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