标题：mary's song
创作背景
Taylor说：
"I wrote this song about a couple who lived next door to us.
这首歌写的是一对住我家隔壁的老夫妻的故事.
They'd been married forever and they came over one night for dinner, and were just so cute.
他们结婚了好久了,有一天晚上他们来我家吃晚饭,他们真的很可爱.
They were talking about how they fell in love and got married, and how they met when they were just little kids.
他们聊起了他们是怎样相爱并走进婚姻殿堂的,也将了他们在孩提时是怎样认识的.
I thought it was so sweet, because you can go to the grocery store and read the tabloids, and see who's breaking up and cheating on each other (or just listen to some of my songs, haha).
我觉得那真的很甜蜜,因为现在这年头,你随便进入一间杂货店,翻翻那些小报,都可以看到上面报道的都是什么谁和谁分手了,谁背叛了谁之类的东西(或者说,随便听一下我的歌,你听到的也是这些东西)
But it was really comforting to know that all I had to do was go home and look next door to see a perfect example of forever."
但是,(每当我看到这些故事,让我对爱情产生不信任感时),我所需要做的就是回家,看一看隔壁的那对相伴一生的老夫妻,我就会感到很安慰.
Mary's Song这首歌整首都是叙述，讲了Taylor的一个邻居老太太的回忆，
一开头就是she said:i was seven and you were nine.
女孩与邻居家的男孩在7岁时相识，青梅竹马，两小无猜。
爸爸们总是取笑他们，说等长大后他们就会在一起，而妈妈们听着都笑了。
打打闹闹地，他们慢慢地长大了。
女孩16岁时，男孩忽然发现，这已经不是当年那个小女孩了，他们相爱了。
爸爸们还是取笑他们有一天会在一起，妈妈们听着还是笑了。
他们不敢相信，原来孩子已经长大了，他们真的相爱了。
吵吵闹闹地，他们的感情慢慢地坚定了。
很多年过去了，终于有一天，男孩向女孩单膝下跪，请她嫁给他。
婚礼时，整个小镇的人来了，妈妈们都哭了，看着她们已经长大的孩子，说出那句：我愿意。
他带着她回到家，那个当年他们相识的地方，在那里生儿育女，慢慢变老。
而现在：i'll be eighty-seven; you'll be eighty-nine
即使80年过去了，对于老太太来说，丈夫对她来说依然像当年一样，未曾变改。
Mary's Song就是一个故事，没有什么抒情，似是平平淡淡地讲了一个故事，但是平淡中却让人感动不已。
Taylor的歌喜欢首尾呼应，这首歌也不例外，像开头，中间，结尾都出现了这个
I was seven and you were nine
I looked at you like the stars that shined in the sky
The pretty lights
I was sixteen when suddenly
I wasn't that little girl you used to see
But your eyes still shined like pretty lights
I'll be eighty-seven and you'll be eighty-nine
I'll still look at you like the stars that shine
in the sky oh my my my
从7岁到87岁，我看着你，你依然如天上的星星般美好。
执子之手，与子偕老就是如此。
歌词
She said, I was seven and you were nine
I looked at you like the stars that shined
她说 我七岁 你九岁
In the sky, the pretty lights
我看着你就像在天上一闪一闪的星星
And our daddies used to joke about the two of us
我们的爸爸过去常常笑话我们两个
Growing up and falling in love and our mamas smiled
我们长大成人了 并坠入了爱河，我们的妈妈笑了
And rolled their eyes and said oh my my my
她们都不相信 说着 哦 天啊
Take me back to the house in the backyard tree
我回想起了那间房子和后院的那颗树
Said you'd beat me up, you were bigger than me
你说你可以打我 你比我大
You never did, you never did
但你从来不这么做 从来都不这么做
Take me back when our world was one block wide
我回想起了当我们的世界只有一步之遥的时候
I dared you to kiss me and ran when you tried
我怕你亲我所以当你想这么做的时候我就跑开了
Just two kids, you and I...
你和我 只是两个小孩子
Oh my my my my
哦 天啊
Well, I was sixteen when suddenly
突然之间我就十六岁了
I wasn't that little girl you used to see
我已经不是你过去看到的那个小女孩了
But your eyes still shined like pretty lights
但你的双眼仍然像漂亮的光一样闪烁
And our daddies used to joke about the two of us
我们的爸爸们过去常常开我们俩的玩笑
They never believed we'd really fall in love
他们从不相信我们真的会坠入爱河
And our mamas smiled and rolled their eyes
我们俩的妈妈笑了 觉得难以置信
And said oh my my my...... 
说着 哦 天啊
Take me back to the creek beds we turned up
我想起了那个以前我们去的河床
Two A.M. riding in your truck and all I need is you next to me
凌晨两点坐在你的卡车里 我所需要的就是你在我身旁
Take me back to the time we had our very first fight
使我回忆起了我们第一次吵架的那个时候
The slamming of doors instead of kissing goodnight
砰的关上门而不是亲吻道晚安
You stayed outside till the morning light
你一直呆在外面直到早上
Oh my my my my
哦 天啊
A few years had gone and come around
过了很多年 我们再次回来了
We were sitting at our favorite spot in town
我们又坐在了镇里我们最喜欢的地方
And you looked at me, got down on one knee
你看着我 单腿跪下
Take me back to the time when we walked down the aisle
这使我回忆起了我们走在教堂的走廊上
Our whole town came and our mamas cried
们镇里人们都来了 我们俩的妈妈都哭了
You said I do and I did too
你说 我愿意 我也说了 我愿意
Take me home where we met so many years before
我回想起了很多年前我们相遇的地方
We'll rock our babies on that very front porch
我们将在那个前廊摇着我们的宝宝
After all this time, you and I
在这以后 你和我
I'll be eighty-seven; you'll be eighty-nine
到那时我就八十七了 你也八十九了
I'll still look at you like the stars that shine
我依然会就像在天上一闪一闪的星星那样看着你
In the sky, oh my my my...
哦 天啊