A Perfectly Good Heart Lyrics

[Chorus]
Why would you wanna break
A perfectly good heart?
Why would you wanna take
Our love and tear it all apart now?
Why would you wanna make
The very first scar?
Why would you wanna break
A perfectly good heart?

[Verse]
Maybe I should've seen the signs
Should've read the writing on the wall
And realized by the distance in your eyes
That I would be the one to fall


[Pre-Chorus]
No matter what you say
I still can't believe that you would walk away
It don't make sense to me, but

[Chorus]
Why would you wanna break
A perfectly good heart?
Why would you wanna take
Our love and tear it all apart now?
Why would you wanna make
The very first scar?
Why would you wanna break
A perfectly good heart?
[Bridge]
It's not unbroken anymore (It's not unbroken anymore)
How do I get it back the way it was before?


[Chorus]
Why would you wanna break
A perfectly good heart?
Why would you wanna take
Our love and tear it all apart now?
Why would you wanna make
The very first scar?
Why would you wanna break—
(Why) Would you wanna break it?

[Chorus]
Why would you wanna break
A perfectly good heart?
Why would you wanna take
Our love and tear it all apart now?
Why would you wanna make
The very first scar?
Why would you wanna break
A perfectly good heart?

[Post-Chorus]
Mmm-hmm

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Genius Annotation

“Perfectly Good Heart” is one of Taylor Swift’s first breakup songs. In it, she describes her very first experience with heartbreak, yet also hints there are more to come in her future.

It appears as the fourteenth track on her eponymous debut, and is only available on the deluxe edition.

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Is there an official karaoke version of the song?
Genius Answer

A karaoke version of the song, with background vocals, had an official release on August 15, 2018:

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