It's about fifteen hundred to California, They'll get there Friday if they tonight, She out at three thirty in the morning, a note so she won't see her daddy cry.
He the engine when 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 will them crazy but they gotta go.
Cause when young and in love, yeah, You might do some things that seem all that smart, there ain't no greater distance Than the eighteen inches from head to your heart, yeah.
They can barely make rent on a apartment, waiting tables and he's a valet, They're behind on the bills and the car's running, But he buys a ring with the tips that saved.
you're young and in love, yeah, You might do things that don't seem all that smart, there ain't no greater distance Than the eighteen from your head to your heart.
Last thing they need is another mouth to feed, but they one, They're just kids themselves but that's gonna change in nine months,
She wakes him up at three in the morning, Ready or not their new life's start, pounds and eighteen inches, The doctor lays that new baby's head 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.