Elevator buttons and morning air
Strangers' silence makes me want to take the stairs
If you were here, we'd laugh about their vacant stares
But right now, my time is theirs
Seems like there's always someone who disapproves
They'll judge it like they know about me and you
And the verdict comes from those with nothing else to do
The jury's out, but my choice is you

So don't you worry your pretty little mind
People throw rocks at things that shine
And life makes love look hard
The stakes are high, the water's rough
But this love is ours

You never know what people have up their sleeves
Ghosts from your past gonna jump out at me
Lurking in the shadows with their lip gloss smiles
But I don't care, 'cause right now, you're mine

And you'll say
Don't you worry your pretty little mind
People throw rocks at things that shine
And life makes love look hard
The stakes are high, the water's rough
But this love is ours

And it's not theirs to speculate if it's wrong and
Your hands are tough, but they are where mine belong and
I'll fight their doubt and give you faith
With this song for you

'Cause I love the gap between your teeth
And I love the riddles that you speak
And any snide remarks from my father about your tattoos
Will be ignored
'Cause my heart is yours

So don't you worry your pretty little mind
People throw rocks at things that shine
And life makes love look hard
Don't you worry your pretty little mind
People throw rocks at things that shine
But they can't take what's ours
They can't take what's ours

The stakes are high, the water's rough
But this love is ours


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    This is the sixth single from Taylor Swift's third studio album Speak Now. The song was taken from the Deluxe edition of the LP and released as a promotional single for digital download to iTunes and Amazon on November 8, 2011. Taylor performed the song at the 2011 Country Music Association Awards the following evening.

    The song finds Taylor in a relationship of which others do not approve. She reassures her beau that despite the criticism they are getting, she loves him. Possible clues in the lyrics as to the identity of the person she is singing of include: 1) "I love the gap between your teeth" (Toby Hemingway from the "Mine" video fits that description) 2) "Any snide remarks from my father about your tattoos will be ignored" (John Mayer's entire left arm is covered in a sleeve tattoo, and his body is sprinkled with assorted other inked creations).

    The song was written solely by Swift, who also manned the boards along with her usual producer Nathan Chapman. The Nashville knob twiddler has also worked with Shania Twain, Lauren Alaina and Laura Bell Bundy amongst others.

    The video was directed by Declan Whitebloom, who was also responsible for Swift's "Mean." It finds the singer as a frumpy-dressed office worker getting through a difficult day by watching various videos of herself and her boyfriend who is played by Zach Gilford. The actor is best known for his role as Matt Saracen on the NBC television drama series Friday Night Lights.

    Speaking with E! News, Whitebloom explained Swift had a definite idea for the visual. "When Taylor says, 'I've got an idea,' you listen to what she's gonna say," he said. "And so I did, and it was a great idea - and I loved it!"

    Taylor is seen wearing gray knee-length skirt and gym sneakers with unkempt hair and no make up in the clip. In the "making of" film chronicling the video, she described her look as, "corporate not chic." The Country superstar added: "I told Declan [Whitebloom] I really don't want this to be something where it looks like it's trying to be a cute music video as far as, like, fashion sense. I didn't want it to be anything fashionable or anything you would aspire to."

    Any of you spot a wallpaper picture of a tiny cat on Swift's work computer in the video? That's her own kitten, Meredith, who Taylor named after Ellen Pompeo's character on Grey's Anatomy.

    This became Taylor's sixth country chart-topper when the song stepped 3-1 in its 17th chart week.

    musicrocks13on November 11, 2012   Link

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