Picture To Burn

Album: Taylor Swift (2006)
Charted: 28
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  • State the obvious, I didn't get my perfect fantasy
    I realize you love yourself more than you could ever love me
    So go and tell your friends that I'm obsessive and crazy
    That's fine, you won't mind if I say
    By the way

    I hate that stupid old pickup truck you never let me drive
    You're a redneck heartbreak who's really bad at lying
    So watch me strike a match on all my wasted time
    As far as I'm concerned, you're just another picture to burn

    There's no time for tears
    I'm just sitting here planning my revenge
    There's nothing stopping me
    From going out with all of your best friends
    And if you come around saying sorry to me
    My daddy's gonna show you how sorry you'll be

    'Cause I hate that stupid old pickup truck you never let me drive
    You're a redneck heartbreak who's really bad at lying
    So watch me strike a match on all my wasted time
    As far as I'm concerned, you're just another picture to burn

    And if you're missing me, you'd better keep it to yourself
    'Cause coming back around here would be bad for your health

    'Cause I hate that stupid old pickup truck you never let me drive
    You're a redneck heartbreak who's really bad at lying
    So watch me strike a match on all my wasted time
    In case you haven't heard, I really, really hate that
    Stupid old pickup truck you never let me drive
    You're a redneck heartbreak who's really bad at lying
    So watch me strike a match on all my wasted time
    As far as I'm concerned, you're just another picture to burn

    Burn, burn, burn, baby, burn
    Just another picture to burn
    Baby, burn Writer/s: Elisabeth Wagner Rose, Taylor Alison Swift
    Publisher: Anthem Entertainment, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 17

  • A Swiftie from Nashville TennesseLove this song! Really let's you get out al the feelings about a guy (or girl) who just wasn't worth it. Go you Taylor!
    Love love love
  • AnonymousLoooooove this song so much! There was so much I thought I knew about old Taylor, but nope!
  • Peter from Coventry, United KingdomI play this song when I get dumped.
  • Simmi from Baton Rouge, LaThis song reminds me of a book character, yes a book character. Finnick Odair from Catching Fire.
  • Ronny from London, United Kingdomthis song did actually inspire me to tell everyone that my ex boyfriend is possibly gay :) cheers taylor :) <3 x
  • Ronny from London, United Kingdomthis song it utterly amazing! i blasted it so load and sang away to myself when my ex finished with me. just thinking F*** youu, your just another picture to burn. makes me think...." theres gonna be another one next, better than him" and well i was right, there was.
  • Breanna from Henderson, NvThis is an awesome song! It's about as honest as you can get which is a pleasant change.
  • Emily from Around Chicago, IlIn the clean version of the cd it says "Go and tell your friends that I'm obsessive and crazy, that's fine you won't mind if I say..."
    I like the other words better :)
  • Lizzie from Fairfax, VaI love this song! A boy broke my heart early in the summer of 2008. He was totally the "oh don't you just love me I'm so handsome and special and you're not" type. At the end of summer he apologized and said "you can stop hating me now" even though one of the things he'd done was try to turn me against my best friend. I started playing this song, and he got the message- and ran.
  • Makayla from Louisville, Kyi love this song i would totally do what you did in the music video
  • Jake from Groveland, FlMy girlfriend and I dated for 13 months, and I played this song for her and told her the lyrics by memory the day after. It's a great breakup song, as strange as that sounds.
  • D from Virginia, Uruguayi like that part where she says
    Go and tell your friends that I'm obsessive and crazy, that's fine; I'll tell mine you're gay."
  • Jenn from Buffalo, NyHow can anybody not like Taylor Swift? Honestly?
  • Stephanie from Nashville, Tni love this song.
    it describes my last relationship.
    taylor swift is so good!
  • Amber from Anchorage, Aki absolutely love this song. i was listening to it one time with my friend and i was like omg! cuz pretty much every single thing she said was just like what my friend was going thru with this guy, who she wasnt dating either. but now i think about it for me, with a guy that i almost dated almost a year ago now.
  • Bethanii from Okc, Okloveee this song!
    gahh. i hate guys like that dont u?? i get so sick of them being so oh im so gorgeous dont u just want to love me?
    gahhh grow up! get over urself. srsly u rnt THAT pretty. :] stupid boys.
  • Claire from Fresno, Cai don't like this girl but this song is good because it reminds me of "smile" by lily allen, which is a good song
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