Lyrics: the way it used to be

Engelbert humperdinck’s songs always bring back memories of my late father.  he usually spent Sunday afternoons listening to old songs being played on the radio.   I never got my father to talk much about his younger years; he’s really a man of few words, to begin with.  Somehow, when I hear humperdinck’s songs playing, I can picture my father and how his life had been before I came to know him.

The way we used to be
By engelbert Humperdinck

Lonely table just for one
In a bright and crowded room
While the music has begun
I drink to memories in the gloom
Though the music's still the same
It has a bittersweet refrain

So play the song the way it used to be
Before she left and changed it all to sadness
And maybe if she's passing by the window
She will hear a love song
And a melody
And even if the words are not so tender
She will always remember
The way it used to be

Friends stop by and say hello
And I laugh and hide the pain
It's quite easy 'til they go
Then the song begins again

So play the song the way it used to be
Before she left and changed it all to sadness
And maybe if she's passing by the window
She will hear a love song
And a melody
And even if the words are not so tender
She will always remember
The way it used to be


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