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

[ti:That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be] [ar:Carly Simon] [al:Reflections Carly Simon's Greatest Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be - Carly Simon [00:00.57]Written by：Carly Simon [00:01.15]My father sits at night with no lights on [00:06.59] [00:08.42]His cigarette glows in the dark [00:13.75] [00:15.28]The living room is still [00:17.07] [00:18.07]I walk by no remark [00:22.77] [00:28.30]I tiptoe past the master bedroom where [00:33.50] [00:35.13]My mother reads her magazines [00:41.60] [00:42.29]I hear her call sweet dreams [00:45.73]But I forgot how to dream [00:49.43] [00:56.36]But you say it's time we moved in together [01:00.76] [01:02.46]And raised a family of our own you and me [01:06.84] [01:08.89]Well that's the way I've always heard it should be [01:13.85]You want to marry me we'll marry [01:20.82] [01:23.24]My friends from college they're all married now [01:28.34] [01:29.82]They have their houses and their lawns [01:36.50] [01:37.58]They have their silent noons [01:40.23]Tearful nights angry dawns [01:45.80] [01:50.73]Their children hate them for the things they're not [01:55.88] [01:57.66]They hate themselves for what they are [02:03.95] [02:04.99]And yet they drink they laugh [02:07.10] [02:07.73]Close the wound hide the scar [02:11.67] [02:19.27]But you say it's time we moved in together [02:23.77] [02:25.57]And raised a family of our own you and me [02:29.84] [02:31.89]Well that's the way I've always heard it should be [02:36.85]You want to marry me we'll marry [02:44.96] [02:47.82]You say that we can keep our love alive [02:53.17] [02:54.33]Babe all I know is what I see [03:00.32] [03:01.69]The couples cling and claw [03:03.71] [03:04.36]And drown in love's debris [03:09.13] [03:15.15]You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds [03:20.76] [03:21.90]But soon you'll cage me on your shelf [03:28.24] [03:28.90]I'll never learn to be just me first [03:32.59] [03:33.82]By myself [03:37.25] [03:43.21]Well okay it's time we moved in together [03:47.66] [03:49.47]And raised a family of our own you and me [03:53.78] [03:55.77]Well that's the way I've always heard it should be [04:00.62]You want to marry me we'll marry [04:08.01]We'll marry