It's about fifteen miles to California, get there Friday if they leave tonight, She sneaks out at three in the morning, Leaves a note so she won't see her cry.
He cuts the engine when he in the driveway, She in and gives him one kiss for the road, No friends and no family, no job out waiting, The whole town will call them crazy but gotta go.
Cause when you're and in love, yeah, You might do some things don't seem all that smart, Cause ain't no greater distance Than the eighteen from your head to your heart, yeah.
They can barely make rent on a apartment, She's waiting and he's a valet, behind on the bills and the car's barely running, But he buys a ring with the tips that saved.
you're young and in love, yeah, You might do some things that don't all that smart, there ain't no greater distance Than the eighteen inches from your head to heart.
Last thing need is another mouth to feed, but they want one, They're just kids but that's gonna change in nine more months,
She wakes him up at three in the morning, Ready or not their new gonna start, Seven and eighteen inches, The doctor lays that new head right on her heart.
When young and in love, yeah, You might do some things don't seem all that smart, But thank God for those inches, The distance it is your head to your heart, yeah, yeah, yeah.