You were in college workin'
part time waitin' tables
Left a small town
never looked back
I was a flight risk
with a fear of fallin'
Wonderin' why we bother
with love if it never lasts
I say Can you believe it
As we're lyin' on the couch
The moment I could see it
Yes yes I can see it now
You remember
we were sittin' 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 takin'
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 nothin' figured out
When it was hard to take
Yes yes this is
what I thought about
You remember we were
sittin' 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
Oh oh oh
And I remember that fight
2 30 am
You said Everything was
slippin' right out of our hands
I ran out cryin' 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
sittin' by the water
And everytime 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
Hold on
Make it last
Hold on
Never turn back
You made a rebel of a careless
man's careful daughter
You are the best thing
that's ever been mine
Yeah do you believe it
We're gonna make it now
And I can see it
I can see it now