The Lucky One

Album: Red (2012)
Charted: 84
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  • New to town with a made up name
    In the Angel city, chasing fortune and fame
    And the camera flashes, make it look like a dream
    You had it figured out since you were in school
    Everybody loves pretty, everybody loves cool
    So overnight you look like a sixties' queen

    Another name goes up in lights
    Like diamonds in the sky

    And they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one
    Yeah, they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one
    But can you tell me now, you're the lucky one, oh, oh, oooh

    Now it's big black cars, and Riviera views
    And your lover in the foyer doesn't even know you
    And your secrets end up splashed on the news front page

    And they tell you that you're lucky
    But you're so confused
    'Cause you don't feel pretty
    You just feel used
    And all the young things line up to take your place

    Another name goes up in lights
    You wonder if you'll make it out alive

    And they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one
    Yeah, they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one
    Can you tell me now, you're the lucky one
    Oh, oh, ooh
    Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
    Oh, oh, oh-oh
    Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, ooh, oh-oh-ooh

    It was a few years later
    I showed up here
    And they still tell the legend of how you disappeared
    How you took the money and your dignity, and got the hell out
    They say you bought a bunch of land somewhere
    Chose the Rose Garden over Madison Square
    And it took some time, but I understand it now

    'Cause now my name is up in lights
    But I think you got it right

    Let me tell you now, you're the lucky one
    Let me tell you now, you're the lucky one
    Let me tell you now, you're the lucky one, oh, oh, oooh

    Yeah they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one
    Yeah, they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one
    And they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one, oh, oh, oh
    Oh, oh-uh, oh, oh Writer/s: Taylor Alison Swift
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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