Aimee Mann - You Could Have Been a Roosevelt lyrics

[Verse 1] Out into the world With all the confidence and grace that luck instills Each and every girl With dresses pressed and faces fresh as daffodils [Chorus] This could be us but those were not the cards that we were dealt You're doomed to be a Kennedy When you could have been a Roosevelt [Verse 2] Out into the world You're sailing into life upon a glassy sea Flags and sails unfurled What must it be to be so young and whole and free [Chorus] This could be us but we're the grave at which our fathers knelt You're doomed to be a Kennedy When you could have been a Roosevelt [Bridge] And we're glad We can see in them versions of the life that we almost had [Verse 3] Out into the world Where certain things will always be beyond our scope Just to be a girl With Jean Nate and Pink Camay and Yardley Soap [Chorus] This could be us but there was just a trust we never felt It's hard to be a Kennedy When you could have been a Roosevelt It's hard to be a Kennedy When you could have been a Roosevelt