That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be Lyrics

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That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be Lyrics by Waltari

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Carly Simon 
(Carly Simon/Jacob Brackman) 
My father sits at night with no lights on 
His cigarette glows in the dark. 
The living room is still; 
I walk by, no remark. 
I tiptoe past the master bedroom where 
My mother reads her magazines. 
I hear her call sweet dreams, 
But I forgot how to dream. 
But you say it's time we moved in together 
And raised a family of our own, you and me - 
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be: 
You want to marry me, we'll marry. 
My friends from college they're all married now; 
They have their houses and their lawns. 
They have their silent noons, 
Tearful nights, angry dawns. 
Their children hate them for the things they're not; 
They hate themselves for what they are- 
And yet they drink, they laugh, 
Close the wound, hide the scar. 
But you say it's time we moved in together 
And raised a family of our own, you and me - 
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be: 
You want to marry me, we'll marry. 
You say we can keep our love alive 
Babe - all I know is what I see - 
The couples cling and claw 
And drown in love's debris. 
You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds, 
But soon you'll cage me on your shelf - 
I'll never learn to be just me first 
By myself. 
Well O.K., it's time we moved in together 
And raised a family of our own, you and me - 
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be, 
You want to marry me, we'll marry, 
We'll marry.

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