Massie walked into Starbucks Cafe, waiting for her friend Alicia Rivera to finish work.
You were in Collage, working part-time waitin' tables.
A young boy, only in Collage walked up to Massie
"Can I help you?" The young boy asked. Massie looked at his nametag pinned to his hat. 'Derrick.
"No, but thanks for asking.'' The brunette replied.
"That's good, because my shift is over." He replied.
"Mind if I sit?" He asked. "Sure," Replied Massie, "Take a seat."
They talked, and talked and talked.
Left a small town and never looked back
I was a flight risk, afraid of fallin'
Swaped phone numbers, then meet up multiple times.
2 months in, and they were a couple.
Wondering why we bother with love, if it never lasts
Massie and Derrick walking around campus.
I say, "Can you believe it?"
As we're lyin' on the couch
The moment, I can see it
Yes, yes, I can see it now
Massie and Derrick walked around the beach, hand in hand.
Derrick leaned in, and kissed Massie.
He pulled back, then put his arm around her.
Do you remember, we were sittin' there, by the water?
You put your arm around me for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine
Flash forward, and we're takin' on the world together
And there's a drawer of my things at your place
You learn my secrets and figure out why I'm guarded
You say we'll never make my parents' mistakes
Derrick looked through all the draws in his bedroom, trying to find his phone.
He opened up 2nd last draw in the vanity, just to see all of Massie's hairbrushes, hair ties and her curler.
But we got bills to pay This is what I thought about: Do you remember, we were sittin' there, by the water?
We got nothin' figured out
When it was hard to take
Yes, yes
You put your arm around me for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine
Derrick leaned in, and kissed Massie.
He pulled back, then put his arm around her. Oh, oh, oh, oh And I remember that fight, two-thirty AM
Do you remember all the city lights on the water?
You saw me start to believe for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine
You said everything was slipping right out of our hands
I ran out, crying, and you followed me out into the street
"DON'T SAY THAT DERRICK! IT'S NOT!" Massie fought back, but it was no use.
"Mass, you know it is, you just need to realise that!'' Derrick yelled again.
Massie ran out crying onto the street.
Derrick followed her out.
Braced myself for the goodbye, cause that's all I've ever known
Then, you took me by surprise
You said,
"I'll never leave you alone"
"I remember how we felt sitting by the water,
And every time I look at you, it's like the first time.
I fell in love with a careless man's careful daughter.
She is the best thing that's ever been mine."
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter Do you believe it? I can see it now
You are the best thing that's ever been mine
We're gonna make it now
And I can see it
xoxo,
Jaimee