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
Yeah, yeah, yeah, 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
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
You learn my secrets and you figure out why I am 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
Yeah, yeah, 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
I made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine
Braced myself for the goodbye...
'Cause that's all I've ever kno-own...
Then you took me by surprise...
You 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
Hold on, make it last
Hold on, never turn back
(Hold on, make it last) You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
(Hold on, never turn back) You are the best thing that's ever been mine
(Hold on) Do you believe it?
(Hold on) We're gonna make it now
(Hold on) I can see it
Now, now, now
