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

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.