That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be
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.



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


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  I'm All It Takes To Make You Happy   Winken', Blinkin' and Nod   A Pavane For The Nursery   A Red, Red Rose   Actress   After The Storm   All I Have To Do Is Dream   All I Want Is You   All The Love In The World   All the Things You Are   Alone   Alone Together   Amaica Farewell   Amity   Angel From Montgomery   Angel From Montgomery - Previously Unreleased   Another Door   Anticipation   Anyone But Me   Are You Ticklish   AS TIME GOES BY   Attitude Dancing   Back Down To Earth   Back the Way   Back The Way (dottie's Point Of View   BACK THE WAY (DOTTIE'S POINT OF VIEW)   Back The Way (girls?point Of View)   Back The Way (Girls' Point Of View)   Back The Way (Girls' Point Of View)   BE WITH ME   Best Thing   Better Not Tell Her   Bewitched   Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered   BIG DUMB GUY   Black Honeymoon   Blackbird   BLUE OF BLUE   Body & Soul   Body & Soul   Body And Soul   BORN TO BREAK MY HEART   Boys In The Trees   Boys in the Trees [DVD][Version]   By Myself / I See Your Face Before Me   By Myself \/ I See Your Face Before Me   CAN'T GIVE IT UP   Can't Give It Up   Can’t Give It Up   CATCH IT LIKE A FEVER   CHRISTMAS IS ALMOST HERE   Come Back Home   Come Upstairs   Comforting To Know   Coming Around Again   Coming Around Again (Full Heartburn Soundtrack L   Coming Around Again [DVD]   Coming Around Again / Itsy Bitsy Spider   Coming Around Again \/ Itsy Bitsy Spider   Coming Around Again/itsy Bitsy Spider   Coming Aroung Again   Coming To Get You   COW TOWN   CROSS THE RIVER   Damn You Get To Me   Damn, You Get To Me   Dan, My Fling   Danny Boy   DARKNESS 'TIL DAWN   Darkness 'til Dawn   Davy   De Bat   De Bat (fly In Me Face)   De Bat (Fly In My Face)   Devoted To You   Devoted To You (Featuring James Taylor)   Devoted To You / All I Have To Do Is Dream   Devoted to You/All I Have to Do Is Dream   Didn't I?   Didn't I?   Dink's Blues   Dink's Blues   Dishonest Modesty   Do The Walls Come Down   DON'T SMOKE IN BED   Don't Wrap It Up   Don't Smoke In Bed   Don't Wrap It Up   Don’t Wrap It Up   Easy On The Eyes   Embrace Me You Child   Embrace Me, You Child   End Titles - Nobody Does It Better   Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye   Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye   EVERY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE   Fairweather Father   Film Noir   Fisherman's Song   Fisherman's Song   Fisherman’s Song   Floundering   For Old Times Sake   Forever My Love   Forgive   Forgive [*]   From The Heart   GIVE ME ALL NIGHT   Give Me All Night [Single Version]   God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen   God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen   Grownup   Half A Chance   Halfway 'round The World   Halfway 'round The World   Halfway ‘round The World   Halfway Round the World   Happy Birthday   HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER)   Happy Xmas (War Is Over)   Haunting   Have You Seen Me Lately   Have You Seen Me Lately?   HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS   Haven't Got Time For The Pain   Haven't Got Time For The Pain   Havent Got Time For The Pain   He Likes To Roll   He Was Too Good To Me   HEAVEN   Hello Big Man   HIS FRIENDS ARE MORE THAN FOND OF ROBIN   Hola Soleil   Hold Out Your Heart   Hold What You've Got   Hold What You've Got   Hold What You’ve Got   Holding Me Tonight   Horribly Hazardous Heffalumps   Hotcakes   How Can You Ever Forget   How Long Has This Been Going On   How Long Has This Been Going On [DVD]   Hurt   Hush Little Baby   i believe in lov   I Can't Thank You Enough   I FORGET   I Gave My Love A Cherry   I Gave My Love A Cherry (The Riddle Song)   I Get Along Without You Very Well   I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good   I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good   I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good   I Got It Bad And That Aint Good   I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day   I Only Have Eyes for You   I Only Have Eyes for You [DVD]   I'd Rather It Was You   I'll Be Around   I'll Be Home   I'll Be Home For Christmas   I'll Just Remember You   I'm A Fool To Want You   I'm All It Takes To Make You Happy   I'M RATHER IT WAS YOU   I'm So Excited   I've Got To Have You   I've Got You Under My Skin   I'll Be Around   I'll Be Home For Christmas   I'm A Fool To Want You   I'm All It Takes To Make You Happy   I'm Rather It Was You   I'm Really The Kind   I'm So Excited   I've Got To Have You   I've Got You Under My Skin   I’d Rather It Was You   I’ll Be Around   If I Wasn't So Small (The Piglet Song)   If I Wasn't So Small (The Piglet Song)   If It Wasn't Love   If It Wasn't Love   In A Small Moment   IN HONOR OF YOU (GEORGE)   In Love [Instrumental]   In My Dreams   In Pain   In The Name Of The Hundred Acre Wood   In the Still of the Night   In the Still of the Night [DVD]   In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning   In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning [From Sleepl...   In Times When My Head   Interview   Into White   IS THIS LOVE   Is This Love? 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