Taylor Swift Life of a Showgirl lyrics: The billionaire pop icon, Taylor Swift, has dropped her newest album ‘Life of a Showgirl’ and the fans cannot stop raving about it. From scanning through the tracks for the ‘Fate of Ophelia’ lyrics, Swifties couldn’t help but notice the Track Two ‘Elizabeth Taylor’. While this album might be new, her reference to the film icon is not.
In fact, Taylor Swift, as her signature move, placed a hidden reference to Elizabeth Taylor in the opening track of her album ‘Reputation’. The song ‘Ready For It?’ is an ode to Elizabeth Taylor’s unidentified relationship with Richard Burton in the lyric ‘Burton to my Taylor’. But seemingly so, it was just a starting point for Swift’s showgirl era.
Here is what the fans are saying about Taylor Swift’s ‘Life of a Showgirl’
Who is Elizabeth Taylor?
Elizabeth Taylor is one of the most celebrated Hollywood actor. Known for her beauty, talent, and turbulent personal life, she was always under the microscope of the media. The British-American actress began her film career as a child in the 1940s, much like Taylor did as a young teen star. Elizabeth Taylor achieved stardom in the 1950s and became the world’s highest-paid film actress by the 1960s. Taylor won two Academy Awards for Best Actress for “Butterfield 8” (1960) and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (1966).
Taylor also played the timeless Egyptian queen – Cleopatra, who met with a tumultuous fate. She shot to fame and broke all known records at the time. However, her personal life was seen as a topic of interest with eight known marriages. She married producer Richard Burton twice and is survived by four children.
While fans speculate whether Taylor Swift sees some part of herself in the Hollywood actress, others feel she is also a muse to her creations. However, the uncanny parallel between the scrutiny of Swift’s love life and fame is a reference to both her struggle and success.
Elizabeth Taylor full lyrics
The chorus asks, “Elizabeth Taylor, do you think it’s forever?” mirroring Taylor’s own quest for lasting love despite public scrutiny and failed relationships. However, now she is engaged to her jock boyfriend, Travis Kelce. Her overt ‘Portofino’ reference is to the place where Burton proposed to Elizabeth Taylor. The lyric “I’d cry my eyes violet” is a direct allusion to Taylor’s iconic eye colour, say fans on the Internet. The repetitive mention of “White Diamonds” references Taylor’s famed perfume line, symbolising wealth, glamour, and a legacy of love.
Elizabeth Taylor by Taylor Swift
Elizabeth Taylor Do you think it’s forever?
That view of Portofino was on my mind
When you called me at the Plaza Ateney
Ooh, oftentimes it doesn’t feel so glamorous to be me
All the right guys promised they’d stay
Under bright lights, they withered away
But you blew Portofino was on my mind
And I think you know why
And if your letters ever said goodbye
I’d Cry my eyes dry with Elizabeth Taylor
Tell me for real, do you think it’s forever?
You’re number one, but I never had two
And I can’t have fun if I can’t have
B-Y-M-Y
Hollywood hates me on it
As hot as your last hit, baby
You’ve been number one, but I never had two
And I can’t have fun if I can’t have
You… Hey, what could you possibly get for the girl
Who has everything and nothing all at once?
Babe, I would trade the Cartier for someone to trust
We hit the best booth at Musso & Frank’s
You say I’m bad news, I just say thanks
And you Look at me like you’re hypnotized
And I think you know why
And if you ever leave me high and dry
I Cry my eyes dry with Elizabeth Taylor
Tell me for real, do you think it’s forever?
You’re number one, but I never had two
And I can’t have fun if I can’t have
B-Y-M-Y Hollywood hates me on it
As hot as your last hit, baby
You’ve been number one, but I never had two
And I can’t have fun if I can’t have
You Elizabeth Taylor
Do you think it’s forever?
You can’t have
You All the white diamonds and lovers are forever
In the papers, on the screen, and in their minds
All the white diamonds and lovers are forever
Don’t you ever end up anything but mine
I Cry my eyes dry with Elizabeth Taylor
Tell me for real, do you think it’s forever?
You’re number one, but I never had two And I can’t have fun if I can’t have
B-Y-M-Y
Hollywood hates me on it
As hot as your last hit, baby
You’ve been number one, but I never had two
And I can’t have fun if I can’t have
You Elizabeth Taylor
Do you think it’s forever?
You can’t have
You On the screen, and in their minds
All the white diamonds and lovers are forever
Don’t you ever end up anything but mine Oh