That’s the way I’ve always heard it should be
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1. My father sits at night
with no lights on,
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his
cigarette glows in the dark,
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the
living room is still, I walk by, no
remark.
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I tiptoe past the master
bedroom where
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my mother
reads her magazines,
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I hear her call, sweet dreams,
but I forget how to dream.
F Em
But you say it’s time we moved
in together,
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and
raised a family of our own, you and me.
F
Em
Well, that’s the way I’ve
always heard it should be,
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you want to marry me, we’ll
marry.
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G
2. My friends from college,
they’re all married now,
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they
have their houses and their lawns,
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they
have their silent noons, tearful nights, angry dawns.
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Their children hate them for
the things they’re not,
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they
hate themselves for what they are,
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and
yet they drink, they laugh, close the
wound, hide the scar.
+ CHORUS
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3. You say that we can keep
our love alive,
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babe,
all I know is what I see,
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the
couples cling and claw, and drown in love’s debris.
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You say we’ll soar like two
birds through the clouds,
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but
soon you’ll cage me on your shelf,
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Am -
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I’ll never learn to be just me
first, by myself.
F Em
Well, okay, it’s time we moved
in together,
Dm C
and
raised a family of our own, you and me.
F Em
Well, that’s the way I’ve
always heard it should be,
A D
you want to marry me, we’ll
marry.
(Carly
Simon)