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 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

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