Starlight (Taylor's Version) – English Lyrics

• By: Taylor Swift
• Album: Red (Taylor's Version)

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I said, "Oh my, what a marvelous tune"

It was the best night, never would forget how we moved

The whole place was dressed to the nines

And we were dancing, dancing

Like we're made of starlight

Like we're made of starlight

...

I met Bobby on the boardwalk, summer of '45

Picked me up late one night out the window

We were seventeen and crazy running wild, wild

Can't remember what song he was playing when we walked in

The night we snuck into a yacht club party

Pretending to be a duchess and a prince

And I said, "Oh my, what a marvelous tune"

It was the best night, never would forget how we moved

The whole place was dressed to the nines

And we were dancing, dancing

Like we're made of starlight, starlight

Like we're made of starlight, starlight

...

He said, "Look at you, worrying so much about things you can't change

You'll spend your whole life singing the blues

If you keep thinking that way"

He was tryna to skip rocks on the ocean, saying to me

"Don't you see the starlight, starlight

Don't you dream impossible things"

Like, "Oh my, what a marvelous tune"

It was the best night, never would forget how we moved

The whole place was dressed to the nines

And we were dancing, dancing

Like we're made of starlight, starlight

Like we're made of starlight, starlight

Ooh, ooh, he's talking crazy

Ooh, ooh, dancing with me

Ooh, ooh, we could get married

Have ten kids and teach 'em how to dream

...

"Oh, my, what a marvelous tune"

It was the best night, never would forget how we moved

The whole place was dressed to the nines

And we were dancing, dancing

Like we're made of starlight, starlight

Like we're made of starlight, starlight

Like we're made of starlight, starlight

Like we dream impossible dreams

Like starlight, starlight

Like we dream impossible dreams

Don't you see the starlight, starlight

Don't you dream impossible things

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
marvelous /ˈmɑːrvələs/ B2	adjective - very wonderful; astonishing
forget /fərˈɡet/ A2	verb - fail to remember something
moved /muːvd/ A2	verb - past tense of move; to change position
dressed /drest/ A2	verb - past tense of dress; to put clothes on
dancing /ˈdɑːnsɪŋ/ A2	verb - moving rhythmically to music
starlight /ˈstɑːrlaɪt/ B1	noun - the light from stars
boardwalk /ˈbɔːrdwɔːk/ B1	noun - a paved path along the sea
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ A2	adjective - mentally deranged; extremely enthusiastic
running /ˈrʌnɪŋ/ A2	verb - moving rapidly on foot
yacht /jɑːt/ B2	noun - a luxurious boat
duchess /ˈdʌtʃɪs/ C1	noun - a noblewoman ranking below a queen
prince /prɪns/ A2	noun - a male member of a royal family
worrying /ˈwʌriɪŋ/ A2	verb - present participle of worry; to feel anxious
blues /bluːz/ B1	noun - a feeling of sadness
skip /skɪp/ A2	verb - to jump lightly over
ocean /ˈoʊʃən/ A2	noun - a very large expanse of sea water
impossible /ɪmˈpɑːsəbl/ B1	adjective - not able to occur or be done
married /ˈmærid/ A2	adjective - united in marriage

Key Grammar Structures

• I said, "Oh my, what a marvelous tune"

  ➔ Past simple + reported speech (direct quotation)

  ➔ The verb "said" is in the past simple and introduces a direct quote.

• It was the best night, never would forget how we moved

  ➔ Modal verb "would" for future‑in‑the‑past

  ➔ "would" shows a future action imagined from a past viewpoint: "never would forget".

• We were seventeen and crazy running wild, wild

  ➔ Past simple + present participle phrase (running) as an adjective complement

  ➔ "running" is a present participle that adds detail to "crazy" – "crazy *running* wild".

• Can't remember what song he was playing when we walked in

  ➔ Negative modal contraction "Can't" + indirect question clause

  ➔ "Can't" is the contracted form of "cannot"; the clause "what song he was playing..." is an indirect question.

• He said, "Look at you, worrying so much about things you can't change"

  ➔ Imperative clause inside quotation + present participle "worrying" as a gerund

  ➔ "Look" is an imperative verb; "worrying" functions as a gerund describing the ongoing action.

• If you keep thinking that way

  ➔ First conditional type: if + present simple, (future) implied result

  ➔ "If" introduces a condition; the verb "keep" is in the present simple, suggesting a future consequence.

• He was tryna to skip rocks on the ocean, saying to me

  ➔ Colloquial contraction "tryna" (= trying to) + infinitive "to skip"

  ➔ "tryna" is an informal spoken form of "trying to"; it is followed by the infinitive "to skip".

• Don't you see the starlight, starlight

  ➔ Negative interrogative with auxiliary "do" + subject‑verb inversion

  ➔ "Don't" is the contracted negative of "do not"; the sentence flips the order to "you see" → "you" precedes the verb.

• We could get married

  ➔ Modal verb "could" expressing possibility / conditional mood

  ➔ "could" is the past form of "can" but here it is used to talk about a hypothetical future possibility.