Better Man

Canción de Taylor Swift

"**Better Man**" (en español: "**Hombre mejor**") es una canción escrita por Taylor Swift durante sus sesiones de escritura para su cuarto álbum *Red* (2012), pero fue descartada por razones desconocidas.

## Versión de Little Big Town

En octubre de 2016, el grupo de música country Little Big Town lanzó la canción como el sencillo principal de su álbum *The Breaker*. Una fuente desconocida le reportó a *Us Weekly* que Swift le envió la canción al grupo en julio de 2016. Según la miembro del grupo Karen Fairchild, Swift pensó en Little Big Town por sus armonías, entonces le envió la canción a ellos. Esta versión de la canción cuenta con un video musical dirigido por Becky Fluke y Reid Long.

La canción también recibió críticas positivas de los críticos profesionales, con Taste of Country posicionándola en el número 42 de las mejores canciones de la década de 2010. La canción también fue nominada a dos Premios Grammy en 2018, en las categorías de Mejor Canción Country y Mejor Performance de Dúo/Grupo Country, ganando este último.

## Better Man (Taylor's Version)

Swift regrabó "Better Man", subtitulado "(Taylor's Version)", para su segundo álbum regrabado, *Red (Taylor's Version)*, lanzado el 12 de noviembre de 2021 a través de Republic Records. La regrabación de "Better Man" presenta una guitarra lap steel y la London Contemporary Orchestra, arreglada por Bryce Dessner.

## Presentaciones en vivo

Taylor Swift interpretó "Better Man" en Club Nomadic en Houston como parte del especial de DirecTV, *Super Saturday Night* el 4 de febrero de 2017. También lo interpretó el 31 de marzo de 2018 en el Bluebird Café en Nashville, Tennessee, y el 25 de agosto de 2018 en su parada del Reputation Stadium Tour en el Nissan Stadium de Nashville. El 12 de octubre de 2021, la demo original de Taylor para "Better Man" se filtró ampliamente en línea.

## Letra

I know I'm probably better off on my own

Than lovin’ a man who didn't know what he had when he had it

And I see the permanent damage you did to me

Never again, I just wish I could forget when it was magic

I wish it wasn't 4 AM, standing in the mirror

Saying to myself, "You know you had to do it"

I know the bravest thing I ever did was run

Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again

But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man

And I know why we had to say goodbye like the back of my hand

But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man

A better man

I know I’m probably better off all alone

Than needing a man who could change his mind

At any given minute

And it was always on your terms

I waited on every careless word

Hoping they might turn sweet again

Like it was in the beginning

But your jealousy, oh, I can hear it now

Talking down to me like I'd always be around

Push my love away like it was some kind of loaded gun

Oh, you never thought I'd run

Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again

But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man

And I know why we had to say goodbye, like the back of my hand

But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man

A better man

I hold onto this pride because these days it's all I have

And I gave to you my best and we both know you can't say that

I wish you were a better man

I wonder what we would've become

If you were a better man

We might still be in love

If you were a better man

You would've been the one

If you were a better man

Yeah, yeah

Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again

But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man

And I know why we had to say goodbye, like the back of my hand

But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man

A better man

(Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again)

We might still be in love, if you were a better man

(But I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man)

Yeah, yeah

I know why we had to say goodbye like the back of my hand

But I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man

A better man

We might still be in love

If you were a better man

You would've been the one

If you were a better man