[00:00.06]10 illicit affairs
[00:09.99]Written by Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff
[00:17.94]Make sure nobody sees you leave Hood over your head
[00:23.22]Keep your eyes down
[00:25.95]Tell your friends youre out for a run Youll be flushed when you return Take the road less traveled by
[00:37.98]Tell yourself you can always stop What started in beautiful rooms Ends with meetings in parking lots
[00:48.75]And thats the thing about illicit affairs And clandestine meetings
[00:54.21]And longing stares
[00:56.13]Its born from just one single glance But it dies and it dies and it dies
[01:03.42]a million little times
[01:13.98]Leave the perfume on the shelf That you picked out just for him So you leave no trace behind Like you dont even exist
[01:29.91]Take the words for what they are A dwindling mercurial high A ** that only worked
[01:42.27]The first few hundred times
[01:44.91]And thats the thing about illicit affairs And clandestine meetings
[01:50.22]And stolen stares
[01:52.14]They show their truth one single time But they lie and they lie and they lie
[01:59.34]a million little times
[02:06.93]And you wanna scream Dont call me kid
[02:10.44]Dont call me baby
[02:12.51]Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me
[02:16.50]You showed me colors you know I cant see with anyone else Dont call me kid
[02:26.43]Dont call me baby
[02:28.53]Look at this idiotic fool that you made me
[02:32.55]You taught me a secret language I cant speak with anyone else And you know damn well
[02:43.29]For you I would ruin myself
[02:47.37]a million little times
[02:49.95]illicit affairs
[02:50.34]Written by Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff
[02:51.27]All Rights Reserved Used By Permission
[02:52.74]Produced by Jack Antonoff and Taylor Swift
[02:55.02]Recorded by Laura Sisk at the Kitty Committee Studio (Los Angeles CA)and Jack Antonoff at Rough Customer Studio (Brooklyn NY)
[02:58.95]Mixed by Serban Ghenea at Mixstar Studios (Virginia Beach VA)Engineered by John Hanes
[03:01.71]Mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound (New York NY)
[03:02.97]Live Drums Percussion Programming Electric Guitars Keyboards Bass Background Vocals by Jack Antonoff at Rough Customer Studio (Brooklyn NY)
[03:07.35]Accordion Saxophones Electric Guitar Keyboards Background Vocals by Evan Smith at Pleasure Hill Recording (Portland ME)
[03:10.02]Pedal Steel by Mikey Freedom Hart at Hook and Fade (Brooklyn NY)