Little Black Book movie - That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be lyrics

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Song by Carly Simon<br /><br>

My father sits at night with no lights on<br>

His cigarette glows in the dark.<br>

The living room is still;<br>

I walk by, no remark.<br>

I tiptoe past the master bedroom where<br>

My mother reads her magazines.<br>

I hear her call sweet dreams,<br>

But I forgot how to dream.<br>

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But you say it's time we moved in together<br>

And raised a family of our own, you and me -<br>

Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be:<br>

You want to marry me, we'll marry.<br>

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My friends from college they're all married now;<br>

They have their houses and their lawns.<br>

They have their silent noons,<br>

Tearful nights, angry dawns.<br>

Their children hate them for the things they're not;<br>

They hate themselves for what they are-<br>

And yet they drink, they laugh,<br>

Close the wound, hide the scar.<br>

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But you say it's time we moved in together<br>

And raised a family of our own, you and me -<br>

Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be:<br>

You want to marry me, we'll marry.<br>

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You say we can keep our love alive<br>

Babe - all I know is what I see -<br>

The couples cling and claw<br>

And drown in love's debris.<br>

You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds,<br>

But soon you'll cage me on your shelf -<br>

I'll never learn to be just me first<br>

By myself.<br>

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Well O.K., it's time we moved in together<br>

And raised a family of our own, you and me -<br>

Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be,<br>

You want to marry me, we'll marry,<br>

We'll marry.<br>

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