Don't You
Written By Taylor Swift & Tommy Lee James
Produced By Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff
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Track 25 on "Fearless".
Formerly one of Taylor Swift's rarest unreleased songs, "Don't You" was added to the tracklist of Swift's re-release of her sophomore album.
It describes Swift running into her ex, and the encounter causing her to remember their past together and feel the pain of their history together that hurt her. She doesn't understand how this person doesn't feel the same pain that she does, but resigns herself to moving on with her life, and rejecting the person's desire to pretend to stay friends.
On April 2nd 2021, Taylor posted a video on her social media where the vault was opened and words with the letters mixed up came out of it. This song was reversed and used as the background music for the video.
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Hey, I knew I'd run into you somewhere
It's been a while, I didn't mean to stare
I heard she's nothin' like me
I'm sure she'll make you happy
[Chorus]
But don't you, don't you
Smile at me and ask me how I've been
Don't you say you've
Missed me if you don't want me again
You don't know how much I feel I love you still
So why don't you, don't you?
[Post-Chorus]
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah
[Verse 2]
Sometimes, I really wish that I could hate you
I've tried, but that's just somethin' I can't do
My heart knows what the truth is
I swore I wouldn't do this
[Chorus]
But don't you, don't you
Smile at me and ask me how I've been
Don't you say you've
Missed me if you don't want me again
You don't know how much I feel I love you still
So why don't you, don't you?
[Bridge]
So I'll walk out of here tonight
Try to go on with my life
And you can say we're still friends
(But I don't wanna pretend)
So if I see you again
[Chorus]
Don't you (Don't you), don't you
Smile at me and ask me how I've been
Don't you (Don't you) say you've
Missed me if you don't want me again
You don't (You don't) know how much I feel I love you still
So why don't you, don't you?
[Outro]
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Don't you (Ah, ah, ah)