The Girl I Know By Heart
Me at 17, Nashville, TN. Recently, by accident (or by the intention of an algorithm), I caught a YouTube performance Taylor Swift did on British TV a long time ago of her song “Fifteen.” Standing there in tiny yellow mini-dress with a sparkly headband, like an oracle of teenage-life, Swift helped me find a way to talk with you about a song I wrote a few years ago – a song about a friend from middle school. It’s song from the never-released Jeni demo archives and I’m glad to have the special world of Substack where I can share it with you (before it ends up on my Platinum album . . . ha, not really, but maybe?!). In “Fifteen,” Swift writes: When all you wanted Was to be wanted Wish you could go back And tell yourself what you know now . . . 'Cause when you're fifteen And somebody tells you they love you You're gonna believe them And when you're fifteen Don't forget to look before you fall But I've found time can heal most anything And you just might find who y...
