You were in college working part time waiting tables Left a small town, never looked back I was a flight risk afraid of fallin' Wondering why we bother 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 of a careless man's careful daughter You are the best thing that's ever been mine Flashforward and we're 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'll never make my parents mistakes But we've got bills to pay We've got nothing figured out, yeah When it was hard to take Yes, yes, this what 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 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 of a careless man's careful daughter You are the best thing that's ever been mine, yeah Do you remember that fight two thirty a.m. ? Cause everything was slipping right out of our hands And i ran out crying and you followed me out into the street Raised myself for goodbye Cause that's all i ever know And you took me by surprise You said, you said, i'll never leave you alone 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 daughter You are the best thing that's ever been mine, yeah That's ever been mine, oooh That's ever been mine, yeah That's ever been mine, yeah, yeah, yeaaah!