I was in college working part time waitin' tables
Left a small town, never looked back
You were 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?
I put my arm around you for the first time.
I 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.
I learn your secrets and I figure out why you're guarded,
I say we'll never make your 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?
I put my arm around you for the first time
I 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
I 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
As everything was slipping right out of our hands
You ran out crying and I followed you out into the street
Braced yourself for the "Goodbye"
'cause that's all you've ever known
Then I took you by surprise
I said, "I'll never leave you alone."
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
You are the best thing that's ever been mine.
Left a small town, never looked back
You were 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?
I put my arm around you for the first time.
I 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.
I learn your secrets and I figure out why you're guarded,
I say we'll never make your 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?
I put my arm around you for the first time
I 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
I 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
As everything was slipping right out of our hands
You ran out crying and I followed you out into the street
Braced yourself for the "Goodbye"
'cause that's all you've ever known
Then I took you by surprise
I said, "I'll never leave you alone."
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
You are the best thing that's ever been mine.