It's about fifteen miles to California, get there Friday if they leave tonight, She sneaks out at thirty in the morning, Leaves a so she won't see her daddy cry.
He the engine when he coasts 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 but they gotta go.
Cause when young and in love, yeah, You do some things that don't seem all that smart, Cause ain't no greater distance Than the eighteen inches your head to your heart, yeah.
They can barely rent on a rundown apartment, She's tables and he's a valet, They're behind on the and the car's barely running, But he buys a ring the tips that he's saved.
you're young and in love, yeah, You might do some things that 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 want one, They're just kids but that's gonna change in nine more months,
She him up at three thirty in the morning, Ready or not their new gonna start, Seven pounds and inches, The doctor lays that new baby's right on her heart.
you're young and in love, yeah, You might do some things that seem all that smart, But God for those eighteen inches, The distance it is from your head to heart, yeah, yeah, yeah.