You were in college
working part time waitin’ tables
Left a small town
Never looked back
I was a flight risk
with a fear of fallin’
Wondering why we bother with love
if it never lasts
I say
Can you believe it
As we’re lying on the couch
The moment I can see it
Yes yes I can see it now
Do you remember
We were sitting there by the water
You put your arm around me
for the first time
You made a rebel of
a careless man’s careful daughter
You are the best thing
That’s ever been mine
Flash forward and
we’re taking on the world together
And there’s a drawer of my things
at your place
You learn my secrets and
you figure out
why I’m guarded
You say we’ll never make
my parents’ mistakes
But we got bills to pay
We got nothing figured out
When it was hard to take
Yes yes this is
what I thought about
Do you remember
we were sitting there by the water
You put your arm around me
for the first time
You made a rebel of
a careless man’s careful daughter
You are the best thing
that’s ever been mine
Do you remember
all the city lights on the water
You saw me start to believe
for the first time
You made a rebel of
a careless man’s careful daughter
You are the best thing
That’s ever been mine
And I remember that fight
Two-thirty AM
When everything was slipping
right out of our hands
I ran out crying
and you followed me out
into the street
Braced myself for the Goodbye
Cause that’s all I’ve ever known
Then you took me by surprise
You said
I’ll never leave you alone
You said
I remember how we felt
sitting by the water
And every time I look at you
it’s like the first time
I fell in love with
a careless man’s careful daughter
She is the best thing
That’s ever been mine
You made a rebel of
a careless man’s careful daughter
You are the best thing
That’s ever been mine
Do you believe it
We're gonna make it now
And I can see it
I can see it now