You were in college working part time waitin’ tables

As we’re lying on the couchThe moment, I can 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 daughterYou 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

But we got bills to payWe got nothing figured outWhen it was hard to takeYes, yes, I thought about

You put your arm around me for the first timeYou made a rebel of a careless man’s careful

daughterYou 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

And I remember that fightTwo-thirty AM

Yes, everything was slipping right out of our hands

I ran out crying and you followed me out into the streetBraced myself for the goodbye

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

It's the morning of your very first dayAnd you say hi to your friends you ain't seen in a while

Try and stay out of everybody's way

Hoping one of those senior boys will wink at you and say

"You know, I haven't seen you around before"

Well, count to ten, take it inthis is life before you know who you’re

gunna be

You sit in class next to a redhead named AbigailAnd soon enough you're best friends

Laughing at the other girls who think they're so coolWe'll be outta here as soon as we can

And then you're on your very first date and he's got a car

When you're fifteen and your first kissMakes your head spin 'round

Makes your head spin 'roundBut in your life you'll do things greater than

Dating the boy on the football teamBut I didn't know it at fifteen

When all you wanted was to be wantedWish you could go back and tell

yourself what you know now