You were in college working part time waiting tables
Left the small town never looked back
I was the flight risk with the fear of fallin
Wondered why we bothered with love
If it never lasts

I say "Can you believe it? "
As we're lying on a 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 out of a careless man's
Careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine

Flash forward and we'd been taking on the world together
And there is a drawer of my things at your place
You learned my secrets
And you figured out why I'm guarded
You said we'd never make my parents' mistakes

But we've got bills to pay
We've got nothing figured out
When it was hard to take
Yes, yes
This is was 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 out 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 out of a careless man's
Careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine

Woah oh oo

And I remember that fight, 2: 30 A. M
When everything was slipping right out of my hands
And 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
And you took me by surprised
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 is 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 out of a careless man's careful
Daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine

Woah oh
Yeah yeah
Do you believe it?

Woah oh
We're gonna make it now
Woah oh

And I can see it yeah yeah
And I can see it now, see it now, see it now