They Said

They said seventeen was way too young To meet somebody and know they're the one But that was a chance you and me were willing to take They said 500 miles and two tanks of gas Would be too much to make this last But we make distance work anyway Through the thick and thin baby What we have outweighs What they said about you and me Yeah they don't know us But they said that we would Fall apart and lose that spark And fade like old blue jeans Yeah they said the butterflies would all fly away That hearts that fall are all meant to break And every green light would end up turnin' red Yeah, the only reason we made it here's because We didn't care what they said It's been four good trips Around that sun Now they're probably talkin' 'bout how far we've come Looking back looks like we proved them wrong When they said it wasn't meant to be Yeah they don't know us But they said that we would Fall apart and lose that spark And fade like old blue jeans Yeah they said the butterflies would all fly away That hearts that fall are all meant to break And every green light would end up turnin' red Yeah, the only reason we made it here's because We didn't care what they said We didn't care what they said I guess the stars that night were on our side Forever never left those need you green eyes When they wanted us to give in Thank God we didn't listen To what they said about you and me Yeah they don't know us They said that we would Fall apart and lose that spark And fade like old blue jeans Yeah they said the butterflies would all fly away That hearts that fall are all meant to break And every green light would end up turnin' red Yeah, the only reason we made it here's because We didn't care what they said No we didn't We didn't care what they said No, no, no They said seventeen was way too young To meet somebody and know they're the one But that was a chance you and me were willing to take