It's about hundred miles 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 cuts the engine when he in the driveway, She slides in and gives him one for the road, No and no family, no job out there waiting, The whole town will call them crazy but they go.
when you're young and in love, yeah, You might do things that don't seem all that smart, Cause ain't no greater distance Than the eighteen inches from head to your heart, yeah.
They can barely rent on a rundown apartment, waiting tables and he's a valet, They're behind on the bills and the barely running, But he buys a ring with the tips that saved.
When you're 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 your to your heart.
thing they need is another mouth to feed, but they want one, They're just kids themselves but gonna change in nine more months,
She wakes him up at thirty in the morning, Ready or not their new life's start, Seven and eighteen inches, The doctor that new baby's head right on her heart.
When you're and in love, yeah, You might do some things that don't all that smart, But thank God for eighteen inches, The distance it is from your head to heart, yeah, yeah, yeah.