A Place In This World
Taylor Swift (2006)
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Background and Release
During Taylor’s first year of her career, the TV station GAC filmed a documentary on Taylor and her teenage life for its series “GAC Shortcuts”. Taylor’s episode was called “Taylor Swift: A Place In This World.” A live recording of the song was released on the EP iTunes Live from SoHo (2007).
Lyrical Theme
«It was tough trying to find out how I was going to get where I wanted to go. I knew where I wanted to be, but I just didn’t know how to get there. I’m really happy this is on the album, because I feel like I finally figured it out.»
Taylor Swift
Live Performances
«I really haven't played this song in forever. And I figured since I'm back in Pennsylvania, I wanna play something that I wrote when I was still living here. There are so many people in the crowd tonight who are so young, you weren't even born when I wrote the song. It's a song that I wrote when I was living in Pennsylvania and I was travelling back and forth to Nashville with my mom. And I'd go there to write songs, or try to figure out how I was ever gonna get to do this. But we were trying, every way we could. My mom would pull over in front of a record label with our rental car, and I'd knock on the door of the record label and say, 'Hi, I'm Taylor, here's my demo CD. I'm thirteen.' And this is a song about not knowing if it was ever gonna work out.»
Taylor Swift
During the closing night of “The Eras Tour” on December 8, 2024, in Vancouver, Taylor picked “A Place In This World” as one of the surprise songs and paired it with “New Romantics” (2014). Introducing the last ever acoustic section of the historic tour, she said: “Because we had so long to prepare for the end of this tour, I was trying to think about what songs really encapsulate how I feel about tonight. So, I decided to go back to the beginning.”
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I don’t know what I want, so don’t ask me
‘Cause I’m still trying to figure it out
Don’t know what’s down this road, I’m just walking
Trying to see through the rain coming down
Even though I’m not the only one
Who feels the way I do…
[Chorus]
I’m alone, on my own, and that’s all I know
I’ll be strong, I’ll be wrong, oh but life goes on
Oh, I’m just a girl trying to find a place in
This world
[Verse 2]
Got the radio on, my old blue jeans
And I’m wearing my heart on my sleeve
Feeling lucky today, got the sunshine
Could you tell me what more do I need
And tomorrow’s just a mystery, oh yeah
But that’s ok
[Chorus]
I’m alone, on my own, and that’s all I know
I’ll be strong, I’ll be wrong, oh but life goes on
Oh, I’m just a girl trying to find a place in
This world
[Bridge]
Maybe I’m just a girl on a mission
But I’m ready to fly…
[Final Chorus]
I’m alone, on my own, and that’s all I know
Oh, I’ll be strong, I’ll be wrong, oh but life goes on
Oh, I’m alone, on my own, and that’s all I know
Oh, I’m just a girl trying to find a place in
This world
[Outro]
Oh, I’m just a girl
Oh, I’m just a girl, oh oh
Oh, I’m just a girl
Artist | Taylor Swift | |||
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Album | Taylor Swift | |||
Released | October 24, 2006 | |||
Recorded | 2006 | |||
Written | November 2003 | |||
Studios | Castles Studios-A (Nashville) Sound Cottage (Nashville) | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:22 | |||
Label | Big Machine Records | |||
Songwriters | Taylor Swift Robert Ellis Orrall Angelo Petraglia | |||
Producer | Nathan Chapman | |||
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