That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be piano leadsheet with chords

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 forget how to dream.

But you say it's time we moved in together,

and raised a fam'ly of our own,

you and me.

Well, that's the way I 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.

Their children hate them for the things they're not;

they hate themselves for what they are;

and yet they drink, they laugh,

just close the wounds, hide the scar.

But you say it's time we moved in together,

and raised a fam'ly of our own,

you and me.

Well, that's the way I always heard it should be.

You want to marry me, we'll marry.

marry.