"Lucky Ones" is a song by Lana Del Rey from her second studio album and first major-label release, Born to Die. It serves as the third bonus track from the album worldwide and is also the closing song for the album from the deluxe edition. The track was written with Rick Nowels and produced by Emile Haynie, with co-production and vocal production by Nowels.
Cross-references[]
- A mention of meeting someone "every now and then" when "the stars align/shine" is also found in "Damn You".
- Getting out of somewhere with a lover is a theme in "Prom Song (Gone Wrong), among many other songs.
- "Being on fire" is thematically similar to a lyric found in "Summertime Sadness", "Body Electric", "Sad Girl" and "Baby Blue Love".
- The use of "fire" to rhyme with "higher and/than higher" is also heard in "West Coast".
- "I'm on fire" and "I got a bad desire" are phrases borrowed from the 1984 song "I'm On Fire" by Bruce Springsteen.
- Feeling lucky is also referenced in "Candy Necklace".
Official versions[]
- Album version — 3:45
- Instrumental version — 3:48
- Demo version 1 (produced by Rick Nowels) — 3:47
- Demo version 2 - Unknown
- Snippet - 0:13
Lyrics[]
Let's get out of this town, baby, we're on fire
Everyone around here seems to be
Going down, down, down
If you stick with me, I can take you higher and higher
It feels like all of our friends are lost
Nobody's found, found, found
I got so scared, I thought no one could save me
You came along, scooped me up like a baby
Every now and then the stars align
Boy and girl meet by the great design
Could it be that you and me are the lucky ones?
Everybody told me love was blind
Then I saw your face and you blew my mind
Finally, you and me are the lucky ones this time
Boy, get into my car, got a bad desire
You know that we'll never leave
If we don't get out now, now, now
You're a careless con and you're a crazy liar
But, baby, nobody can compare
To the way you get down, down, down
I tried so hard to act nice like a lady
You taught me that it was good to be crazy
Every now and then the stars align
Boy and girl meet by the great design
Could it be that you and me are the lucky ones?
Everybody told me love was blind
Then I saw your face and you blew my mind
Finally, you and me are the lucky ones this time
Feels like, feels like, you know
It feels like falling in love for the first time
Feels like, you know
It feels like falling in love
Every now and then the stars align
Boy and girl meet by the great design
Could it be that you and me are the lucky ones?
Everybody told me love was blind
Then I saw your face and you blew my mind
Finally, you and me are the lucky ones this time
Credits[]
- Personnel
- Lana Del Rey — vocals, songwriting
- Rick Nowels — songwriting, co-production, vocal production
- Emile Haynie — production, keyboards, drums, guitar
- Kieron Menzies — engineering
- Larry Gold — strings arrangement and conduction
- Steve Tirpak — strings assistance
- Patrick Warren — strings, guitars, keyboards, secondary strings
- Maria Vidal — additional vocals
- Manny Marroquin — mixing
- Erik Madrid and Chris Galland — assistance
- John Davis — mastering
- Technical
- Published by EMI
- Engineered at The Green Building, Santa Monica, United States
- Mastered at Metropolis Mastering, London, United Kingdom
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