It's about hundred miles to California, They'll get there Friday if they tonight, She out at three thirty in the morning, Leaves a note so she won't see her cry.
He cuts the engine he coasts 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 call them crazy but they gotta go.
when you're young and in love, yeah, You might do things that don't seem all that smart, Cause there ain't no distance Than the eighteen inches from your to your heart, yeah.
They can make rent on a rundown apartment, waiting tables and he's a valet, They're behind on the 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, Cause there no greater distance Than the eighteen from your head to your heart.
Last they need is another mouth to feed, but they want one, They're kids themselves but that's gonna change in nine more months,
She wakes him up at three in the morning, Ready or not new life's gonna start, Seven pounds and inches, The doctor lays new baby's head right on her heart.
When young and in love, yeah, You might do some that don't seem all that smart, But thank God for those inches, The distance it is from your head to heart, yeah, yeah, yeah.