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