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 tip toe 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 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 dawn s
The 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
But you say it's time we
moved in together
an d 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
Here
You say that we can't keep our love alive
Babe, all I know is what I see
All I know is what I see
The couples cling and claw,
and drown in love's debris
You say you'll soar like two
birds through the clouds
But soon you'll cage me on your shell
Oh, I'll never learn to be just
me first by myself
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 you