"How You Get The Girl" is the tenth track from the standard edition of American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift's fifth studio album, 1989, released on October 27, 2014, through Big Machine Records. It is also the tenth track from Swift's fourth re-recorded album, 1989 (Taylor's Version), released on October 27, 2023, through Republic Records.
Hidden message[]
Hidden message: Then one day, he came back.
Lyrics[]
[Intro]
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh
[Verse 1]
Stand there like a ghost
Shaking from the rain, rain
She'll open up the door and say, "Are you insane?"
Say it's been a long six months
And you were too afraid to tell her what you want, want
[Pre-Chorus]
And that's how it works
That's how you get the girl
And, then, you say
[Chorus]
I want you, for worse or for better
I would wait forever and ever
Broke your heart, I'll put it back together
I would wait forever and ever
And that's how it works
That's how you get the girl, girl (Oh-oh, oh)
And that's how it works
That's how you get the girl, girl
[Verse 2]
Remind her how it used to be, be, yeah-yeah
With pictures in frames of kisses on cheeks, cheeks
Tell her how you must have lost your mind, ooh-ooh
When you left her all alone
And never told her why, why
[Pre-Chorus]
And that's how it works
That's how you lost the girl
And now, you say
[Chorus]
I want you, for worse or for better
I would wait forever and ever (Ever and ever)
Broke your heart, I'll put it back together
I would wait forever and ever
And that's how it works
That's how you get the girl, girl (Oh-oh, oh-oh)
And that's how it works
That's how you get the girl, girl
Yeah, yeah
[Bridge]
And you know
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
That I don't want you to go, oh, oh
[Breakdown]
Remind me how it used to be
Pictures in frames of kisses on cheeks
And say you want me, yeah-yeah
And, then, you say
[Chorus]
I want you, for worse or for better (Worse or for better)
I would wait forever and ever (Ever and ever)
Broke your heart, I'll put it back together
I want you forever and ever (I would wait forever and ever)
And that's how it works
That's how you get the girl, girl (This is how it works)
And that's how it works
That's how you get the girl, girl (Get the girl)
(That's how it works) And that's how it works
That's how you get the girl, girl
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
And that's how it works
That's how you get the girl, girl
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
[Outro]
And that's how it works
That's how you got the girl
Taymoji pack[]
 Share the love.  As long as it’s not Friday, I think we’re good.  BOO!  What did I tell you? Good as new!  Hurry up! I’m timing you.  I would wait forever and ever.  Love is knocking at the door.  Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered.  Box |
Live performances[]
Swift performed "How You Get The Girl" from May 5, 2015, in Tokyo, Japan, to December 12, 2015, in Melbourne, Australia, on The 1989 World Tour, as the sixth song on the setlist.[2] The song was also performed as a surprise song on the Reputation Stadium Tour in Dublin, Ireland, on June 16, 2018. The song was performed as a surprise song on The Eras Tour in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 30, 2023. It was performed as an Eras Tour surprise song a second time on February 23, 2024, in Sydney, Australia. The first surprise song for The Eras Tour show on May 19, 2024, in Stockholm, Sweden, was the "Max Martin medley", a mashup of "How You Get The Girl" alongside "Message In A Bottle" and "New Romantics".
References[]
| 1989 | ||
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| "Welcome To New York" • "Blank Space" • "Style" • "Out Of The Woods" • "All You Had To Do Was Stay" • "Shake It Off" • "I Wish You Would" • "Bad Blood" • "Wildest Dreams" • "How You Get The Girl" • "This Love" • "I Know Places" • "Clean" | ||
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