The Way We Were Cifras

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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.
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