were ever coming around.
My faith in you was fading-
When I met you on the outskirts of town.
And I said...
"Romeo save me, I've been feeling so alone.
I keep waiting for you but you never come.
Is this in my head, I don't know what to think"-
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said...
"Marry me, Juliet, you'll never have to be alone.
I love you, and that's all I really know.
I talked to your dad -- go pick out a white dress
It's a love story, baby, just say... 'Yes."
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh.
'Cause we were both young when I first saw you

This is a song I wrote when I was dating a guy who wasn't exactly the popular choice. His situation was a little complicated, but I didn’t care. I started this song with the line, 'This love is difficult, but it's real.' When I wrote the ending to this song, I felt like it was the ending every girl wants to go with her love story. It's the ending that I want. You want a guy who doesn’t care what anyone thinks, what anyone says. He just says, 'Marry me, Juliet, I love you, and that's all I really know.' It's sort of told in a character kind of thing, where it's Romeo and Juliet, and it's not me saying that I'm getting married or anything...but I think it's fun to write about it.

Swift has said things that imply that this was written about the same person "White Horse" was written about.