10 illicit affairs
Written by Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff
Make sure nobody sees you leave Hood over your head
Keep your eyes down
Tell your friends youre out for a run Youll be flushed when you return Take the road less traveled by
Tell yourself you can always stop What started in beautiful rooms Ends with meetings in parking lots
And thats the thing about illicit affairs And clandestine meetings
And longing stares
Its born from just one single glance But it dies and it dies and it dies
a million little times
Leave the perfume on the shelf That you picked out just for him So you leave no trace behind Like you dont even exist
Take the words for what they are A dwindling mercurial high A ** that only worked
The first few hundred times
And thats the thing about illicit affairs And clandestine meetings
And stolen stares
They show their truth one single time But they lie and they lie and they lie
a million little times
And you wanna scream Dont call me kid
Dont call me baby
Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me
You showed me colors you know I cant see with anyone else Dont call me kid
Dont call me baby
Look at this idiotic fool that you made me
You taught me a secret language I cant speak with anyone else And you know damn well
For you I would ruin myself
a million little times
illicit affairs
Written by Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff
All Rights Reserved Used By Permission
Produced by Jack Antonoff and Taylor Swift
Recorded by Laura Sisk at the Kitty Committee Studio (Los Angeles CA)and Jack Antonoff at Rough Customer Studio (Brooklyn NY)
Mixed by Serban Ghenea at Mixstar Studios (Virginia Beach VA)Engineered by John Hanes
Mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound (New York NY)
Live Drums Percussion Programming Electric Guitars Keyboards Bass Background Vocals by Jack Antonoff at Rough Customer Studio (Brooklyn NY)
Accordion Saxophones Electric Guitar Keyboards Background Vocals by Evan Smith at Pleasure Hill Recording (Portland ME)
Pedal Steel by Mikey Freedom Hart at Hook and Fade (Brooklyn NY)