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Father Figure Lyrics
by  Taylor Swift


Taylor Swift - Father Figure Lyrics
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When I found you, you were young
Wayward, lost in the cold
Pulled up to you in the Jag
Turned your rags into gold
The winding road leads to the chateau
"You remind me of a younger me"
I saw potential
I'll be your father figure
I drink that brown liquor
I can make deals with the devil
Because my dick's bigger
This love is pure profit
Just step into my office
I dry your tears with my sleeve
Leave it with me
I protect the family
Leave it with me
I protect the family
I pay the check before it kisses the mahogany grain
Said, "They want to see you rise
They don't want you to reign"
I showed you all the tricks of the trade
All I ask for is your loyalty
My dear protege
I'll be your father figure
I drink that brown liquor
I can make deals with the devil
Because my dick's bigger
This love is pure profit
Just step into my office
They'll know your name in the streets
Leave it with me
I protect the family
I saw a change in you (saw a change, I saw a change)
My dear boy
They don't make loyalty like they used to (like they used to)
Your thoughtless ambition sparked the ignition
On foolish decisions which led to misguided visions
That to fulfill your dreams
You had to get ride of me
I protect the family
I was your father figure
We drank that brown liquor
You made a deal with this devil
Turns out my dick's bigger
You want a fight, you found it
I got the place surrounded
You'll be sleeping with the fishes before you know you're drowning
Whose portrait's on the mantle?
Who covered up your scandals?
Mistake my kindness for weakness
And find your card cancelled
I was your father figure
You pulled the wrong trigger
This empire belongs to me
Leave it with me
I protect the family
Leave it with me
I protect the family
Leave it with me
"You know, you remind me of a younger me"
I saw potential
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When I found you, you were young
Wayward, lost in the cold
Pulled up to you in the Jag
Turned your rags into gold
The winding road leads to the chateau
"You remind me of a younger me"
I saw potential
I'll be your father figure
I drink that brown liquor
I can make deals with the devil
Because my dick's bigger
This love is pure profit
Just step into my office
I dry your tears with my sleeve
Leave it with me
I protect the family
Leave it with me
I protect the family
I pay the check before it kisses the mahogany grain
Said, "They want to see you rise
They don't want you to reign"
I showed you all the tricks of the trade
All I ask for is your loyalty
My dear protege
I'll be your father figure
I drink that brown liquor
I can make deals with the devil
Because my dick's bigger
This love is pure profit
Just step into my office
They'll know your name in the streets
Leave it with me
I protect the family
I saw a change in you (saw a change, I saw a change)
My dear boy
They don't make loyalty like they used to (like they used to)
Your thoughtless ambition sparked the ignition
On foolish decisions which led to misguided visions
That to fulfill your dreams
You had to get ride of me
I protect the family
I was your father figure
We drank that brown liquor
You made a deal with this devil
Turns out my dick's bigger
You want a fight, you found it
I got the place surrounded
You'll be sleeping with the fishes before you know you're drowning
Whose portrait's on the mantle?
Who covered up your scandals?
Mistake my kindness for weakness
And find your card cancelled
I was your father figure
You pulled the wrong trigger
This empire belongs to me
Leave it with me
I protect the family
Leave it with me
I protect the family
Leave it with me
"You know, you remind me of a younger me"
I saw potential
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Writer: Taylor Swift, Karl Martin Sandberg, Karl Johan Schuster, George Michael
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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The fourth track, "Father Figure", interpolates English singer-songwriter George Michael's 1987 single of the same name.

The late Michaels' estate issued a statement on Swift's recording on Thursday (Oct. 2), hours before the official release of Showgirl.

"We were delighted when Taylor Swift and her team approached us earlier this year about incorporating an interpolation of George Michael's classic song Father Figure into a brand new song of the same title to be featured on her forthcoming album," George Michael Entertainment said in a note posted on Michael's social media accounts. "When we heard the track we had no hesitation in agreeing to this association between two great artists and we know George would have felt the same. George Michael Entertainment wishes Taylor every success with The Life of a Showgirl and Father Figure."

Michael's "Father Figure" held steady for two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988; it was one of four No. 1 smashes from Faith, his 1987 solo debut LP. (The other three No. 1s from Faith: title track "Faith," "One More Try" and "Monkey.")"'Father Figure' is just a very specific experience that I wrote about," Michael, who passed away in 2016, once said of the song's origin. "I think there's a definite pattern in people's lives where they move away from their parents and then they look for that replacement. It's always talked about in terms of boys kind of being discarded, in terms of their mothers, and then finding a replacement. But you don't necessarily always hear about that with women, although I'm sure it's just as much the case, that women in a sense look for a father. Not necessarily a father, but they look for that replacement."

In 1989, "Father Figure" earned Michael a nomination for a Grammy in the best pop vocal performance category, and parent album Faith won album of the year - and Swift was born.

The year of 1989 would later became the title of Swift's fifth album - her '80s pop-influenced, Billboard 200 chart topper from 2014 that, like The Life of a Showgirl, features production by Max Martin and Shellback.

Swift's The Life of a Showgirl, available at midnight ET on Friday, Oct. 3, marks her 12th full-length studio album. "Father Figure" is among 12 tracks on the set, which is led by opener "The Fate of Ophelia."
-billboard.com
Performed By: Taylor Swift
From Album: The Life of a Showgirl
Genre(s): Pop, soft rock
Language: English
Length: 3:30
Written by: Taylor Swift, Karl Martin Sandberg, Karl Johan Schuster, George Michael
Released: October 3rd, 2025
Year: 2025
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