Taylor Swift Says Racy ‘Wood’ Lyrics Began in ‘Very Innocent Place’

Taylor Swift’s new song “Wood” has been making headlines for its spicy lyrics, but the pop star claims the track wasn’t originally meant to be so … forthright. “I brought this into the studio and I was like, ‘I wanna do sort of like a throwback kind of timeless-sounding song,’” Swift, 35, explained during her Monday, October 6, appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “And I had this idea about, ‘I ain’t gotta knock on wood,’ and I would knock on wood and it would be all these superstitions. And it really started out in a very innocent place.” The Grammy winner added, “I don’t kno