Eighteen Inches-South Land Country

[ti:Eighteen Inches] [ar:South Land Country] [al:2013 Smash Country Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Eighteen Inches - South Land Country [00:18.99]It's about fifteen hundred miles to California [00:24.53]They'll get there Friday if they leave tonight [00:29.04]She sneaks out at three thirty in the morning [00:33.05]Leaves a note so she won't see her daddy cry [00:46.72]He cuts the engine when he coasts in the driveway [00:50.98]She slides in and gives him one kiss for the road [00:55.38]No friends and no family no job out there waiting [00:59.69]The whole town will call them crazy but they gotta go [01:04.63]'Cause when you're young and in love yeah [01:08.98]You might do some things that don't seem all that smart [01:13.68]'Cause there ain't no greater distance [01:17.91]Than the eighteen inches from your [01:20.47]Head to your heart yeah [01:31.45]They can barely make rent on a rundown apartment [01:36.13]She's waiting tables and he's a valet [01:40.40]They're behind on the bills [01:42.24]And the car's barely running [01:44.67]But he buys a ring with the tips that he's saved [01:49.80]When you're young and in love yeah [01:53.98]You might do some things that don't seem all that smart [01:58.67]'Cause there ain't no greater distance [02:03.16]Than the eighteen inches from your [02:05.42]Head to your heart [02:12.35]Last thing they need is another mouth to feed [02:16.18]But they won't call [02:20.96]Just kids themselves but [02:23.44]That's all to change in nine more months [02:30.47]She wakes him up at three thirty in the morning [02:34.68]Ready or not their new life's going to start [02:39.56]Seven pounds and eighteen inches [02:46.44]The doctor lays that new baby's head right on her heart [02:56.14]When you're young and in love yeah [03:00.23]You might do some things [03:02.28]That don't seem all that smart [03:05.08]But thank God for those eighteen inches [03:10.63]The distance it is from your head to your heart [03:19.10]Yeah yeah yeah