The Way We Were-Michael Ball

[ti:The Way We Were] [ar:Michael Ball] [al:The Very Best Of Michael Ball: In Concert At The Royal Albert Hall] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Way We Were - Michael Ball [00:28.74]Written by：Bergman Marilyn/Hamlisch Marvin/Bergman Alan/Marilyn BergmanAlan BergmanMarvin Hamlisch [00:57.48]Can it be that it was all so simple then [01:01.94] [01:03.91]Or I has some time re written every line [01:07.77] [01:09.78]If we had the chance to do it all again [01:14.06] [01:15.86]Tell me would we [01:17.53] [01:20.51]Could we [01:24.80]Memories may be beautiful and yet [01:33.39] [01:35.98]What's too painful to remember [01:41.43] [01:41.96]We simply choose to forget [01:48.96] [01:50.02]So it's the laughter we will remember [01:59.46] [02:01.58]Whenever we remember [02:07.52] [02:08.16]The way we were [02:12.32] [02:16.78]The way we were [02:27.60] [02:29.62]Some say love it is a river [02:35.26] [02:38.10]That drowns the tender reed [02:43.15] [02:44.95]Some say love it is a razor [02:51.47] [02:53.49]That leaves your soul to bleed [02:58.47] [03:00.28]Some say love it is a hunger [03:06.88] [03:08.76]An endless aching need [03:14.50] [03:17.64]I say love it is a flower [03:23.95] [03:26.53]And you it's only seed [03:32.16] [03:37.39]It's the heart afraid of breaking [03:43.62] [03:45.18]That never learns to dance [03:50.70] [03:52.36]It's the dream afraid of waking [03:58.64] [04:00.10]That never takes the chance [04:05.47] [04:07.25]It's the one who won't be taken [04:13.54] [04:15.61]Who cannot seem to give [04:20.53] [04:23.77]And the soul afraid of dying [04:30.32] [04:32.18]That never learns to live [04:38.99] [04:42.95]When the night has been too lonely [04:49.38] [04:50.09]And the road has been too long [04:56.34] [04:57.23]And you think that love is only [05:03.45] [05:04.27]For the lucky and the strong [05:10.84] [05:11.35]Just remember in the winter [05:17.51] [05:18.32]Far beneath the bitter snow [05:24.50] [05:28.17]Lies the seed [05:30.56] [05:33.04]That with the sun's love in the spring [05:39.44] [05:42.37]Becomes the [05:46.21] [06:13.08]So it's the laughter we will remember [06:23.06] [06:25.53]Whenever we remember [06:30.88] [06:32.06]The way we were [06:37.02] [06:41.54]The way we were