That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be Liz Callaway (Ft. Ann Hampton Callaway)

[Verse 1: Liz Callaway]
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

[Verse 2: Ann Hampton Callaway]
I tiptoe past the master bedroom where
My mother reads her magazines
I hear her call sweet dreams
But I forget how to dream

[Chorus: Liz & Ann Hampton Callaway]
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

[Verse 3: Liz Callaway]
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

[Verse 4: Ann Hampton Callaway]
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