Carly Simon

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

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Composers:
  • Carly Simon
  • Jacob Brackman
Genres:
  • 70s
  • Pop
Tags:
  • female vocalist
  • pop rock
  • singer songwriter
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Carly Simon - That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be lyrics

(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,Carly Simon - That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be - http://motolyrics.com/carly-simon/thats-the-way-ive-always-heard-it-should-be-lyrics.html
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.

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

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