You were in college working part time waiting tables
Left a small town, never looked back
I was a flight risk with a fear of falling

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 could 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

Oh oh oh

And I remember that fight, 2:30 a.m.
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.