TAYLOR SWIFT - THANK YOU AIMEE | SONG LYRICS

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When I picture my hometown

There's a bronze, 

spray-tanned statue of you

And a plaque underneath it

That threatens 

to push me down the stairs 

at our school

And it was always 

the same searing pain

But I dreamed that, one day, 

I could say

All that time 

you were throwin' 

punches, I was buildin' 

somethin'

And I can't forgive 

the way you made me feel

Screamed, "Fuck you, Aimee" 

to the night sky 

as the blood was gushin'

But I can't forget 

the way you made me heal

And it wasn't a fair fight

Or a clean kill each time 

that Aimee stomped 

across my grave

And then she wrote headlines

In the local paper, 

laughing at each baby 

step I'd take

And it was always 

the same searing pain

But I prayed that, 

one day, I could say

All that time you were throwin' 

punches, I was buildin' 

somethin'

And I couldn't wait 

to show you it was real

Screamed, "Fuck you, Aimee" 

to the night sky 

as the blood was gushin'

But I can't forget 

the way you made me heal

Everyone knows that my mother 

is a saintly woman

But she used to say 

she wished that 

you were dead

I pushed each 

boulder up the hill

Your words are still 

just ringing in my head, 

ringing in my head

I wrote a thousand songs 

that you find uncool

I built a legacy 

that you can't undo

But when I count the scars, 

there's a moment of truth

That there wouldn't be 

this if there hadn't been 

you...

And maybe you've 

reframed it

And in your mind, 

you never beat 

my spirit black and blue

I don't think 

you've changed much

And so I changed your name 

and any real defining clues

And one day, 

your kid comes home singin'

A song that only us two 

is gonna know 

is about you, 'cause

All that time you were throwin' 

punches, it was all for nothin'

And our town, 

it looks so small 

from way up here

Screamed, "Thank you, Aimee" 

to the night sky and 

the stars are stunnin'

'Cause I can't forget 

the way you made me heal

Everyone knows that my mother 

is a saintly woman

But she used to say 

she wished that you were dead

So I pushed each boulder 

up that hill

Your words were still 

just ringin' in my head, 

ringin' in my head

Thank you, Aimee

Thank you, Aimee