Taylor Swift - Tim McGraw

"Tim McGraw" is the debut single of American country pop artist Taylor Swift. She was sixteen years old when she debuted with the song, which she co-wrote with Liz Rose. The song tells of Taylor's remembrance of a summer love, and how an un-named song by country music artist Tim McGraw (identified later on as "Can't Tell Me Nothin" from his Live Like You Were Dying album brings back memories of that love.

Taylor Swift - Tim McGraw Lyrics

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 gettin' stuck,
On backroads at night.
An' I was right there beside him all summer long,
An' 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,
An' my old faded blue jeans.
When you think Tim McGraw,
I hope you think of me

September saw a month of tears,
An' thankin' 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,
An' lookin' 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,
An' my old faded blue jeans.
When you think "Tim McGraw",
I hope you think of me

And I'm back for the first time since then,
I'm standin' on your street.
An' there's a letter left on your doorstep,
An' the first thing that you'll read

Is, "When you think "Tim McGraw",
I hope you think my favorite song
Some day you'll turn your 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,
An' my old faded blue jeans
When you think "Tim McGraw",
I hope you think of me
Oh, think of me,
Mmmm

You said the way my blue eyes shined,
Put those Georgia stars to shame that night
I said, "That's a lie"