The Way We Were / Try to Remember

Hey, you know, everybody's talkin' about the good old days, right
 Everybody, the good old days, the good old days
 Well, let's talk about the good old days
 Come to think of it as, as bad as we think they are
 These will become the good old days for our children, hum
 But why don't we, ah
 Try to remember that kind of September, when
 When life was slow and, and oh, so mellow, hum
 Try to remember, and if you remember then follow
 Oh, why does it seem that the past is always better?
 We look back and we think
 The winters were warmer
 The grass was greener
 The skies were bluer
 And smiles were bright
 Can it be that it was all so simple then?
 Or has time rewritten every line?
 And if we had the chance to do it all again
 Tell me
 Would we?
 Could we?
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 Memories, like the corners of my mind
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 Misty watercolor memories
 Of the way we were
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 Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind
 Smiles we gave to one another
 For the way we were
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 Oh, can it be that it was all so simple then?
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 Or has time rewritten every line?
 And if we had the chance to do it all again
 Tell me
 Would we?
 Could we?
 Memories, may be beautiful and yet
 What's too painful to remember
 We simply choose to forget
 So it's the laughter we will remember
 Whenever we remember
 The way we were
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 Remember, the way we were