[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