You Could Have Been a Roosevelt
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
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
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
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
And we're glad
We can see in them versions of the life that we almost had
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
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
Podrías Haber Sido un Roosevelt
Sal al mundo
Con toda la confianza y gracia que la suerte infunde
Cada chica
Con vestidos planchados y rostros frescos como narcisos
Podríamos ser nosotros, pero esas no fueron las cartas que nos repartieron
Estás condenada a ser una Kennedy
Cuando podrías haber sido un Roosevelt
Sal al mundo
Navegas por la vida en un mar tranquilo
Banderas y velas desplegadas
¿Qué debe ser ser tan joven y libre?
Podríamos ser nosotros, pero somos la tumba ante la cual se arrodillaron nuestros padres
Estás condenada a ser una Kennedy
Cuando podrías haber sido un Roosevelt
Y estamos contentos
Podemos ver en ellos versiones de la vida que casi tuvimos
Sal al mundo
Donde ciertas cosas siempre estarán más allá de nuestro alcance
Solo ser una chica
Con Jean Nate, Pink Camay y Yardley Soap
Podríamos ser nosotros, pero solo hubo una confianza que nunca sentimos
Es difícil ser una Kennedy
Cuando podrías haber sido un Roosevelt
Es difícil ser una Kennedy
Cuando podrías haber sido un Roosevelt