[Verse 1]
             
You were in co

              
llege, working

 
 part-time, wa

iting tables
            
Left a small t

        
own and never 

looked back
             
I was a flight

      
 risk, with a 

fear of fallin

g
            
Wondering why 

              
we bother with

             
 love, if it n

                
ever lasts


[Pre-Chorus 1]
             
I say, "Can yo

                    
u believe it?"
              
As we're lying

        
 on the couch
    
The moment, I 

could see it
        
Yes, yes, I ca

n see it now


[Chorus]
             
Do you remembe

           
r, we were sit

ting there, by

 the water?
            
You put your a

            
rm around me f

or the first t

ime
             
You made a reb

        
el of a carele

ss man's caref

ul daughter
            
You are the be

        
st thing that'

s ever been mi

ne


[Verse 2]
             
Flash forward,

           
 and we're tak

ing on the wor

ld together
            
And there's a 

          
drawer of my t

hings at your 

place
             
You learn my s

           
ecrets and fig

ure out why I'

m guarded
            
You say we'll 

              
never make my 

             
parents' mista

          
kes


[Pre-Chorus 2]
              
But we got bil

              
ls to pay
              
We got nothing

           
 figured out

When it was hard to take

Yes, yes

This is what I

 thought about

:


[Chorus]
             
Do you remembe

           
r, we were sit

ting there, by

 the water?
            
You put your a

            
rm around me f

or the first t

ime
             
You made a reb

        
el of a carele

ss man's caref

ul daughter
            
You are the be

         
st thing that'

s ever been mi

ne
             
Do you remembe

          
r all the city

 lights on the

 water?
            
You saw me sta

      
rt to believe 

for the first 

time
             
You made a reb

        
el of a carele

ss man's caref

ul daughter
            
You are the be

         
st thing that'

s ever been mi

ne


[Bridge]
            
And I remember

              
 that fight, 2

 
:30 AM
             
As everything 

              
was slipping r

     
ight out of ou

r hands
            
I ran out, cry

             
ing, and you f

              
ollowed me out

              
 into the stre

        
et
           
Braced myself 

              
for the goodby

    
e
              
'Cause that's 

             
all I've ever 

       
known
             
Then, you took

              
 me by surpris

   
e
              
You said, "I'l

  
l never leave 

you alone."


[Chorus 2]
             
You said, "I r

              
emember how we

 
 felt, sitting

 by the water
            
And every time

           
 I look at you

, it's like th

e first time
             
I fell in love

        
 with a carele

ss man's caref

ul daughter
            
She is the bes

        
t thing that's

 ever been min

e"
        
Hold on, make 

it last
       
Hold on, never

 turn back
             
You made a reb

        
el of a carele

ss man's caref

ul daughter
            
You are the be

        
st thing that'

s ever been mi

ne


[Outro]
           
Yeah, yeah
              
Do you believe

              
 it? (Hold on)
              
We're gonna ma

             
ke it now (Hol

        
d on)

And I can see it

Yeah, yeah
      
I can see it n

ow (See it now

)