august

Salt air

And the rust on your door

I never needed anything more

Whispers of “Are you sure?”

“Never have I ever before”

But I can see us lost in the memory

August slipped away into a moment in time

Cause it was never mine

And I can see us twisted in bedsheets

August sipped away like a bottle of wine

Cause you were never mine

Your back beneath the sun

Wishing I could write my name on it

Will you call when you’re back at school?

I remember thinking I had you

But I can see us lost in the memory

August slipped away into a moment in time

Cause it was never mine

And I can see us twisted in bedsheets

August sipped away like a bottle of wine

Cause you were never mine

Back when we were still changing for the better

Wanting was enough

For me it was enough

To live for the hope of it all

Cancel plans just in case you’d call

And say “Meet me behind the mall”

So much for summer love, and saying “us”

Cause you weren’t mine to lose

You weren’t mine to lose

No

But I can see us lost in the memory

August slipped away into a moment in time

Cause it was never mine

And I can see us twisted in bedsheets

August sipped away like a bottle of wine

Cause you were never mine

Cause you were never mine

Never mine

Do you remember?

Remember when I pulled up

And said “Get in the car”

And then canceled my plans

just in case you’d call

Back when I was living for the hope of it all

For the hope of it all, “Meet me behind the mall”

Remember when I pulled up

And said “Get in the car”

And then canceled my plans

just in case you’d call

Back when I was living for the hope of it all

For the hope of it all

For the hope of it all

For the hope of it all

For the hope of it all

Written by Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff

2020 TASRM Publishing, administered by Songs Of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Sony/ATV Songs LLC /

Ducky Donath Music (BMI)

All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

Produced by Jack Antonoff and Taylor Swift

Recorded by Laura Sisk at the Kitty Committee Studio (Los Angeles, CA) and Jack Antonoff at

Rough Customer Studio (Brooklyn, NY)

Mixed by Jonathan Low at Long Pond (Hudson Valley, NY) Mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling

Sound (New York, NY)

Live Drums, Percussion Programming, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Keyboards, Bass by Jack

Antonoff at Rough Customer Studio (Brooklyn, NY)

Saxophones, Flute, Electric Guitar, Keyboards by Evan Smith at Pleasure Hill Recording

(Portland, ME) Strings by Bobby Hawk, recorded by Mike Williams and Jon Gautier at Sound

House Recording (Lakeland, FL) Synth Bass by Jonathan Low, recorded by Jonathan Low at Long

Pond (Hudson Valley, NY)