Folds, Ben - The Luckiest Lyrics






I don't get many things right the first time
In fact, I am told that a lot
Now I know all the wrong turns, the stumbles and falls
Brought me here

And where was I before the day
That I first saw your lovely face?
Now I see it everyday
And I know

That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest

What if I'd been born fifty years before you
In a house on a street where you lived?
Maybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike
Would I know?

And in a wide sea of eyes
I see one pair that I recognize
And I know

That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest

I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you

Next door there's an old man who lived to his nineties
And one day passed away in his sleep
And his wife; she stayed for a couple of days
And passed away

I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong
That I know

That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest





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  1. X.... S....

    Memories of my best friendship.

  2. H.... F....

    I met my husband on yes, a dating site. We talked for a couple of months before I agreed to meet him. I always dreamed about finding a man that had a love for music and could sing because SAME. We were driving around in Charlottesville, Virginia where he lived before moving in with me and my children from my first marriage. He put this song on and sang along. I had to stare out of the passenger side window to hide my tears. It was absolutely BEAUTIFUL ... a memory I'll never forget. We got married on July 6th. I was sure to put "The Luckiest" on the inside of his ring and it was the song that was played for our first dance. We looked into each other's eyes and sang it word for word and everyone there disappeared. He took me to see you in Charlottesville and oh, what a show that was. We have a picture framed on the wall of our bedroom with the lyrics of this special song. Thank you. Thank you for the inspiration and for initiating the tying of the knot and for one incredible experience and for low key helping me find my true soulmate. :)

  3. N.... C....

    Kidd kraddick.

  4. d.... ....

    Who is here from FINNEAS’s Teen Vogue interview?

  5. C.... S....

    Holding my baby while listening... I am the luckiest.

  6. K.... M....

    GinaD ❤️

  7. J.... M....

    I can’t wait to dance with my future husband to this song in 6 months! ❤️

  8. S.... ....

    Luke Eisner instagram video dedicated to his dog brought me here <3

  9. C.... L....

    Yep FINNEAS sent me. Thumbs up BEN FOLDS !!! I love the piano work. I can hear a lot of your music style in FINNEAS' style now.

    C.... L....

    Who is finneas? I'd like to check them out

    C.... L....

    @Brittany R Finneas is Billie Eillish's brother. You should check him out.

    C.... L....

    @Calvin Lee ohhhh! Thanks!

  10. T.... R....

    Here bc of finneas 🥰

  11. b.... ....

    Ben is great! A similar great newcomer artist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iHh3U1_ljg

  12. S.... A....

    So beautiful

  13. E.... F....

    I am the luckiest..I got to meet my wife after years alone..thank you man..good song good heart..good job

  14. L.... B....

    About time....... so perfect. Wish I could go back and find my love and make him mine 😔

  15. L.... R....

    this cover...made me feel upset...in deep

    L.... R....

    Who did the cover?

  16. A.... H....

    I will learn the piano to this one day Aidan

  17. S.... D....

    Beautiful song! Will always be a choice of mine :)

  18. l.... ....

    Just heard Ben Folds preform this song last night at a concert and I was crying. It was beautiful. He was amazing.

  19. M.... 2....

    I've been with my fiancee since high school (10 years) and we're getting married soon. I truly feel like I'm the luckiest. I wouldn't be half the person I am today without her. Moving away together, working together and relying on each other to get by, and at the end of the day being able to spend time together as more than the best of friends. There is nothing more I could possibly ask for.

  20. S.... E....

    This song always makes me think of the 1980's movie "Made In Heaven" with Timothy Hutton and Kelly McGillis.

  21. U.... ....

    I WAS the luckiest, until you got your wings....💔
    Every L♥️VE story is beautiful, but ours is my favorite... KMH + WJH. 4/Ever

    U.... ....

    UR2L841SummerGrl I’m so very sorry for your loss. 😢💜 Sending you a big hug from San Diego, CA.

    U.... ....

    Thank you, Liz G.
    (((💗)))

  22. R.... B....

    Everwood ❤

  23. L.... M....

    Shoutout to all the Wife Guys in these comments!

  24. m.... ....

    Love this song! It is one of the songs that made "About Time" such a beautiful film. I've been a popular music fan since 1956 when I was only 5 years old. Every era has its best music, and this era has a ton of beautiful music that comes from deep inside the soul. Amazing young people!

  25. v.... ....

    Danced our first wedding dance to this. Today I'm listening to it on loop because I found out he has a girlfriend on the side. Grieving because I really thought we were the luckiest.

    v.... ....

    vidadanger DJ so sorry you were betrayed like that! You will find someone who deserves you! 💕

  26. M.... B....

    Maybe one day

  27. P.... P....

    This was always me and my moms song.. I love her so much.
    We shared so many great times with this song, and even when we had little money we still had fun and loved one and other dearly.

    Now she has a rare disease called mast cell activation syndrome and fights for her life every day. And even when she cant do anything for herself she still comes through for me and my brother.
    This song brings back so many memories, to me being a 5 year old back in 2010 on the beach with my mom..
    Love this song.

  28. I.... U....

    I'll admit that I'm a full grown man that is easily brought to tears when I hear this song.

  29. H.... B....

    m e m e b e s t s o n g
    Been with my wife 20 years and still feel like the luckiest.

  30. J.... C....

    Getting married in 4 weeks. This is my first dance :)
    Ben, thank you for this.

  31. T.... S....

    I'd learn how to sing and play piano just to able to use this to propose

  32. m.... e....

    Been with my wife 20 years and still feel like the luckiest.
    m e m e b e s t s o n g
    I listen to heavy metal dammit why am I crying...?

  33. J.... B....

    Me and my husband's first dance at our wedding was to this song. Still as meaningful as ever. We celebrate 10 years this week.

  34. f.... m....

    I wouldn't have discovered this beautiful person and song if it weren't for Mrs. Emily Barnes. My music teacher.

  35. S.... 4....

    Few songs if any are this beautiful. I've yet to find the perfect person for me, but when I do, I'm definitely playing this at our wedding.

  36. K.... C....

    We're singing this in choir and I almost cry every time I hear/ sing it.

  37. J.... L....

    I got to marry my best friend and the love of my life and this was our first dance. Most magical moment of my life. It was a small wedding with less than 30 of our closest family and friends, and the best day of my life. The one thing I know I got right, I truly am the luckiest. <3

  38. C.... C....

    Me and my wife's favorite movie to watch together, over and over, is About Time. This song and the entire soundtrack is very special to us.
    "Gold in them hills" by Ron Sexsmith was my wedding song to her.
    We danced to "luckiest" alone, in our room at the end of our wedding day. We sing along to this song on every road trip together. FYI: Both middle age and on our second and last marriage, so we know just how lucky we are.

  39. A.... R....

    this is still one of the most beautiful songs written about love

  40. A.... C....

    I dedicate this song to my girlfriend, Claudia. I’m the luckiest man on earth to be in love with her. She makes everything better!💖 Claudia I love you so much 😘😘💖💖

  41. R.... M....

    That law form ad is for losers.

  42. S.... E....

    Best song about life..love...it is written in our hearts...such a rare gift to feel this love. Best evet song that reaches in to the wonder of true connection. Love like this is once in a lifetime. I have not met my love... I'm getting old. It might not happen. May it happen for you. Best wishes.

  43. z.... m....

    This is the one good thing about that romcom "About Time"

    z.... m....

    zaven masih

    Oh, piffle. That movie is lovely.

  44. j.... r....

    Gawwdamm water......keeps escaping...eyes.....must....resist.....NOOOO

  45. c.... ....

    My heart is melting from the pureness of this song

  46. �.... ....

    about time is most favorite movie in my saw movies.

  47. J.... G....

    que hermoso es el amor sincero. Te amo Juli sos el amor de mi vida ❤

  48. G.... J....

    I'm not crying, you're crying!

  49. L.... ....

    "About Time" is gutwrenchingly beautiful.

  50. n.... c....

    Fucker brings me to tears on a regular basis. Amazing musical power

  51. J.... S....

    I love this song so much.

  52. C.... ....

    I know this is said by weebs all the time but I truly wish I was a kid in the 90s then people would actually agree with the music and video games I like I can’t go 2 seconds playing half life without someone yelling about how the graphics look bad

  53. L.... A....

    This is the first time I heard this song and I'm over here balling crying 😭 So awkwardly beautiful. Love it. 💕

  54. N.... P....

    A genius...

  55. S.... H....

    I'm playing this for my grandma who is about to leave this world. She made me the luckiest.

  56. p.... g....

    This song reminds me that no one has ever looked at me and thought they were the luckiest :( I ammmm the loneliest :`(

    p.... g....

    They will.

  57. S.... G....

    ok, I have loved this song fever since i saw About Time, I tear up every time i listen to it. I guess I never checked the name of the artist. I found ben folds earlier this year and fell in love with his music and I looked him up just now and saw that he wrote this song and I'm crying !!! its so beautiful !!

  58. V.... ....

    This song wasn't allowed at our wedding. Hear me out! ... I made a mistake, but ended up winning in the end... somehow. 11 years ago, in a stupid fit of passion, I suppose, and eager to show my new girlfriend anything and everything that means anything to me in my life, I played this song for my now wife. I didn't tell her until after the fact that this was the song that was to be played at my and my ex girlfriends wedding and that it used to hold a significance for her and I. She (my now wife) misunderstood my intentions for playing the song and thought I meant it for her. The lyric "I don't get many things right the first time, in fact I am told that a lot" always rang true for me, but never more so than in this moment.

    Now that I am older, this song means so much more to me than I ever thought it could for anyone else other than Sara, my wife. I would love to be able to call it "our song" but cannot due to my own stupidity...

    About 2 years after playing this song for Sara, I received word that my ex had passed away. Sara held me and comforted me as I cried and my world slowly shattered around me. It hadn't occurred to me that I wasn't over this girl that had just died. It hit me hard when I realized that the world had just lost a beautiful soul, but also that now I could never hope to call her mine again. In hindsight, I cannot understand why and how Sara stayed with me. I think any other girl would have ran for the hills after watching a guy she was dating totally lose his shit over an ex girlfriend, as it was clear that the breakdown was not only grief because of the loss of a wonderful person.

    It seems silly now, because I didn't even partially have a clue what the word "love" meant until years later, while I was watching Sara walk down the aisle towards me. Sara- I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know that I am the luckiest.

  59. C.... C....

    Today my 90-year old next door neighbor past away leaving behind her husband also in his 90's so sadly we know what's coming next. They had been married for about 70-years. When I heard the news this song immediately came to mind. It has always been one of my favorites. We love you Ben!

  60. S.... P....

    I just turned 30 and I felt the need to listen to this song.

  61. K.... ....

    Anyone else sent here by Derren Brown? Got me right in the feels.

  62. S.... T....

    Splitting up together brought me here :P

  63. J.... Z....

    Allison your my home my heart my blood dont forget us

  64. J.... Z....

    I will love u allison arthurs forever u will never know

  65. L.... G....

    This reminds me of someone.

  66. o.... m....

    @@listen to more music of Ben Folds>>>

    https://www.onebas.com/artist/16660/Ben+Folds

  67. B.... s....

    Soundtrack of our SDE wedding video 😍😍

  68. J.... M....

    I'm sorry, I just don't get it. I'm not feeling it.. God bless you who do.. I wish I did.

    J.... M....

    Julian Marcus Esposito try still by him. That one sparks an emotional response from me

  69. L.... C....

    Our first dance was to this song. <3 2015

  70. B.... C....

    Perfect...

  71. V.... L....

    Dont make this ur song i hate u Jack

  72. V.... L....

    This is not ur song Jack/Jackie whatever.. walk down the aisle to Taylor Swift or something ... I swear ur going to ruin this song

  73. B.... T....

    I actually was watching a Harry and Meghan Australian Doc when I heard this melody. Luckily the narration didn’t drown out so much I couldn’t find it

  74. A.... `....

    About Time this track got some attention <3

  75. B.... D....

    Anyone else watching in 2018 ............ and just discovered this gem ?

  76. b.... ....

    My wife and I shared our first dance to this song. Thank you, Ben. 10 - 28 - 17

  77. O.... M....

    B E N 'S F O L D S

  78. a.... ....

    i'm so happy jacksfilms tweeted something about this song because this is beautiful.

  79. J.... T....

    A beautiful song. <3

  80. S.... S....

    Hearing this makes me sad. I love my wife so much......but I file for divorce Monday. I cant take her anymore.

  81. m.... ....

    After having heard this song many times, I came to the realization that the awkwardness of the third verse is actually a great tool! You really don't have to have the perfect set of words to express a deep and heartfelt sentiment!

  82. M.... M....

    One of his many great works

  83. G.... G....

    Best song it me

  84. E.... C....

    Best song it me

  85. N.... ....

    Best song it me

  86. B.... ....

    Best song it me

  87. G.... M....

    Best song it me.

  88. S.... s....

    Best song it me

  89. g.... c....

    Best song it me

  90. z.... ....

    Best song it me

  91. s.... t....

    Best song it me.

  92. I.... 2....

    *m e m e b e s t s o n g*

  93. S.... ....

    Wow, I actually *really* like this song. Thanks Jack, it me

  94. F.... ....

    Best song it me

  95. N.... r....

    best song it me

  96. P.... ....

    Best song it me

  97. E.... S....

    _best song it me_

    E.... S....

    Rose Of Party me me BIG BOY

  98. m.... n....

    Best song it me

    m.... n....

    my name is chef Jack would be proud :,)

  99. e.... c....

    b e s t s o n g i t m e

    e.... c....

    emrald creeper 433 Best reply it me.

  100. P.... B....

    Best song it me

    P.... B....

    me me big boy

    P.... B....

    Finna woke