Its about fifteen hundred miles to California,
Theyll get there Friday if they leave tonight,
She sneaks out at three thirty in the morning,
Leaves a note so she wont see her daddy cry.
He cuts the engine when he coasts in the driveway,
She slides in and gives him one kiss for the road,
No friends and no family, no job out there waiting,
The whole town will call them crazy but they gotta go.
Cause when youre young and in love, yeah,
You might do some things that dont seem all that smart,
Cause there aint no greater distance
Than the eighteen inches from your head to your heart, yeah.
They can barely make rent on a rundown apartment,
Shes waiting tables and hes a valet,
Theyre behind on the bills and the cars barely running,
But he buys a ring with the tips that hes saved.
When youre young and in love, yeah,
You might do some things that dont seem all that smart,
Cause there aint no greater distance
Than the eighteen inches from your head to your heart.
Last thing they need is another mouth to feed, but they want one,
Theyre just kids themselves but thats gonna change in nine more months,
She wakes him up at three thirty in the morning,
Ready or not their new lifes gonna start,
Seven pounds and eighteen inches,
The doctor lays that new babys head right on her heart.
When youre young and in love, yeah,
You might do some things that dont seem all that smart,
But thank God for those eighteen inches,
The distance it is from your head to your heart, yeah, yeah, yeah.