Track listing
15. The Life of a Showgirl (Original Songwriting Voice Memo / Act 1)
16. The Life of a Showgirl (Original Songwriting Voice Memo / Act 2)
The Life of a Showgirl (Original Songwriting Voice Memo / Act 1)
The Life of a Showgirl (Original Songwriting Voice Memo / Act 1)
[Chorus: Taylor Swift]
And you’re never ever gonna
Babe, come a little closer, babe
[?] you don’t know the life of a showgirl, babe
And you’re never, ever gonna
[Spoken: Taylor Swift & Max Martin]
How do you, how do you?
It’s literally just written down
I was just- That- I- I look like I’m texting but I’m always just looking at
Oh, okay
[Chorus: Taylor Swift, Max Martin, Taylor Swift & Max Martin, Shellback]
And then I say, “Come a little closer to me”
[?] you don’t know the life of a showgirl, babe
That’s good
And you’re never gonna
And- and you’re never, ever gonna
Hey
Come a little closer I say
Whispеr in the dark ’cause you don’t know the lifе of a showgirl, babe (Yeah)
And you’re never, ever gonna
You don’t know the life of a showgirl, babe
Showgirl, babe (Yeah)
And you’re never, ever gonna
Haha
Na-na-na, the life of a showgirl, babe (Yeah)
And you’re never, ever gonna stay
I say
[?] you don’t know the life of a showgirl, babe
And you’re never, ever gonna
Hey, look into the mirror and say
[?] ’cause you don’t know the life of a showgirl, babe
And you’re never, ever gonna
Haha, [?]
[?]
Haha, oh we’re doing it again
[?]
[Spoken: Taylor Swift]
Oh, gorgeous
[Verse: Taylor Swift & Max Martin]
She made her first mili’
By being pretty and witty
Got the keys to this city and then they all said she didn’t do it legitly
You’re young so you don’t know
That the keys are the price and in that hole, they push you in it
Push the dirt up over your skin and bones
But all you gotta [?]
I [?] na-na-na, na-na, na-na-na-na-na ([?])
[Spoken: Max Martin]
Did you have- do you have a pick- pickup?
Or the [?]
[Chorus: Taylor Swift & Shellback]
Babe, I look into the mirror and say
Little baby doll, you don’t know the life of a showgirl, babe
And you’re never, ever gonna
Hey (Wow)
You brought me to the mirror and say (Wow)
[?] ’cause you don’t know the life of a showgirl, babe
And you’re never gonna wanna
[Spoken: Max Martin, Taylor Swift & Shellback]
Is the title “Showgirl, Babe?”
“The Life of a Showgirl”
“The Life of a Showgirl”
“The Life of a Showgirl”
Yeah, wow
And maybe that’s the album title too
Yeah
Wow
“The Life of a Showgirl”, yeah
“The Life of a Showgirl”
The Life of a Showgirl (Original Songwriting Voice Memo / Act 2)
The Life of a Showgirl (Original Songwriting Voice Memo / Act 2)
[Spoken: Taylor Swift & Max Martin]
I’m recording, I’m recording
If you, if you, um
It could be an answering thing
Like, uh, we played before
[Chorus: Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift & Max Martin]
You don’t know the life of a showgirl, babe
And you’re never gonna wanna
[Bridge: Taylor Swift & Max Martin]
[?]
Do something like
I took her pearls of wisdom, hung them from my neck
I paid my dues with every bruise, I knew what to expect
Nowadays you can skate inside the ice inside my veins
They ripped me off like false lashes and threw me away
And all thе headshots on the walls
Of the dancе hall are of the bitches
Who wish I’d hurry up and die
But honey, I’m immortal now
I couldn’t if I tried
[Spoken: Taylor Swift, Shellback & Max Martin]
Something, I don’t know, you know what I mean?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
May-may-maybe, okay, sorry
It should be fluent
Li-li-like
I love what you did though
I have it