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

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
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 I tiptoe past the master bedroom where
 My mother reads her magazines
 I hear her call sweet dreams
 But I forgot how to dream
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 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
 My friends from college, they're all married now
 They have their houses and their lawns
 They have their silent noons
 Tearful nights, angry dawns
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 Their children hate them for the things they're not
 They hate themselves for what they are
 
 And yet they drink, they laugh
 Close the wound, hide the scar
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 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
 
 You say we can keep our love alive
 Babe, all I know is what I see
 The couples cling and claw
 And drown in love's debris
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 You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds
 But soon you'll cage me on your shelf
 I'll never learn to be just me first
 By myself
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 Well okay, 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 (we'll marry)