The Way We Were / Try to Remember

Hey, you know, everybody's talkin' about the good old days, right

Everybody, the good old days, the good old days

Well, let's talk about the good old days

Come to think of it as, as bad as we think they are

These will become the good old days for our children, hum

But why don't we, ah

Try to remember that kind of September, when

When life was slow and, and oh, so mellow, hum

Try to remember, and if you remember then follow

Oh, why does it seem that the past is always better?

We look back and we think

The winters were warmer

The grass was greener

The skies were bluer

And smiles were bright

Can it be that it was all so simple then?

Or has time rewritten every line?

And if we had the chance to do it all again

Tell me

Would we?

Could we?

Memories, like the corners of my mind

Misty watercolor memories

Of the way we were

Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind

Smiles we gave to one another

For the way we were

Oh, can it be that it was all so simple then?

Or has time rewritten every line?

And if we had the chance to do it all again

Tell me

Would we?

Could we?

Memories, may be beautiful and yet

What's too painful to remember

We simply choose to forget

So it's the laughter we will remember

Whenever we remember

The way we were

Remember, the way we were