The Way We Were Songtext / Lyric

We would like to take you back down the vista of the past

And underscore a very, very special friendship

That we have maintained over the years

And we go back to the time that we were 16 and 17 years old



Memories light the corners of my mind

Misty water, colored memories

For the way we were

Oh darling



Scattered pictures

Of the smiles we left behind

Smiles we gave to one another

For the way we were



Could it be it was all so simple then

Or has time rewritten every line?

If we had the chance to do it all again

Tell me, would we? Could we?






Memories

They may be beautiful and yet

What is too painful to remember

We simply have let go and choose to forget



So is the laughter

The laughter, we will remember

We will remember



Could it be it was all so simple then

Or has time rewritten every line?

If we had a chance to do it all again

Tell me, would we?

I don't know, could we?



Memories can be beautiful

Beautiful and yet, and yet, and yet

What is too painful to remember

Could be, we simply choose to forget



So it's the laughter

We will remember

Whenever we remember



I remember

Are you gonna remember and do you remember the way we were

I can't get it off my mind

We were