[Intro]
              
Oh, oh-oh, oh-

          
oh
              
Oh, oh-oh, oh-

          
oh


[Verse]
             
  You were in 

             
college workin

            
g part-time, w


aiting tables
            
  Left a small

      
 town never lo

oked back
            
  I was a flig

             
ht risk with a

 
 fear of falli

ng
             
wondering why 

             
we bother with

 
 love if it ne

ver lasts


[Pre-Chorus]
     
     I say can

 you believe i

t?
           
        As we'

              
re lying on th

      
e couch
    
The moment I c

ould see it
       
yes, yes,  I c

an see it now


[Chorus]
             
  Do you remem

            
ber we were si

tting there by

 the water
             
  You put your

            
 arm around me

         
 for the first

 time
             
  You made a r

          
ebel of a care

less man's car

eful daughter
             
  You are the 

            
best thing tha

             
t's ever been 

 
mine


[Verse]
            
  Flash forwar

             
d and we're ta

            
king on the wo

rld together
             
  And there's 

            
a drawer of my

 things at you

r place
             
  You learned 

             
my secrets and

             
 you figure ou

  
t why I'm guar

ded?
             
  You say we'l

             
l never make m

  
y parents' mis

takes


[Pre-Chorus]
    
        We got

 bills to pay
           
        We got

              
 nothing figur

       
ed out
              
When it was ha

             
rd to take, ye

  
s yes
       
This is what I

 thought about


[Chorus]
             
  Do you remem

            
ber we were si

tting there by

 the water
             
  You put your

            
 arm around me

         
 for the first

 time
             
  You made a r

          
ebel of a care

less man's car

eful daughter
             
  You are the 

            
best thing tha

             
t's ever been 

 (
mine

             
  Do you remem

            
ber all the ci

ty lights on t

he water
             
  You saw me s

            
tart to believ

          
e for the firs

t time
             
  You made a r

          
ebel of a care

less man's car

eful daughter
             
  You are the 

            
best thing tha

             
t's ever been 

 (
mine


[Interlude]
  
              
Oh, oh-oh, oh-

     
oh


[Bridge]
            
And I remember

              
 that fight, 2

 
:30 AM
       
'Cause everyth

ing was slippi

ng right out o

f our hands
            
I ran out cryi

             
ng and you fol

              
lowed me out i

        
nto the street


[Pre-Chorus]
           
     Brace mys

elf for the go

odbye
            
     Cause tha

    
t's all I've e

ver known
       
     And you t

ook me by surp

rise
            
     You said 

             
I'll never lea

        
ve you alone


[Chorus]
             
You said, "I r

              
emember how we

 
 felt sittin' 

by the water
             
  And every ti

              
me I look at y

            
ou, it's like 

    
the first time
             
  I fell in lo

          
ve with a care

less man's car

eful daughter
             
  She is the b

              
est thing that

             (
's ever been m


ine


[Outro]
        
Hold on, make 

it last
           
Hold on, never

      
 turn back

             
  You made a r

          
ebel of a care

less man's car

eful daughter
             
  You are the 

              
best thing tha

              
t's ever been 

    
mine

          
(Yeah, yeah) D

o you believe 

it?
           
(Yeah, yeah, h

ey) we’re gonn

a make it now
           
(Yeah, yeah, h

ey) and I can 

see it
          
 Yeah, yeah  (

And I can see 

it now, see it

 now, see it n

ow)