Jim has challenged us this week to find songs of misery and anguish. I can’t go that far – I don’t want to ruin the weekend. But the good news is Taylor is back!!! She kinda knocked the ball out of the park in 2020 (yet again) releasing two albums during the Pandemic that fitted the mood we were in.
This is one of the songs from her album “evermore” and it is called “dorothea”.
Thank you to the dynamic duo of Aaron Brooking Dessner and Taylor Alison Swift who gave us wonderful musical gifts in 2020!
Hey Dorothea
Do you ever stop and think about me?
When we were younger
Down in the park
Honey, making a lark of the misery
You got shiny friends since you left town
A tiny screen’s the only place I see you now
And I got nothing but well wishes for ya
Oooh
This place is the same as it ever was
Oooh
But you don’t like it that way
It’s never too late
To come back to my side
The stars in your eyes
Shined brighter in Tupelo
And if you’re ever tired of being known
For who you know
You know, you’ll always know me
Dorothea
Dorothea
Ooh, you’re a queen
Selling dreams
Selling make up and magazines
Ooh, from you I’d buy anything
Hey Dorothea
Do you ever stop and think about me?
When it was calmer
Skipping the prom
Just to piss off your mom
And her pageant schemes
And damn, Dorothea
They all wanna be ya
But are you still the same soul?
I met under the bleachers, well
Oooh
I guess I’ll never know
Oooh
And you’ll go on with the show
But it’s never too late
To come back to my side
The stars in your eyes
Shined brighter in Tupelo
And if you’re ever tired of being known
For who you know
You know, you’ll always know me
Dorothea
Dorothea
Oooh
Oooh
Ooh-woo-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Oooh
Oooh
Ooh-woo-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Dorothea
7 replies on “SLS – Misery”
What a sweet song 😊
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Thanks Liz – Taylor kept me happy in 2020 giving us two albums of stripped back music.
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Taylor said that Dorothea was about a girl who left her small town to chase down Hollywood dreams and what happens when she comes back for the holidays and rediscovers an old flame. Nice choice Jenna.
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I love this song Jim – one of my favourites from her two 2020 albums,
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TS ,… of course! She has a song for every prompt ☺️💕
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She’s covered so many bases!
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Great news. Taylor Swift was able to spend this difficult year profitably, and not get depressed. And she recorded new music. With which I congratulate all of us.
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