Summer after high school, when we first met
We'd make out in your Mustang to Radiohead
And on my 18th birthday, we got matching tattoos
Used to steal your parents' liquor and climb to the roof
Talked 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 girl
We'd keep all the 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 John 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, oh
Some may say you've had your tattoo removed
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'd keep all the 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

The one
The one
The one
The one that got away