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

[00:00.02] My father sits at night with no lights on

[00:08.18] His cigarette glows in the dark.

[00:14.12] The living room is still;

[00:17.56] I walk by, no remark.

[00:27.79] I tiptoe past the master bedroom where

[00:34.52] My mother reads her magazines.

[00:41.48] I hear her call sweet dreams,

[00:44.81] But I forgot how to dream.

[00:56.21] But you say it's time we moved in together

[01:01.80] And raised a family of our own, you and me -

[01:08.46] Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be:

[01:13.52] You want to marry me, we'll marry.

[01:23.12] My friends from college they're all married now;

[01:29.20] They have their houses and their lawns.

[01:36.23] They have their silent noons,

[01:39.87] Tearful nights, angry dawns.

[01:50.42] Their children hate them for the things they're not;

[01:57.48] They hate themselves for what they are-

[02:04.29] And yet they drink, they laugh,

[02:07.37] Close the wound, hide the scar.

[02:18.72] But you say it's time we moved in together

[02:24.69] And raised a family of our own, you and me -

[02:31.71] Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be:

[02:36.53] You want to marry me, we'll marry.

[02:47.74] You say we can keep our love alive

[02:54.04] Babe - all I know is what I see -

[03:01.56] The couples cling and claw

[03:03.82] And drown in love's debris.

[03:15.08] You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds,

[03:21.96] But soon you'll cage me on your shelf -

[03:28.19] I'll never learn to be just me first

[03:33.32] By myself.

[03:42.46] Well O.K., it's time we moved in together

[03:48.66] And raised a family of our own, you and me -

[03:55.40] Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be,

[04:00.68] You want to marry me, we'll marry,

[04:05.65] We'll marry.