That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be

[00:00.54] My father sits at night with no lights on
[00:08.20] His cigarette glows in the dark
[00:14.87] The living room is still
[00:17.79] I walk by, no remark
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[00:27.98] I tiptoe past the master bedroom where
[00:34.81] My mother reads her magazines
[00:42.04] I hear her call sweet dreams
[00:45.48] But I forgot how to dream
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[00:56.06] But you say it's time we moved in together
[01:02.37] And raised a family of our own, you and me
[01:08.51] Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be
[01:13.54] You want to marry me, we'll marry
[01:22.82] My friends from college, they're all married now
[01:29.67] They have their houses and their lawns
[01:37.31] They have their silent noons
[01:39.96] Tearful nights, angry dawns
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[01:50.58] Their children hate them for the things they're not
[01:57.53] They hate themselves for what they are
[02:02.89]
[02:04.90] And yet they drink, they laugh
[02:07.65] Close the wound, hide the scar
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[02:18.97] But you say it's time we moved in together
[02:25.41] And raised a family of our own, you and me
[02:31.98] Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be
[02:36.78] You want to marry me, we'll marry
[02:45.35]
[02:47.69] You say we can keep our love alive
[02:54.21] Babe, all I know is what I see
[03:01.50] The couples cling and claw
[03:04.42] And drown in love's debris
[03:10.05]
[03:15.09] You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds
[03:21.87] But soon you'll cage me on your shelf
[03:28.82] I'll never learn to be just me first
[03:33.63] By myself
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[03:43.26] Well okay, it's time we moved in together
[03:49.41] And raised a family of our own, you and me
[03:55.71] Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be
[04:00.74] You want to marry me, we'll marry (we'll marry)
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