Taylor Swift - Would've, Could've, Should've lyrics

If you would’ve blinked then I would’ve 

Looked away at the first glance 

If you tasted poison you could’ve 

Spit me out at the first chance 

If I was some paint did it splatter 

On a promising grown man 

And if I was a child, did it matter 

If you got to wash your hands 

Oh, all I used to do was pray 

Would’ve, could’ve, should’ve  

If you’d never looked my way 

 

I would’ve stayed 

On my knees

And I damn sure never would’ve danced with the devil 

At nineteen, and the god’s honest truth is that the pain was heaven 

And now that I’m grown 

I’m scared of ghosts 

Memories feel like weapons 

And now that I know 

I wish you’d left me wondering 

 

If you never touched me I would’ve 

Gone along with the righteous 

If I never blushed then they could’ve

Never whispered about this

And if you never saved me from boredom 

I could’ve gone on as I was 

But lord, you made me feel important 

And then you tried to erase us 

Oh, you’re a crisis of my faith 

Would’ve, could’ve, should’ve  

If I’d only played it safe 

 

I would’ve stayed 

On my knees

And I damn sure never would’ve danced with the devil 

At nineteen, and the god’s honest truth is that the pain was heaven 

And now that I’m grown 

I’m scared of ghosts 

Memories feel like weapons 

And now that I know 

I wish you’d left me wondering 

God rest my soul

I miss who I used to be 

The tomb won’t close 

Stained glass windows in my mind 

I regret you all the time 

Can’t let this go 

I fight with you in my sleep

The wound won’t close

I keep on waiting for a sign 

I regret you all the time

 

If clarity’s in death then why won’t this die?

Years of tearing down our banners 

You and I 

Living for the thrill of hitting you where it hurts 

Give me back my girlhood 

It was mine first 

 

And I damn sure never would’ve danced with the devil 

At nineteen, and the god’s honest truth is that the pain was heaven 

And now that I’m grown 

I’m scared of ghosts 

Memories feel like weapons 

And now that I know 

I wish you’d left me wondering 

 

God rest my soul

I miss who I used to be 

The tomb won’t close 

Stained glass windows in my mind 

I regret you all the time 

I can’t let this go 

I fight with you in my sleep

The wound won’t close

I keep on waiting for a sign 

I regret you all the time 

 

Oh, god rest my soul

I miss who I used to be 

The tomb won’t close 

Stained glass windows in my mind 

I regret you all the time 

I can’t let this go 

I fight with you in my sleep

The wound won’t close

I keep on waiting for a sign 

I regret you all the time