Sweet Tea and God's Graces
Unreleased | 2004
Table of Contents
Background and Lyrical Theme
“Sweet Tea and God’s Graces” describes a summer love, with honeysuckle blowing gently in the wind. Taylor reminisces about that time, describing images of Wilson County creek in North Carolina and lying in the grass watching the clouds drift by. As the seasons changed, the relationship ended. “You can crash and burn and come back someone new” shows that we can learn from the falls and breaks and emerge stronger.
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Tire swings, summer dreams
Honeysuckle on the breeze
Wilson County creek
Laying in the green grass
I was watching clouds pass
Baby, you were watching me
Cold barns, truck beds
Everything you said
Slowly educating me
I never had a lesson so sweet
[Chorus]
You can get high on a first kiss
You can get by with sweet tea and God’s graces
You can love like a sinner and lose like a winner
Nothing’s shatterproof
You can crash and burn and come back someone new
And that’s what I learned from you
[Verse 2]
Autumn rain, window pane
Looking how the leaves change
Just like the two of us
Still got your laugh, your ghost, your jacket
Guess I loved you way too much
But I’m a little smarter
My heart’s a little harder
But it’s still soft enough to cry
Cause I remember those times
I remember
[Chorus]
You can get high on a first kiss
You can get by with sweet tea and God’s graces
You can love like a sinner and lose like a winner
Nothing’s shatterproof
You can crash and burn and come back someone new
And that’s what I learned from you
[Bridge]
Saw you just the other day
All that I could think to say was
“Hey, how have you been?”
You caught me with that old smile
Said, “It’s really been a while
And I still think about back when”
[Final Chorus]
We used to get high on the first kiss
We could get by with sweet tea and Jesus
And you can love like a sinner and lose like a winner
Nothing’s shatterproof
You can crash and burn and now I’m someone new
And that’s what I learned from you
[Outro]
Oh, that’s what I learned from you
That’s what I learned from you, oh you
Oh, that’s what I learned from you
Oh, yeah
| Status | Unreleased |
|---|---|
| Leaked | 2004 |
| Written | 2004-2005 |
| Genre | Country |
| Length | 3:35 |
| Songwriters | Taylor Swift Brian Maher Liz Rose |