You were in college, working part-time, waiting tables
Left a smile, time never looked back
I was a fly at risk, with a fear of falling
Wondering why we bother with love, if it never lasts
I said, can you believe it?
There's no lying on the couch
The moment I could see it, yes, yes
I can see it now
You remember we were sitting there by the water
Put your armor on 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 guttered
It will never make my parents' mistakes
But we got bills to pay
We got nothing figured out
When it was hard to take a yes, yes
This is what I thought about
You remember we were sitting there by the water
Put your armor on 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
I remembered out by 2.30 a.m.
As 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 mine
Ain't a rival, I'm a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine
Ain't a rival, I'm a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine
Do you believe it?
We're gonna make it now
And I can see it
I can see it now