Summer after high school when we first met We'd make out in your Mustang to Radiohead On my 18th birthday we got matching tattoos Used to steal your parents' liquor and climb to the roof We'd talk about our future like we had a clue But I'd never been one to, I'd be losing you In another life, I would be your girl And we'd keep all our promises, the earth against the world In another life, I wouldn't make you say So I won't have to say a word, the one that got away Oh, the one that got away I was young 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 When someone said you had your tattoo removed Saw you downtown, singing the blues Time to face the music, I'm no longer amused But in another life, I would be your girl And we'd keep all our promises, the earth against the world In another life, I wouldn't make you say So I won't have to say a word, the one that got away Oh, the one that got away Oh, the one, the one, the one, ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah The one that got away All this money can't buy me a time machine No, I can't replace you with a million rings No, I should've told you what's next to me Oh, cause now I pay the price In another life, I would be your girl And we'd keep all our promises, the earth against the world In another life, I wouldn't make you say So I won't have to say a word, the one that got away Oh, the one that got away The one, the one, the one, ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah The one that got away