Each chapter is going to have a back story and a song to go with it. This chapter is going to be Maddie, Daphne and Deacon have planned a surprise party for Rayna's 50th birthday party and Maddie is performing a song wrote for her.
The Lucky One
Maddie stepped up to the make shift stage her Daphne and Deacon had put together at the cabin for her mother's birthday. She looked over at her mother who was playing with their little brother, Sam, who had been a big surprise to the Claybourne/Conrad household shortly after her parents got married. As she looked over at them she realized how much this song told the story of her mother's career and how happy she was now that she had taken a backseat to performing, and how much of an understanding Maddie had about the music business now that she had been in it for a couple years. She smiled as she tapped on the microphone getting everyone's attention.
"Hey everybody thanks for coming out today to celebrate my mom's birthday no matter how much she hates it. Instead of getting my mom a present this year, I wrote her a song about her and her life in the spotlight, so mom this is for you" Maddie said as she started strumming her guitar.
New to town with a made up name in the angel's city,
Chasing fortune and fame.
And the camera flashes, make it look like a dream.
You had it figured out since you were in school.
Everybody loves pretty, everybody loves cool.
So overnight you look like a sixties' queen.
Another name goes up in lights, like diamonds in the sky.
And they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one.
Yeah, they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one.
But can you tell me now, you're the lucky one, oh, oh, oh...
She remembered the stories her mom would tell her of fighting her grandfather about having a music career while in school and how she had changed her last name to Jaymes when she left the house.
Now it's big black cars, and Riviera views,
And your lover in the foyer doesn't even know you
And your secrets end up splashed on the news front page
She thought back to all the privileges her and Daphne had had while their mother was touring. And how after her mother had married Deacon did she realize how much Teddy didn't understand the music business and how much he didn't really know her. Writing the last line of that part of the song had been one of the hardest, since it brought up all the memories of when the news of Deacon being her dad had broke to the media.
And they tell you that you're lucky.
But you're so confused,
'Cause you don't feel pretty, you just feel used.
And all the young things line up to take your place.
Another name goes up in lights. You wonder if you'll make it out alive.
And they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one.
Yeah, they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one.
Can you tell me now, you're the lucky one, oh, oh, oh.
She remembered the downward spiral her mother had gone through when she realized how much Juliette, Layla and Sadie had tried taking her place as the queen of country music.
It was a few years later, I showed up here.
And they still tell the legend of how you disappeared,
How you took the money and your dignity, and got the hell out.
They say you bought a bunch of land somewhere,
Chose the Rose Garden over Madison Square,
And it took some time, but I understand it now.
As Maddie made her way through the world of country music she began to understand some of the choices her mom had made like when Rayna decided to step back and just do a couple shows at smaller venues rather than sold out stadiums, and how both her mom and dad had talked about selling the house and moving up to the cabin for good like they had talked about all those years ago.
'Cause now my name is up in lights, but I think you got it right,
Let me tell you now, you're the lucky one.
Let me tell you now, you're the lucky one.
Let me tell you now, you're the lucky one, oh, oh, oh.
Yeah they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one.
Yeah, they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one.
And they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one, oh, oh, oh.
Oh, whoa, oh, oh
As Maddie sang the final line she swore she saw tears in both Rayna and Deacon's eyes, that showed not only how proud they were of her but their appreciation of the song.
"I love you mom" Maddie said into the microphone before stepping off the stage and walking toward Rayna.
"Oh Maddie, that was a beautiful song" Rayna said as she wrapped her arms around her giving her a hug.
"Thanks Mom. You really are the lucky one, you've got everything you've ever wanted even with some ups and downs" She said with a smile as she hugged her mom back/
