My Taylor Swift Cap arrived this afternoon; I’m excited to wear it. I’m a Swiftie and have been for a couple of years. I might be the oldest person in America who is wearing this cap. I was inspired to get it by one of her sons of the same name.
What I am drawn to by Taylor Swift is her writing. She’s a terrific writer and writes all of her songs. She deserves to be as popular and successful as she is, and I am happy to be wearing her hat. It fits.
Here are some lyrics from the song:
“If I wanted to know who you were hanging withWhile I was gone I would have asked youIt’s the cold, fogs up windshield glassBut I felt it when I passed youThere’s an ache in you put there by the ache in meBut if it’s all the same to youIt’s the same to me
So, we could call it evenYou could call me babe for the weekend‘Tis the damn season, write this downI’m stayin’ at my parents’ houseAnd the road not taken looks real good nowAnd it always leads to you in my hometown
I parkеd my car right between the MethodistAnd the school that used to be oursThe holidays linger like bad perfumeYou can run, but only so farI escaped it,” too; remember how you watched me leaveBut if it’s okay with you, it’s okay with me
We could call it evenYou could call me babe for the weekend‘Tis the damn season; write this downI’m stayin’ at my parents’ houseAnd the road not taken looks real good now.“
Rolling Stone Magazine:
On Monday, the genealogy company Ancestry revealed that it found historical documents that connect Swift’s family tree to American poet Emily Dickinson. Swift and Dickinson are sixth cousins, three times removed.
According to Ancestry, both Swift and Dickinson descend from a 17th-century English immigrant — Swift’s ninth great-grandfather, Dickinson’s sixth great-grandfather — who settled in Windsor, Connecticut.
Swift’s ancestors stayed in Connecticut for six generations until part of her family line moved to Pennsylvania, where they married into the Swifts, according to Ancestry.
Swift has referenced Dickinson before when describing her writing styles — quill lyrics, pen lyrics, and glitter gel pen lyrics — at the 2022 Nashville Songwriters Association International’s annual awards show.
“I categorize certain songs of mine in the ‘Quill’ style if the words and phrasings are antiquated if I was inspired to write it after reading Charlotte Brontë or after watching a movie where everyone is wearing poet shirts and corsets,” she said at the time. “If my lyrics sound like a letter written by Emily Dickinson’s great-grandmother while sewing a lace curtain, that’s me writing in the Quill genre.”
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It’s fitting timing for the family line revelation since Swift is preparing to release her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, on April 19. Dickinson surely would’ve been a member.
Jon, you are eye candy. Take care.
Blush…:)