She rolled in, my little sandy town She spent the summer there, a couple houses down Well, there was magic in the air when she caught my eye We shared three short months and one long goodbye She was the one that got away, the one that wrecked my heart I should've never let her go, I should've begged her to stay She was the one that got away, yeah, the one that got away Well, she kissed my lip down on Ocean Drive She set my world on fire on the 4th of July We wrote our names in the sand, under the star-struck sky But it washed away like she did with the rising tide She was the one that got away, the one that wrecked my heart I should've never let her go, I should've begged her to stay She was the one that got away, yeah, every summer rolls around I'm looking over my shoulder, wishing I could see her face, wishing I could hold her She was the one that got away, the one that wrecked my heart I should've never let her go, I should've begged her to stay She was the one that got away, yeah She was the one that got away, yeah, she wrecked my heart I should've never let her go, I should've begged her to stay She was the one that got away, yeah, she was the one that got away She rolled in, my little sandy town She spent the summer there, a couple houses down