The Lucky One

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

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 oh

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 oh

Yeah they'll tell you now

You're the lucky one

Yeah they'll tell you now

You're the lucky one

Let me tell you now

You're the lucky one oh oh oh

Oh whoa oh oh