Last night I heard my own heart beating
Sounded like footsteps on my stairs
Six months gone and I'm still reaching
Even though I know you're not there
I was playing back a thousand memories, baby
Thinking 'bout everything we've been through
Maybe I've been going back too much lately
When time stood still and I had you

Come back, come back, come back to me like
You would, you would if this was a movie
Stand in the rain outside 'til I came out
Come back, come back, come back to me like
You could, you could if you just said you're sorry
I know that we could work it out somehow
But if this was a movie, you'd be here by now

I know people change and these things happen
But I remember how it was back then
Wrapped up in your arms and our friends were laughin'
'Cause nothing like this ever happened to them
Now I'm pacing down the hall, chasing down your street
Flashback to the night when you said to me
"Nothing's gonna change, not for me and you"
Back before I knew how much I had to lose

Come back, come back, come back to me like
You would, you would if this was a movie
Stand in the rain outside 'til I came out
Come back, come back, come back to me like
You could, you could if you just said you're sorry
I know that we could work it out somehow
But if this was a movie you'd be here by now

If you're out there
If you're somewhere
If you're moving on
I've been waiting for you
Ever since you've been gone
I just want it back the way it was before
And I just want to see you back at my front door
And I say

Come back, come back, come back to me like
You would before you said it's not that easy
Before the fight, before I locked you out
But I take it all back now

Come back, come back, come back to me like
You would, you would if this was a movie
Stand in the rain outside 'til I came out
Come back, come back, come back to me like
You could, you could if you just said you're sorry
I know that we could work it out somehow
But if this was a movie you'd be here by now

You'd be here by now
Is that the kind of ending you wanna see now?
Baby, what about the ending?
Oh-oh, I thought you'd be here by now, whoa-oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Thought you'd be here by now


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If This Was a Movie Lyrics as written by Martin Johnson Taylor Swift

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    General Comment

    This bonus track from the Deluxe edition of Taylor Swift's third studio album Speak Now was released as a promotional single for digital download to iTunes and Amazon on November 8, 2011. Taylor wrote the song with Martin Johnson, who is lead singer of Boys Like Girls. Previous collaborations between the pair include "You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home " from the soundtrack of Hannah Montana: The Movie and the Boys Like Girls single "Two Is Better Than One."

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