Two kids from Tacoma
In a '72 Nova
No pill and barely old enough to drink
Learned the ropes and tested science
Started pentecostal riots
In just five minutes behind the rolling rink
In the backseat brings
The American dream on a shoestring
First you grow it, then you show it
Give a good push just like a Brady
Say you'll love 'em till you're eighty
Too soon to be a mother and father
But too late for the alma mater
Yeah, it's always in the water
Babies makin' babies
Between diplomas and the diapers
They become couch quarter finders
Savin' up for a Maytag microwave
Oh but all has been forgiven
On the day the water christen
The best thing that could have happened by mistake
The American dream on a shoestring
First you grow it, then you show it
Give a good push just like a Brady
Say you'll love 'em till you're eighty
Too soon to be a mother and father
But too late for the alma mater
Yeah, it's always in the water
Babies makin' babies
Well, it's a tried and true equation
Maintains a small town population
That turns us all into a family
The American dream on a shoestring
First you grow it, then you show it
Give a good push just like a Brady
Say you'll love 'em till you're eighty
Too soon to be a mother and father
But too late for the alma mater
Yeah, it's always in the water
Babies makin' babies
Yes, it's always in the water
Babies makin babies