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 (2015 Remastered)] [ar:Carly Simon] [al:Songs From The Trees (A Musical Memoir Collection)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be - Carly Simon [00:00.51]Written by：Carly Simon/Jacob Brackman [00:01.02]My father sits at night with no lights on [00:06.77] [00:08.41]His cigarette glows in the dark [00:14.62] [00:15.32]The living room is still [00:18.19]I walk by no remark [00:24.17] [00:28.30]I tiptoe past the master bedroom where [00:34.39] [00:35.15]My mother reads her magazines [00:42.47]I hear her call sweet dreams [00:45.83]But I forgot how to dream [00:49.13] [00:56.43]But you say it's time we moved in together [01:01.00] [01:02.64]Raised a family of our own [01:05.55]You and me [01:09.03]Well that's the way I've always heard it should be [01:13.90]You want to marry me [01:17.93] [01:18.65]We'll marry [01:22.31] [01:23.41]My friends from college [01:25.32]They're all married now [01:30.16]They have their houses and their lawns [01:35.90] [01:37.75]They have their silent noon [01:40.52]Tearful nights angry dawns [01:46.01] [01:50.86]Their children hate them for the things they're not [01:56.36] [01:57.84]They hate themselves for what they are [02:04.30] [02:05.10]And yet they drink they laugh [02:08.05]Close the wound [02:09.94]Hide the scar [02:11.86] [02:19.51]But you say it's time we moved in together [02:24.27] [02:25.78]Raised a family of our own [02:28.78]You and me [02:32.02]Well that's the way I've always heard it should be [02:37.15]You want to marry me [02:41.13] [02:41.65]We'll marry [02:44.14] [02:48.08]You say we can keep our love alive [02:53.58] [02:54.61]Babe all I know is what I see [03:01.18] [03:02.21]The couples cling and claw [03:04.63]And drown in love's debris [03:09.74] [03:15.63]You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds [03:21.11] [03:22.25]But soon you'll cage me on your shelf [03:29.24]I'll never learn to be just me first [03:32.86] [03:34.16]By myself [03:37.92] [03:43.82]Well OK [03:44.64]It's time we moved in together [03:48.78] [03:49.77]And raised a family of our own [03:52.75]You and me [03:56.12]Well that's the way I've always heard it should be [04:00.97]You want to marry me [04:04.25] [04:06.16]We'll marry [04:08.33]We'll marry