Thats The Way Ive Always Heard It Should — текст песни (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 its time we moved in together

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

Well, thats the way Ive always heard it should be:

You want to marry me, well marry.



My friends from college theyre 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 theyre not;

They hate themselves for what they are-

And yet they drink, they laugh,

Close the wound, hide the scar.



But you say its time we moved in together

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

Well, thats the way Ive always heard it should be:

You want to marry me, well 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 loves debris.

You say well soar like two birds through the clouds,

But soon youll cage me on your shelf -

Ill never learn to be just me first

By myself.



Well o.k., its time we moved in together

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

Well, thats the way Ive always heard it should be,

You want to marry me, well marry,

Well marry.