Character Assassination

Bridges that reveal the full painting 🤌

I know a lot of people have posted the actual voice memo, but I haven’t seen just the lyrics anywhere, so I thought I’d post them for anyone who’d prefer to have them written. Bolded lyrics are the ones that differ from the final version.

Vintage tee, brand new phone

High heels on cobblestone

When you are young they assume you know nothing

Sequined smile, black lipstick

Sensual politics

When you are young they assume you know nothing

But I knew you

Dancing in your Levi’s 

Drunk under a streetlight, I

I knew you

Hand under my sweatshirt

Baby kiss it better, I

And when I felt like I was an old cardigan

Under someone’s bed

You put me on and said I was your favorite

A friend to all is a friend to none

Chase two girls, lose the 1

When you are young they assume you know nothing

But I knew you

Living in a gold age

Sneak into my birdcage, I

I knew you

Laughing like a damn fool

Breaking every damn rule, I

And when I felt like I was old cardigan

Under someone’s bed

You put me on and said I was your favorite.

And to kiss in cars and downtown bars

Was all we needed 

You drew stars around my scars

Now I’m bleeding

Now I’m bleeding

I knew you

Stepping on the last train

Marked me like a bloodstain, I

I knew you

Tried to change the ending

Peter leaving Wendy, I

I knew you

Dancing in your Levi’s

Drunk under a streetlight, I

I knew you, and when you are young they assume you know nothing

But I knew you’d linger like a stolen kiss

I knew you’d haunt all of my “what-ifs”

The smell of smoke would hang around this long

Cuz I knew everything when I was young

I knew I’d curse you for the longest time

I knew I’d wish you would’ve changed your mind

I knew you’d miss me once the moment died

“CBS Mornings" exclusively revealed the star-studded roster of 2026 inductees to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, celebrating artists whose work has left a lasting mark on music history, with some making history themselves.

At 36 years old, Taylor Swift has become the youngest woman by nearly a decade to be bestowed with the honor. Swift is joining a long list of legends in the coveted Hall of Fame.

Here are this year's new inductees, many of whom have written the soundtrack to our lives.

2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley

Christopher "Tricky" Stewart

Alanis Morissette

Terry Britten and Graham Lyle

Kenny Loggins

Walter Afanasieff

Taylor Swift

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