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

1. My father sits at night with no lights on 2. My friends from college they're all married now 3. You say we can keep our love alive 1. His cigarette glows in the dark; The living room is still 2. They have their houses and their lawns; They have their silent noons 3. Babe, all I know is what I see; The couples cling and claw 1. I walk by, no re - mark 2. Tearful nights, angry dawns 3. And drown in love's debris 1. I tiptoe past the master bedroom where 2. Their children hate them for the things they're not 3. You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds 1. My mother reads her magazines; I hear her call sweet dreams 2. They hate themselves for what they r; And yet they drink, they laugh 3. But soon you'll cage me on your shelf; I never learn to be just 1. But I forgot how to dream 2. Close the wound, hide the scars 3. me first, By myself 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