Cleveland!
Taylor Swift, The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, 2026
Writers: Taylor Swift, Max Martin, Shellback
Producers: Taylor Swift, Max Martin, Shellback
Label: Republic
Hop to Another SongNote: the …s and m-dashes guide phrasing.
“She’s not as hot as she was, but she was only a four,
she was never a girls’ girl she was just bored.
And with all of that money
why’s she dressed like trash?
When she smiles it’s annoying
and have you seen her
stu-mb-ling clu-msily,
would you even call that dancing?”
I… can see, what… you
mean… and… now… I… guess… there’s
Some-thing… we all… can agree… on,
but my… baby likes… what he likes, oh-whoa oh-oh.
He al-ready took… me to Cleve-land
and showed me The Heights, so hate all you like,
this is the love of my life – hey, hey, hey.
Accepting me is acquired, but it’s his favorite wish,
he says I look like an angel, they say “she’s too lavish.“
There that house with the porch, is where he lived as a kid,
he’s been saying forever must not have read that
sca…thing take, ’bout how… I’m fake
and he could find someone younger.
I… can see, what… they
mean… and… now… I… guess… there’s
Some-thing… we all… can agree… on,
but my… baby likes… what he likes, oh-whoa oh-oh.
He al-ready took… me to Cleve-land
and showed me The Heights (hey), so hate all you like, (uh huh)
this is the love of my life – hey, hey, hey.
He likes what he likes what he likes and he likes… me.
He likes what he likes what he likes and he likes… me.
You only need to find one person in this entire world
who doesn’t find you… completely insufferable.
And I, have an important announcement to make –
I… found… mine. (that’s right)
Well I found mine, (hey, hey, hey)
yeh I found mine,
yes that’s
Some-thing… we all… can agree… on, (I guess we agree but)
but my… baby likes… what he likes, oh-whoa oh-oh.
He al-ready took… me to Cleve-land (to Cleveland),
now I’m wearing white (yeh), so hate all you like (uh huh),
this is the love of my life – hey, hey, hey.
Verse 1: implied gender-based profanity
Pre-chorus 1: as is
Chorus: as is
Verse 2: suggestive, softened, gender-based profanity
Pre-chorus 2: as is
Post-chorus: as is
Bridge: as is
Chorus 2: as is