All Too Well (Jack's Version)

Hey Taylor how are you doin’?
It’s been awhile
I’m at my sister’s house and I found your scarf behind the couch
What’s your address?
I’ll mail it back
How crazy is that?
It’s been here for ten years

It’s kinda got me thinking about the time we spent
And I’ve been feelin’ pretty bad about how it all went
I was sort of a dick then and I’m sorry bout that
It was a tough time in my career five years after Brokeback
And I know it’s all over and it was only three months
And you’ve probably moved on but I guess I still think about us

‘Cause there we are again and we are lookin’ so hot
I almost ran the red cause I saw a parking spot
Wind in your hair, I was there, I remember it all too well

And I’m sorry about my mom, she was so over the top
And when she showed you old pictures I was just wishin’ she would stop
‘Cause my sister just got married and mom was pressuring me
I was like we just started dating let’s slow down a little please
And I was tossing you the cars keys cause I had to read a script for an audition
I was hoping you would drive
And I was thinking on the ride down anytime now I’m gonna say let’s quit
I’m just not that into it
Till we were buried in the drama
And yeah, maybe you were asking for too much
I mean jeez
And then I wondered where it went to as I reached for you
But all I felt was weird as I held you to my beard
And I was lookin like I did at the end of Donnie Darko
Maybe that’s all that love is, just a blockbuster movie that we borrow

‘Cause there we are again lookin’ at pictures on your phone
I knew you were just a kid and we’d be better off alone
Down the stairs, I was there, I remember it all too well

I was lookin’ for a good time
You were lookin’ for a song
I thought it was just a fling but maybe I was stringing you along
I hear you and me too
I remember it all too well

Maybe we just didn’t make sense
Maybe I was hung up on Reese
Or maybe I am just a product of the patriarchy
To be fair, I was there, I remember it all too well

And then I called you up again just to tell the truth
But the words came out wrong and I only hurt you
Then I knew you were gonna write a song about me
I remember it all all all

They say all’s well that ends well, but I’m in a new hell every time I open Spotify
I said, “If we had been closer in age maybe it would work out fine”
And I still think that was right
The idea you had of me, who was he?
A needy, beta, washed up stupid stone who could not shine alone?
Not shaking in a party bathroom
Some actor asking me what happened, you
That’s what happened you
I met your dad and tried to make him laugh
And maybe network just a little, is that so bad?
I did not want to miss your birthday, I knew it would be fun
But I had to let you go ‘cause you were only twenty one

A decade later now and I still think about that time
You were a teen pop queen, I was the sexiest man alive
Like in The Day After Tomorrow, nothing really makes sense
You’re writing ten minute hit songs and the world’s gonna end
But you’re just cashing in on our little affair
That’s the music business now and there are people who care
You’re a star, I’m a star, I remember it all too well
Cause there we are again, Obama’s on TV
You’re lying in my bed reading The Hunger Games to me
And we made the right call, I remember it all too well
It wasn’t right, I was there, I remember it all
Just three months, I was there, I remember it all
It was legal, I was there
I remember it all too well

And now I know I’m just a cliche joke and the punchline goes
“You’ll get older but my lovers stay your age”
I’m almost forty-one now and I’m much more wise
I’m dating a model and she’s twenty-five
So you were right about that but we’re doin’ well
Our private life is private, not something we sell

But in the city’s barren cold
I still remember the first fall of snow
And how it glistened as it fell
I remember it all too well

Just between us, the love affair maimed me all too well
Just between us, I remember it all too well
Just between us, I remember it all too well
Down the stairs, I was there I was there
To be fair, I was there I was there
It was rare, I remember it
Did my hair, I was there I was there
Down the stairs, I was there I was there
To be fair, I was there I was there
It was rare, I remember it
Did my hair, I was there I was there
Down the stairs, I was there I was there
To be fair, I was there I was there
It was rare, I remember it.