The song 'Fortnight' by Taylor Swift and Post Malone tells a story about strong feelings, complicated relationships, and secret wishes. It talks about love, betrayal, and wanting someone who doesn't feel the same. The word 'fortnight' shows short-lived happiness and guilty pleasures, leading to sadness. It shows how messy relationships can be and the results of hiding emotions. “I was supposed to be sent away / But they forgot to come and get me,” she kickstarts the song in the first verse with lines suggesting an admission to a hospital for people with mental illnesses. She goes in the verse admitting her lover is the reason why she is like this. In the chorus, she sings about their time in love and reflects on how he has now settled with someone else. “I took the miracle move-on drug, the effects were temporary / And I love you, it’s ruining my life,” on the second verse she details her struggles to forget about him and the negative effects of her failure. “Thought of callin’ ya, but you won’t pick up / ‘Nother fortnight lost in America,” Post Malone sings in the outro.
John Oaks is in the neighborhood
Protecting all the trees
He's the master of irrigation
And he knows what he sees
Grape farmers watering everywhere
Pipes running where they please
John sees his laws are broken
Trees drowning where they breathe
Now John used to be a mellow man
Drinking Chai and smoking weed
Ain't no one in the county
Ever see'd whatever he see'd
John Oaks, John Oaks
John Oaks, John Oaks
Old John rides in his pickup
With rakes and friends in the back
Workers he takes with him
Then he drives them all back
To protect them from the politicians
Using them to get ahead
Preying on the people
Trying to get inside their heads
John Oaks is really stand-up
He won't take shit lying down
He calls it like he sees it
And he puts his money down
John Oaks, John Oaks
John Oaks, John Oaks
One day at the demonstration
John Oaks was standing up
He arrived there at the location
In his old pickup truck
Took a rake in his hand
And his workers by his side
Stood there waiting for his turn
To speak and turn the tide
When he found himself surrounded
By police everywhere
They tried to take his workers to jail
When he grabbed one by his hair
John Oaks, John Oaks
John Oaks, John Oaks
Shots rang out and people yelled
As the police took control
Shot a black man right where he fell
With a sniper on the knoll
John Oaks saw law and order
Was leading him astray
Tried to get back in his pickup
With his workers to get away
That's when the police moved in
And stood there in his way
John started up his pickup
And that was his last day
John Oaks, John Oaks
John Oaks, John Oaks
They said he had a pistol
When the old pickup backfired
And shot him there behind the wheel
And then John Oaks expired
The workers grabbed the rakes
And that's all that I can say
They went to the cemetery
And they stay there to this day
John Oaks, John Oaks
John Oaks, John Oaks
John Oaks
John Oaks, John Oaks
John Oaks, John Oaks
Protecting all the trees
He's the master of irrigation
And he knows what he sees
Grape farmers watering everywhere
Pipes running where they please
John sees his laws are broken
Trees drowning where they breathe
Now John used to be a mellow man
Drinking Chai and smoking weed
Ain't no one in the county
Ever see'd whatever he see'd
John Oaks, John Oaks
John Oaks, John Oaks
Old John rides in his pickup
With rakes and friends in the back
Workers he takes with him
Then he drives them all back
To protect them from the politicians
Using them to get ahead
Preying on the people
Trying to get inside their heads
John Oaks is really stand-up
He won't take shit lying down
He calls it like he sees it
And he puts his money down
John Oaks, John Oaks
John Oaks, John Oaks
One day at the demonstration
John Oaks was standing up
He arrived there at the location
In his old pickup truck
Took a rake in his hand
And his workers by his side
Stood there waiting for his turn
To speak and turn the tide
When he found himself surrounded
By police everywhere
They tried to take his workers to jail
When he grabbed one by his hair
John Oaks, John Oaks
John Oaks, John Oaks
Shots rang out and people yelled
As the police took control
Shot a black man right where he fell
With a sniper on the knoll
John Oaks saw law and order
Was leading him astray
Tried to get back in his pickup
With his workers to get away
That's when the police moved in
And stood there in his way
John started up his pickup
And that was his last day
John Oaks, John Oaks
John Oaks, John Oaks
They said he had a pistol
When the old pickup backfired
And shot him there behind the wheel
And then John Oaks expired
The workers grabbed the rakes
And that's all that I can say
They went to the cemetery
And they stay there to this day
John Oaks, John Oaks
John Oaks, John Oaks
John Oaks
John Oaks, John Oaks
John Oaks, John Oaks
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
John Oaks Lyrics as written by Neil Young
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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