Mine

You were in college working part time, waiting tables

Left a small town, never looked back

I was a flight risk with a fear of falling

Wondering why we bothered with love if it never lasts

I say, "Can you believe it?"

Yeah, as we're lyin' on the couch

The moment I could see it

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I can see it now

I remember, we were sittin' there by the water

You put your arm around me for the first time

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

Flash forward and we're takin' on the world together

There's a drawer of my things at your place

You learn my secrets and I figure out why I'm guarded

You say we'll never make my parents' mistakes

But we got bills to pay

And we got nothing figured out

When it was hard to take

Yeah, yeah, this is what I, I keep messing up, go again

This is what I thought about

I remember, we were sittin' there by the water

You put your arm around me for the first time

Made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter

You are the best thing that's ever been mine

I remember, we were sittin' there by the water

You put your arm around me for the first time

Made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter

You are the best thing that's ever been mine

That's ever been mine

I remember that fight, 2:30AM

As everything was slipping right out of our hands

And you ran out crying, and I followed me out into the street

Braced myself for the goodbye

'Cause that's all I've ever known

Then you took me by surprise

You said, "I'll never leave you alone"

I 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

You are the best thing that's ever been mine"

I remember, we were sittin' there by the water

You put your arm around me for the first time

Made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter

You are the best thing that's ever been mine