Songs:One Of The Lucky Ones (103606)

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One Of The Lucky Ones
by John Batdorf (johnbatdorfmusic.com)
on album Side One

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Lyrics

I am a lucky one ...
One of the lucky ones
Oh I'm watching some photographs ...
Of a terrible loss
And nobody seems to be sure ...
How much damage was done
Or how much it will cost so

So why am I one of the lucky ones?
Why can I fly when so many cannot run
and why does a stranger whose dreams were denied
have me wondering why I'm one of the lucky ones

One of the lucky ones

I am a lucky one ...
Don't know how this could fair
To be one of the lucky ones ...
Could have been me who could have been there
I can hear voices unspoken ...
They are calling my name
And the eyes of those who've been broken ...
Keep on staring at me
Begging me to explain ...

Why am I one of the lucky ones?
Why can I fly when so many cannot run
and why does a stranger whose dreams were denied
have me wondering why I'm one of the lucky ones

This yearning I feel, it won't go quietly
No, the answer I seek is somewhere inside me

Oh why, oh why ...
One of the lucky ones ...
One of the lucky ones

Oh, I know Why ...
I’m one of the lucky ones
And I know Why I can fly ...
when so many cannot run
A stranger's misfortune ...
Brings a promise tonight
That I'll do what's right ...
And feel someone's plight
And help him take flight ...
Like one of the lucky ones

Like one of the lucky ones ...
when so many cannot run
One of the lucky ones ...
One of the lucky ones
Yeah, I am a lucky one ...
One of the lucky ones

One of the Lucky Ones
John Batdorf and Michael McLean, ©2005, All rights reserved

Trivia

“One Of The Lucky Ones” was a song title idea that came to me one morning as I was waking up. The only thought that was in my head was, “Wow, I sure have been a lucky one to have lived such a charmed life” and somehow I wanted to write a song about those intense feelings. That was right around the time of the Tsunami and seeing all that destruction really hammered the point about how blessed I have been and I was thinking, why was I so lucky, why wasn’t I one of the people so devastated? The lyric begins to weave a tale of someone who realizes that they have been so lucky and blessed not to have had to endure the tragedy and heartache like so many others in the world have endured. As the song moves on this person becomes haunted by the fact that he has been so lucky and starts to feel somewhat guity and keeps wondering, “Why am I one of the lucky ones.” As the story twists and turns, the answer to the question is so clear! By being a one of the “Lucky Ones”, one has the ability to help those not so fortunate and give them the opportunity to be “One Of The Lucky Ones”.
——John Batdorf