The song recalls a summer romance from the singer's youth, when she and her lover got matching tattoos and thought their bond would last forever. However, they eventually grew apart and lost contact. The singer reflects on how she regrets not expressing how much he truly meant to her, and wishes she could turn back time to make him stay so she wouldn't have to say he was "the one that got away."
The song recalls a summer romance from the singer's youth, when she and her lover got matching tattoos and thought their bond would last forever. However, they eventually grew apart and lost contact. The singer reflects on how she regrets not expressing how much he truly meant to her, and wishes she could turn back time to make him stay so she wouldn't have to say he was "the one that got away."
The song recalls a summer romance from the singer's youth, when she and her lover got matching tattoos and thought their bond would last forever. However, they eventually grew apart and lost contact. The singer reflects on how she regrets not expressing how much he truly meant to her, and wishes she could turn back time to make him stay so she wouldn't have to say he was "the one that got away."
We make-out in your Mustang to Radiohead And on my eighteenth (1) _________, we got matching tattoos Used to steal your parents liquor and climb to the roof Talk about our future like we had a clue Never planned that one day I'd be losing you In another life, I would be your (2)_________ We keep all our promises, be us against the world In another life, I would make you stay So I don't have to say you were the one that got away The one that got away I was June and you were my Johnny Cash Never one without the other, we made a pact Sometimes when I miss you, I put those records on, whoa Someone said you had your tattoo (3) ________ Saw you downtown, singing the blues It's time to face the music, I'm no longer your muse In another life, I would be your girl We keep all our promises, be us (4) ________ the world In another life, I would make you stay So I don't have to say you were the one that got away The one that got away The one, the one, the one The one that got away All this money can't buy me a time machine, no Can't replace you with a million rings, no I should'a told you what you meant to me, whoa Cause now I pay the price In another life, I would be your girl We keep all our (5) _________, be us against the world In another life, I would make you stay So I don't have to say you were the one that got away The one that got away The one (the one) The one (the one) The one (the one) In another life, I would make you stay So I don't have to say you were the one that got away The one that got away