The Way We Were

	  		 

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The written word was just enough,  
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To keep us going when the world would get a little tough. 
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And, I held you up when winter came,  
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And no one said a thing when everything became so very 
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Complicated complicated complicated they said. 

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The spring held nothing but surprise,  
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And all that we ignored was open to our eyes. 
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And I said, then maybe we should settle down,  
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Find a cottage or a tunnel underground 

And we'll be 
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Complicated complicated complicated they said we would be, 
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Complicated complicated complicated they said. 
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Ohhhhhhhohhhhhh, I should've known,  
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Ohhhhhhhohhhhhh, we'll have to go,  
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Back to the that we were 
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Before we were us,  
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Before I was me,  
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Before we were, happier than I've ever been,  
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Than you'll ever see,  
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'Cause that's the way it has to be,  
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The way it has to be. 

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We felt the summer on our skin,  
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We curled up in the warmth and let each other in. 
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And I asked, "Have you felt this way before..." 
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You turned to me said "No I'll be forever yours..." 

And we'll be...  
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Complicated complicated complicated they said we would be,  
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Complicated complicated complicated they said. 
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Ohhhhhhhohhhhhh, I should've known,  
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And I said ohhhhhhhohh, we'll have to go,  
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Back to the that we were 
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Before we were us,  
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Before I was me,  
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Before we were, happier than I've ever been,  
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Than you'll ever see,  

'Cause that's the way it has to...  

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I would push and you would pull away from me my heart would bleed 
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And I'd say things I didn't mean to try and get you back to me. 
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We've bent the rules, played the games 
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And never said we felt the same. 
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We ended things like we began. 
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And feared what we became...  

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So we'll go back, to the that we were,  
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Before we were us,  
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Before I was me,  
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Before we were, happier than I've ever been,  
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Than you'll ever see,  

'Cause that's the way it has to...  
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Back to the way that we were,  
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Before we were us,  
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Before I was me,  
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Before we were happier than I've ever been,  
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Than you'll ever see,  
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'Cause that's the way it has to be. 
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That's the way it has to be. 
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The way it has to be.