It's about fifteen miles to California, They'll get there if they leave tonight, She sneaks out at three in the morning, Leaves a so she won't see her daddy cry.
He cuts the engine when he in the driveway, She slides in and him one kiss for the road, No and no family, no job out there waiting, The whole will call them crazy 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 from head to your heart, yeah.
They can make rent on a rundown apartment, She's waiting 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.
When you're 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 your head to your heart.
Last thing they 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, or not their new life's gonna start, Seven and eighteen inches, The doctor lays that new baby's right on her heart.
When you're and in love, yeah, You might do some things don't seem all that smart, But God for those eighteen inches, The distance it is from your head to heart, yeah, yeah, yeah.