Should've Said No – English Lyrics

• By: Taylor Swift

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

It's strange to think the songs we used to sing

The smiles, the flowers, everything is gone

Yesterday I found out about you

Even now just looking at you feels wrong

You say that you'd take it all back, given one chance

It was a moment of weakness and you said yes

You should've said no, you should've gone home

You should've thought twice 'fore you let it all go

You should've known that word

'Bout what you did with her'd get back to me

And I should've been there, in the back of your mind

I shouldn't be asking myself why

You shouldn't be begging for forgiveness at my feet

You should've said no, baby and you might still have me

...

You can see that I've been crying

Baby, you know all the right things to say

But do you honestly expect me to believe

We could ever be the same

You say that the past is the past, you need one chance

It was a moment of weakness and you said yes

You should've said no, you should've gone home

You should've thought twice 'fore you let it all go

You should've known that word

'Bout what you did with her'd get back to me

And I should've been there, in the back of your mind

I shouldn't be asking myself why

You shouldn't be begging for forgiveness at my feet

You should've said no, baby and you might still have me

Oh-oh-oh

I can't resist, before you go, tell me this

Was it worth it?

Was she worth this?

No, oh no, no, no, no, no

You should've said no, you should've gone home

You should've thought twice 'fore you let it all go

You should've known that word

'Bout what you did with her'd get back to me

And I should've been there, in the back of your mind

I shouldn't be asking myself why

You shouldn't be begging for forgiveness at my feet

You should've said no, baby and you might still have me

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
strange /streɪndʒ/ B1	adjective - unusual or surprising; difficult to understand.
weakness /ˈwiːknəs/ B2	noun - the state or condition of being physically or mentally weak.
chance /tʃɑːns/ A2	noun - an opportunity or possibility.
thought /θɔːt/ A2	noun - an idea or opinion produced by thinking. verb - have a particular belief or idea.
begging /ˈbeɡɪŋ/ B1	verb - ask someone urgently and fervently to do something; implore.
forgiveness /fɔːrˈɡɪvnəs/ B2	noun - the action or process of being forgiven.
crying /ˈkraɪɪŋ/ A2	verb - shedding tears, weeping.
resist /rɪˈzɪst/ B1	verb - withstand the action or effect of.
worth /wɜːθ/ A2	noun - the value of something.
expect /ɪkˈspekt/ B1	verb - regard (something) as likely to happen.
past /pɑːst/ A2	noun - time or events that have gone by.
honestly /ˈɒnɪstli/ B1	adverb - in an honest or truthful way.
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experience.
feet /fiːt/ A1	noun - the part of the body at the end of the leg.