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Welcome to Taylor Swift¡¯s journey to fearless
You belong with me
This is a story of a little girl who dare to dream big
From her earliest performances
Twinkle twinkle little star
And we do mean early
To her first big break
That was my first huge crowd experience
Then it was a big day
And the challenges along the way
And I went through periods of time where I didn¡¯t have friends
That was tough as a mom
to hear the shunning
She didn¡¯t know it then
but even as a kid Taylor Swift was fearless
Hi I¡¯m Taylor I¡¯m 11
I want a record deal, give me a call, that will be awesome
We¡¯ll show you everything that went into make fearless happen
And share with you the inspiration behind some of our favorite songs
It was s song about breakup
that I had to really address
Come on to the road with Taylor for her first head leading tour
Spend the next three nights
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For Taylor Swift¡¯s journey to fearless
Taylor Swift¡¯s journey to fearless
If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along so why can't you see
You belong with me
You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset
She's going off about something that you said
'Cuz she doesn't get your humor like I do
I'm in the room, it's a typical Tuesday night
I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like
And she'll never know your story like I do
But she wears short skirts
I wear T-shirts
She's cheer captain
And I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up
And find what you're looking for
Has been here the whole time
If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along so why can't you see
You belong with me
Walkin' the streets with you and your worn-out jeans
I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be
Laughing on a park bench, thinking to myself
Hey isn't this easy
And you've got a smile that could light up this whole town
I haven't seen it in a while since she brought you down
You say you're fine
I know you better then that
Hey whatcha doing with a girl like that
She wears high heels
I wear sneakers.
She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That what you're looking for
Has been here the whole time
If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along so why can't you see
You belong with me
Standing by and waiting at your back door
All this time how could you not know
Baby
You belong with me
I remember you drivin'to my house
In the middle of the night
I'm the one who makes you laugh
When you know you're about to cry
And I know your favorite songs
And you tell me about your dreams
Think I know where you belong
Think I know it's with me
Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along
So why can't you see
you belong with me
Standing by and waiting at your back door
All this time
How could you not know
Baby
you belong with me
Have you ever thought just maybe
you belong with me
Taylor Swift¡¯s journey to fearless
Let¡¯s back to the show
right here on the hug
Twinkle twinkle little star
I think my first memory of loving music happened so early
We would always go to beach in the summer
And I would run from blanket to blanket from family to family and just sing
Yeah Taylor
I got my first guitar
when I was 8 or 9 years old
I wouldn¡¯t motivate myself to learn
because my fingers were too small
I always had the guitar around
and had it in the corner
And when I was about 12
There¡¯s this magical twist of fate
A guy who my parents hired to come fix my computer
I¡¯m doing my homework
And he looks over and sees the guitar in the corner
and he was like do you play guitar
I said Oh no I tried but I no
He said do you want me to teach you a few chords
I was just yeah yes
That was that I was just relentless about playing all the time
I was songwriting for all of my freetime after that ,
I think the first full song that I ever wrote was called lucky you
And it was about the girl who dares to be different
At that time that was , ,sort of ,you know ,describing herself
I got teased a lot, got made fun of a lot
and I went through periods of time when I didn¡¯t have friends
Because all the other girls were going sleepovers
or playing soccer
And Taylor wanted to sing on the stage
that was a little bit different
april 5 2002
Philadelphia 76er¡¯s
And I stood there in the middle of the giant basketball arena
with my little sparky American flag shirt
and my white pants and my red headband
I was very patriotic looking
I don¡¯t think I¡¯d ever been that nervous in my life
Once again Taylor Swift
They would do a write in the local paper
causing a not so fond day
for me next day at school
My worst time of the day was
when I wnet to go pick up Taylor at school
And I would know that things may hadn¡¯t been so great that day at school
So I know I was gonna hear whatever happened
And so that was tough as a mom to hear the ostrichisming
that went through the literally this shunning that would take place at school
where she would sit down at a table with her lunch tray
and everyone would move
As a parent
there¡¯s nothing more painful than hearing that your child is in pain
You¡¯ll take any bullet for them
but you realize that this is also something that they have to go through
So that¡¯s when I got in my mind
there was this magical place called Nashville where dreams came true
and faith hill was discovered
And I thought to myself Nashville well I¡¯ve gotta go there
I begged my parents for I think a solid year
Please can we take a trip to Nashville
just nonstop
I wanna go to Nashville
Relentlessly
It was all she talks about
so on spring break we went to Nashville
to go check it out
Everyone you meet in Nashville has the same dream
and a lot of them wanted to be exactly what I wanted to be
which was an artist
And be on stage with a lot of people
Taylor would say that¡¯s mercury records
pull over
You know I would need to run my demo CD
I get out and run up to the door
hi im taylor I¡¯m 11
I want a record deal
If you give me a call and it¡¯s gonna be awesome
I knew I have to figure out someway that would be different
Someway to get better
And have more to offer
Music was something that
was so necessary for me to be happy
I would play for hours and hours
Until my fingers were bleeding
She never put it down
She wouldn¡¯t put it down
We¡¯d have literally say to her
Put the guitar down come to dinner and go right back to play
But it became a matter of forcing her to put it down at that point
I just fell in love with it
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We decide to live in Nashville when taylor
actually get an offer to the development deal
At that point we knew we were just proud parents
And that maybe we should put her in the area where she could make the most of it
When I was 13
I went to a meeting with RCA
They gave me a development deal
Which is basically like we believe in you kind of
We¡¯re gonna watch you
It¡¯s not like you¡¯re making an album now
Taylor and I would go in there sometimes once a week
With new songs that she had written
They would look at us and say well
It¡¯s got a little closer
They weren¡¯t saying
Yes that¡¯s a great song
Let¡¯s put it on a record
At the end of the year
They had a chance to either sign me
Or watch me for another year without commitment
They looked at us and say you know what
We¡¯re not ready to offer a record deal
I did something that you don¡¯t usually do in Nashville
When you have an in with the record vival I walked away
Because I had a feeling that I was not going to be able to record my own music
that I¡¯ve written
There¡¯s panic strike like
This is a major record label
You don¡¯t get that everyday
Are you sure you want to walk away from this
Then she said absolutely
I had this showcase at the bluebird caf¨¦
Ironically that¡¯s the place
They got Faith Hill discovered
And I played my guitar sang a bunch of songs that I¡¯ve written
There was one guy in the audience named Scott Borchetta
He came up to me after the show
And he said I want you on my record label
And I want you to write all your own music
And I was so excited
And I get a call from him later that week
That he says hey so good news is I want you on my record label
Bad news is I don¡¯t actually have a record label yet
He explained to me that
He doesn¡¯t have a building
He doesn¡¯t have a name for it
He just has this dream that he wants to do it
So he says will you please just wait for me
And for some reason
I was willing to wait for that
Because she believed in the person who is gonna be running that record label
And he really believed in her
I knew that if I could be a part of building something from the ground up
And being the first artist on the brand new record label
That would be okay with me
As long as I could do something really adventurous and bold and new
So I signed my record deal with Scott Borchetta
And I was making an album full of songs that I had written by myself
This little red thing
Clear the sound
The best
So they won¡¯t hear that
It¡¯s awesome
There was no enclosurnation that this is gonna work out
But we really believed in it
Putting out my first single
was just such a cool experience
casue I just did¡¯t know it was gonna happen
I remember putting the psychical CD singles into envelopes
to mail out to radio with my mom
I got to go on radio tour
And you hear tour you think tour bus
No rental car
Tourist me
In the backseat
Big 98 WSIX September 9,2009
Hi baby how¡¯s it going
How are you
I¡¯m doing wonderful
I bought you cookies
Sure did look at that
Going from radio station to radio station to radio station
And everytime I go to a new radio station
I would play in the conference room for a couple of DJs
And I would like beg them to put them on the air
And it worked
My album sold 39000 in the first week
And then overtime it started to sell like this
Then something really crazy started to happen
I was opening up for every single country headliner imaginable
I was opening up for
Brad Paisley George Straight
Kenny Chesney
Tim Mcgraw
like all these people I had always wanted to open shows for
I was a nervous rack
I rehearsed nonstop over and over again
I loved it
Those were some of my favourite times
For this song I would love it
If you have your cell phones and glow sticks
Or anything sparkly that you might have
Hold them up for me
And I would love if you would sing along this song
Because this was the first song you ever heard from me
You said the way my blue eyes shined
Put those Georgia stars to shame that night
I said, that's a lie
Just a boy in a Chevy truck
That had a tendency of getting stuck
On backroads at night
And I was right there beside him
All summer long
And then the time we woke up to Find that summer'd gone
But when you think, Tim McGraw
I hope you think my favorite song
The one we danced to all night long
The moon like a spotlight on the lake
When you think happiness
I hope you think that little black dress
Think of my head on your chest
And my old faded blue jeans
When you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think of me
September saw a month of tears
And thanking God that you weren't here
To see me like that
But in a box beneath my bed
Is a letter that you never read
From three summers back
It's hard not to find it all a little bitter sweet
And looking back on all of that It's nice to believe
When you think, Tim McGraw
I hope you think my favorite song
The one we danced to all night long
The moon like a spotlight on the lake
When you think happiness
I hope you think, that little black dress
Think of my head on your chest
And my old faded blue jeans
When you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think of me
It was such a cool energy walking through that crowd
People are crying
And I love excitable people
So it was one of my favorite things
I hugged a lot of people
over the courses of that song
I showed actual love to the little kids that I know are there for their first concert
It was really important for me
to go out there and actually say hi to people
and thank them for coming
and be right there next to them
because I¡¯m always gonna wanna go the extra miles for them
because I can¡¯t believe
the extra thousand miles that are gone for me
That¡¯s one of my favorite things
Every single mile
And I'm back for the first time since then
I'm standing on your street
And there's a letter left on your doorstep
And the first thing that you'll read
Is, when you think, Tim McGraw
I hope you think my favorite song
Turn your stand radio on
I hope it takes you back to that place
When you think happiness
I hope you think that little black dress
Think of my head on your chest
And my old faded blue jeans
When you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think of me
Oh, think of me
Whoo-o-o-o-o
You said the way my blue eyes shined
Put those Georgia stars to shame that night
I said, that's a lie
I absolutely I just loved school
And I'm so glad that I¡¯ve got to go highschool
All the kids were so nice
I wasn¡¯t weird for the first time
They didn¡¯t really think much of it
That I wanted to be a singer
On the first day of ninth grade
Walking into highschool
First class I went to I sat next to this girl she had red hair
And we became friends immediately
Just because I think we were
the most cynical people in English class
We just kind of understood each other
We were happy about the same things
We have the same goals
We really hit it off
She became the person that I would play all my songs for After I¡¯ve written them
I truly truly appreciate those moments
Someone wish to play something new for me
That¡¯a my favorite time to witness her
Doing what she loves
That¡¯s when she was just raw
I would go over to her house
We would sit in her room and I just play it for her
She was like a huge cheerleader
I will compliment her it's no ending
She acts just so shocked
she was just like really? thank you, thank you so much
She is just so grateful
I wanted to write a song about what both of us went through
Abigail and I were 15
Freshman in highschool
And you know you¡¯re just navigating in this huge world
Being 15 16 those are some of the hardest year as a girl
I mean that¡¯s when you are developing
And trying to figure out who you are
You are the tiniest little mino
in this huge ocean that is highschool
And you learn lessons
and you learn lot of them in a hard way
You take a deep breath
And you walk through the doors
It's the morning of your very first day
You say hi to your friends
You ain't seen in a while
Try and stay out of everybody's way
It's your freshman year
And you're gonna be here
For the next four years in this town
Hoping one of those senior boys Will wink at you and say
You know I haven't seen you around
Before
Cause when you're fifteen
Somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
And when you're fifteen
Feeling like there're
Nothing to figure out
Well count to ten, take it in
This is life before
You know who you're gonna be fifteen
You sit in class next to a redhead named Abigail
And soon enough you're best friends
Laughing at the other girls
Who thinks they're so cool
Will be out of here as soon as we can
I remembered when I played Abigail the song for the first time
Which was just the guitar vocal
She was just blown away
I couldn¡¯t believe it
And it was very touching
And it still is so to say
Your mum's waiting up
And you're thinking that he's the one
And you dance around your room when the night ends
When the night ends
Cause when you're fifteen
That¡¯s very personal story of hers
that gets told in that song
It¡¯s really raw and real
Everybody asked me
Does that make you uncomfortable
Not in the least
Because looking around in the audience
And seeing people relating to the song
That¡¯s all I asked for
Makes your head spin round
But in your life
You'll do things greater than
Dating the boy on the football team
I didn't know it at fifteen
When all you wanted is to be wanted
Wish you could go back
And tell yourself what you know now
Back then I swore
I was gonna marry him someday
But I realize some bigger dreams of mine
And Abigail gave everything she had to a boy
Who changed his mind and we both cried
I¡¯m honored that she would wanna talk about me
And something I¡¯ve experienced
Write about it and put it into a song
Share with millions of people
It was one of my favorite things about that song is that
She was so proud
That maybe her story can help other girls
To make the right decisions
To look before you fall
You know like the song says
Just look before you fall
I've found that time can heal most anything
And you just might find who you're supposed to be
I didn't know who I was supposed to be
At fifteen
Your very first day
You take a deep breath girl
Take a deep breath
As you walk through the doors
A lot of songs in my first record
Have little hints of highschool inspiration
I have this song You belong with me
Which is about you know
feeling inferior to the coolest girls of the school
Because she¡¯s a cheerleader
and she¡¯s awesome
And you¡¯re just like
You know. I mean for me like
I think that I learned so much from just sitting there
And feeling everything
In highschool
And emm Teardrops on my guitar
Was is a complete confession that you¡¯re in love with someone
Once upon a time
There was this guy
And I was like talking about this guy in school
Let¡¯s just write the name into the song
And this guy
Used to sit next to me in class
I started naming people in my songs
when I started to you know have big crushes on people
Feels like you need to walk up to him right now
Tell him how you feel
Who you are
Okay confession
I had the biggest crush on this guy
And well he didn¡¯t even know I existed
But everyday just like clockwork
This guy would come into class
And everyday just like clockwork
This guy would sit down next to me
And sometimes he would even talk to me
About his girlfriend
So I never told this guy
That I liked him
But I did write a song about him
So I think he knows now
Drew looks at me
With Drew
Everybody know who that one was about
What I want and I need
And everything that we should be
I'll bet she's beautiful
That girl he talks about
And she's got everything
That I have to live without
I couldn¡¯t believe it
This was the first time I had ever seen her
go this personal with the song
I laugh cause it's just so funny
I can't even see
Anyone when he's with me
He says he's so in love
He's finally got it right
I wonder if he knews
He's all I think about at night
He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar
The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star
He's the song in the car I keep singing
Don't know why I do
Drew walks by me
Can he tell that I can't breathe
And there he goes so perfectly
The kind of flawless I wish I could be
She better hold him tight
Give him all her love
Look in those beautiful eyes
And know she's lucky cause
He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar
The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star
He's the song in the car I keep singing
Don't know why I do
With Drew
He actually showed up in my driveway like in a year and half later
I don¡¯tknow
Sometimes it gets awkward
Yeah that was really awkward
I think she was shocked
We were like wow
Who¡¯d thought that was gonna happen
So I drive home alone
As I turn out the light
I'll put his picture down
And maybe get some sleep tonight
'Cuz he's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar
The only one who's got enough of me to break my heart
He's the song in the car I keep singing
Don't know why I do
He's the time taken up but there's never enough
And he's all that I need to fall into
Drew looks at me, I fake a smile so he won't see
We had CMA rehearsals earlier today
And now I¡¯m getting on a plane to get to new york
For one night
And all for tomorrow
When you are releasing a new album
You just go nuts
Cause your schedule you just go crazy
Craziest week of my life
When it was time for the Fearless album be released
We both looked at each other
And realized that she was just living her dream
Taylor Swift
Oh my god
O you made my day
Yes today was crazy like
We literally woke up at 4:45
And then got hair and makeup
For goodmorning America
And went to goodmorning America
Sound check did all the performances for this do the interview for that
And then left and went to MTV
I did like all these news and interviews and stuff
Hey Trisha I love you and I just want to say happy birthday
And then went to WPLJ
Taylor Swift
Thank you so much for coming you guys this is awesome
My new album fearless is out today
And I¡¯m so excited
And after that
We went to David Letterman
And that¡¯s my first time that I¡¯ve ever played there
It was really cool
I was so excited about Letterman
It was such a fun show
It was fun playing fearless at cool stick
Now I¡¯m on a plane and I¡¯m about to go home
And I¡¯m gonna go buy my CD
At midnight
of my album being released
I was at the Henderson walmart
23:59 and we¡¯re gonna go buy the album
And I¡¯m really excited
And there were a bunch of people there
And we all just felt so excited
Thank you so much
Thank you for coming
They were all buying
And I was buying the album
We worked really hard on this
And it¡¯s for you all
It¡¯s crazy to think that you know
Have a CD out in all these stores
And then a bunch of people would show up
Buy the album with me
It was a really fun experience
It¡¯s like won¡¯t forget it
I love you so much
Thank you for being here
From you Buying my second CD first
Midnight I love you
Now I finally
I am not doing anything anymore
I¡¯m on a plane
This day is over
And it has been the longest day ever
When the fearless album came out
It sold 596000 in the first week
And I was really happy about that
Considering the first record
I was like freaking out about
selling 39000 the first week
Selling 596000 in the first week was
Quite an improvement
I was riding shotgun with my hair undone in the front seat of his car
He's got a one-hand feel on the steering wheel
The other on my heart
I look around, turn the radio down
He says baby is something wrong
I say nothing I was just thinking how we don't have a song
And he says
Our song is the slamming screen door,
Sneakin' out late, tapping on your window
When you're on the phone and you talk real slow
Cause it's late and your mama don't know
Our song is the way you laugh
The first date "man, I didn't kiss her, but I should have"
And when I got home ... before I said amen
Asking God if he could play it again
I was walking up the front porch steps after everything the day
Had gone all wrong or been trampled on
And lost and thrown away
Got to the hallway, well on my way to my lovin' bed
I almost didn't notice all the roses
And the note that said...
Cause our song is the slamming screen door
Sneaking out late, tapping on his window
When we're on the phone and he talks real slow
Cause it's late and his mama don't know
Our song is the way he laughs
The first date "man, I didn't kiss him, and I could have"
And when I got home, before I said amen
Asking God if he could play it again
i've heard every album, listened to the radio
waited for something to come along
that was as good as our song
cause our song is the slamming screen door
sneaking out late, tapping on his window
when we're on the phone and he talks real slow
cause it's late and his mama don't know
our song is the way he laughs
the first date "man, i didn't kiss him, and i should have"
and when i got home, before i said amen
asking god if he could play it again
play it again
i was riding shotgun with my hair undone
in the front seat of his car
i grabbed a pen and an old napkin
and i wrote down our song
Tomorrow
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