[00:18.35]It's about fifteen hundred miles to California,
[00:23.76]They'll get there Friday if they leave tonight,
[00:28.13]She sneaks out at three thirty in the morning,
[00:32.13]Leaves a note so she won't see her daddy cry.
[00:46.13]He cuts the engine when he coasts in the driveway,
[00:50.32]She slides in and gives him one kiss for the road,
[00:54.69]No friends and no family, no job out there waiting,
[00:59.19]The whole town will call them crazy but they gotta go.
[01:03.82]'Cause when you're young and in love, yeah,
[01:08.38]You might do some things that don't seem all that smart,
[01:12.95]'Cause there ain't no greater distance than the eighteen inches from your
[01:21.45]Head to your heart, yeah.
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[01:30.88]They can barely make rent on a rundown apartment,
[01:34.26]She's waiting tables and he's a valet,
[01:39.51]They're behind on the bills and the car's barely running,
[01:44.14]But he buys a ring with the tips that he's saved.
[01:49.26]When you're young and in love, yeah,
[01:53.13]You might do some things that don't seem all that smart,
[01:57.95]'Cause there ain't no greater distance than the eighteen inches from your
[02:05.11]Head to your heart.
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[02:11.61]Last thing they need is another mouth to feed, but they won't call,
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[02:20.48]Just kids themselves but that's all to change in nine more months,
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[02:29.73]She wakes him up at three thirty in the morning,
[02:34.42]Ready or not their new life's going to start,
[02:38.73]Seven pounds and eighteen inches,
[02:45.48]The doctor lays that new baby's head right on her heart.
[02:55.48]When you're young and in love, yeah,
[02:59.67]You might do some things that don't seem all that smart,
[03:04.42]But thank God for those eighteen inches,
[03:09.86]The distance it is from your head to your heart, yeah, yeah, yeah.