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This song is ✨Unreleased✨.
Swift wrote “Gracie” about a young girl named Gracie Johnson who she met on a flight before releasing her 2006 debut album. Gracie had leukemia and passed away in 2019. Swift included a picture of herself with Gracie in the lyric video for "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" in 2021.
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
My name's Gracie, I'll be five in May
Kind of scared, 'cause
I've never been on a plane
My mama says that it'll be alright
'Cause I'm going to see my daddy tonight
And she says that
[Chorus]
There's a whole a lot of good people in Heaven
And I don't wanna get there too soon
And I know there's a God because I met him
And I see it when I'm looking at you
There ain't no accidents in what we do
[Verse 2]
My name's Heather, guess we're on the same flight
Don't mind Gracie, she could talk to you all night
She's finally well enough to travel
Doctor says she's in the clear
She's been in and out of hospital
Since the beginning of the year
[Chorus]
There's a whole a lot of good people in Heaven
And I don't wanna get there too soon
And I know there's a God because I met him
And I see it when I'm looking at you
There ain't no accidents in what we do
[Verse 3]
James T. Johnson, that's her daddy's name
He's been overseas, it'll be a year today
He never talked about being scared over the phone
He just said, "Me and Gracie will come and take him on"
[Chorus]
There's a whole a lot of good people in Heaven
And I don't wanna get there too soon
And I know there's a God because I met him
And I see it when I'm looking at you
There ain't no accidents in what we do
[Verse 4]
And the people that we meet
As we go through the rain
There are no accidents in what we do