It's about fifteen 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 him one kiss for the road, No and no family, no job out there waiting, The whole town will call 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 greater Than the eighteen inches from your head to heart, yeah.
They can make rent on a rundown apartment, She's waiting and he's a valet, behind on the bills and the car's barely running, But he a ring with the tips that he's saved.
you're young and in love, yeah, You might do some things don't seem all that smart, Cause 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 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 and eighteen inches, The doctor lays new baby's head right on her heart.
you're young and in love, yeah, You do some things that don't seem all that smart, But God for those eighteen inches, The distance it is from your head to heart, yeah, yeah, yeah.