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“London Boy” is most likely an ode to Swift’s boyfriend as of the song’s release, British actor Joe Alwyn. Other songs on the album, including the title track, are assumed to be about their relationship.
Having mostly escaped the public eye during her relationship with Alwyn, Swift finally shares some of the most memorable experiences she’s enjoyed.
This track is notable for using an interpolation of the rhythm on Cautious Clay’s “Cold War,” making Clay only the second artist ever to be interpolated on one of Swift’s songs (after Right Said Fred on “Look What You Made Me Do”).
Lyrics
[Intro: Idris Elba & James Corden]
We can go driving in, on my scooter Uh, you know, just 'round London Oh, I'd...
[Verse 1]
I love my hometown as much as Motown, I love SoCal And you know I love Springsteen, faded blue jeans, Tennessee whiskey But something happened, I heard him laughing I saw the dimples first and then I heard the accent They say home is where the heart is But that's not where mine lives
[Chorus]
You know I love a London boy I enjoy walking Camden Market in the afternoon He likes my American smile, like a child when our eyes meet Darling, I fancy you Took me back to Highgate, met all of his best mates So I guess all the rumors are true You know I love a London boy Boy, I fancy you (Ooh)
[Verse 2]
And now I love high tea, stories from Uni, and the West End You can find me in the pub, we are watching rugby with his school friends Show me a gray sky, a rainy cab ride Babes, don't threaten me with a good time They say home is where the heart is But God, I love the English
[Chorus]
You know I love a London boy, I enjoy nights in Brixton Shoreditch in the afternoon He likes my American smile, like a child when our eyes meet Darling, I fancy you Took me back to Highgate, met all of his best mates So I guess all the rumors are true You know I love a London boy Boy, I fancy you
[Bridge]
So please show me Hackney Doesn't have to be Louis V up on Bond Street Just wanna be with you Wanna be with you Stick with me, I'm your queen Like a Tennessee Stella McCartney on the Heath Just wanna be with you (Wanna be with you) Wanna be with you (Oh)
[Chorus]
You know I love a London boy, I enjoy walking Soho Drinking in the afternoon (Yeah) He likes my American smile, like a child when our eyes meet Darling, I fancy you (You) Took me back to Highgate, met all of his best mates So I guess all the rumors are true (Yeah) You know I love a London boy (Oh) Boy (Oh), I fancy you (I fancy you, ooh)
[Outro]
So please show me Hackney Doesn't have to be Louis V up on Bond Street Just wanna be with you I, I, I fancy you Oh whoa, oh, I Stick with me, I'm your queen Like a Tennessee Stella McCartney on the Heath Just wanna be with you (Ooh) Wanna be with you I fancy you (Yeah), I fancy you Oh whoa, ah
