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17. The Bolter/Getaway Car (Live from Edinburgh)
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The Bolter/Getaway Car (Live from Edinburgh)
Written by: Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner
By all accounts, she almost drowned
When she was six in frigid water
But you can confirm she made
A curious child, ever reviled
By everyone except her own father
With a quite bewitching face
Splendidly selfish, charmingly helpless
Excellent fun ’til you get to know her
Then she runs like it’s a race
Behind her back, her best mates laughed
And they nicknamed her “Thе Bolter”
Started with a kiss
“Oh, we must stop meeting likе this”
But it always ends up with a town car speeding
Out the drive one evening
Ended with the slam of a door
Then he’ll call her a whore
Wish he wouldn’t be sore
But as she was leaving
It felt like breathing
All her fuckin’ lives
Flashed before her eyes
It feels like the time
She fell through the ice
Then came out alive
He was a cad, wanted her bad
Just like any good trophy hunter
And she liked the way it tastes
Taming a bear, making him care
Watching him jump then pulling him under
And at first blush, this is fate
When it’s all roses, portrait poses
Central Park Lake in tiny rowboats
What a charming Saturday
That’s when she sees the littlest leaks
Down in the floorboards
And she just knows she must bolt
Started with a kiss
“Oh, we must stop meeting like this”
But it always ends up with a town car speeding
Out the drive one evening
Ended with the slam of a door
Then he’ll call her a whore
Wish he wouldn’t be sore
But as she was leaving
It felt like breathing
All her fuckin’ lives
Flashed before her eyes
It feels like the time
She fell through the ice
Then came out alive
She’s been many places with
Men of many faces
First, they’re off to the races
And she’s laughing, drawin’ aces
But none of it is changin’
That the chariot is waitin’
Hearts are hers for the breakin’
There’s escape in escaping
Cause we were jet-set, Bonnie and Clyde
‘Til I switched to the other side, to the other side
It’s no surprise I turned you in
‘Cause us traitors never win
I’m in a getaway car
I left you in a motel bar
Put the money in a bag and I stole the keys
That was the last time you ever saw me
Drivin’ the getaway car
There were sirens in the beat of you heart
Should’ve known I’d be the first to leave
Think about the place where you first met me
I was ridin’ in a getaway car
I was cryin’ in a getaway car
I was dyin’ in a getaway car
Said goodbye in a getaway car
Ridin’ in a getaway car
I was cryin’ in a getaway car
I was dyin’ in a getaway car
Said goodbye in a getaway car
Cause it always ends up with a town car speeding
Out the drive one evenin’
It ended with the slam of a door
But she’s got the best stories
You can be sure
That as she was leaving
It felt like freedom