Ah, ah, ah, ah ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ You were in college, working part-time, waiting tables Left a small town, never looked back I was a flightless, with a fear of falling Wondering why we bother with love if it never lasts I said, can you believe it? It's the lion on the cross The moment I could see it Yes, yes, I can see it now You remember we were sitting there by the water Put your arm around me for the first time Ain't a rival, I'm 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'm mad at her I'll never make my parents' mistakes But we got bills to pay We got nothing figured out When it was hard to think, yes, yes This is what I thought about You remember we were sitting there by the water Put your arm around me for the first time Ain't a rival, I'm a careless man's careful daughter You are the best thing that's ever been mine You remember all the city lights on the water You suddenly start to believe for the first time Ain't a rival, I'm a careless man's careful daughter You are the best thing that's ever been mine Oh-oh-oh ♪♪♪♪ ♪♪♪♪ ♪♪♪♪ I remembered out by 2.30 a.m. You said everything was slipping right out of our hands I went out crying and you followed me out into the storm ♪♪♪♪ Braced myself for the goodbye Cause it's all I've ever known And you took me by surprise You said I'll never leave you alone Oh-oh-oh ♪♪♪♪ ♪♪♪♪ ♪♪♪♪ You said 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 She is the best thing that's ever been in my life ♪♪♪♪ ♪♪♪♪ You are the best thing that's ever been in my life Do you believe it? Gonna make it now Gonna make it now And I can see it I can see it now ♪♪♪♪