[Intro: We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together]
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[Chorus 1: We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together]
We are never, ever, ever getting back together
We are never, ever, ever getting back together
You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me
But we are never, ever, ever, ever getting back together

[Post-Chorus: We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together]
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[Transition: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things & We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together]
Oh, and here's to my real friends
Oh, and here's to my baby
They didn't care about the he-said-she-said
We are never, ever, ever, ever getting back together
[Verse 1: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things]
It was so nice throwing big parties
Jump into the pool from the balcony
Everyone swimming in a champagne sea
And there are no rules when you show up here
Bass beat rattling the chandelier
Feeling so Gatsby for that whole year

[Pre-Chorus 1: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things]
So why'd you have to rain on my parade?
I'm shaking my head and locking the gates

[Chorus 2: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things]
This is why we can't have nice things, darling
Because you break them
I had to take them away
This is why we can't have nice things, honey
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
This is why we can't have nice things

[Verse 2: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things]
It was so nice being friends again
There I was, giving you a second chance
But then you stabbed in the back while shaking my hand
And therein lies the issue
Friends don't try to trick you
Get you on the phone and mind-twist you
And so I took an axe to a mended fence
[Pre-Chorus 2: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things]
But I'm not the only friend you've lost lately
If only you weren't so shady

[Bridge: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things]
Here's a toast to my real friends
They don't care about the he-said-she-said
And here's to my baby
He ain't reading what they call me lately
And here's to my momma
Had to listen to all this drama
And here's to you
'Cause forgiveness is a nice thing to do
Haha, I can't even say it with a straight face

[Chorus 2: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things]
This is why we can't have nice things, darling (Darling)
Because you break them
I had to take them away
This is why we can't have nice things, honey
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
This is why we can't have nice things, darling (And here's to my real friends)
Because you break them
I had to take them away (And here's to my baby)
This is why we can't have nice things, darling (He didn't care about that he-said-she-said)
Did you think I wouldn't hear all the things you said about me?
This is why we can't have nice things