• Memories light the corners of my mind
  Misty water-colored 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
  
  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
  Just tell me, tell me, would we, would we?
  Could we, could we?
  
  Memories may be beautiful and yet
  So many memories too painful to remember
  The way we were
  
  Can it be that it was all so simple then
  Or has time rewritten every line (or has time rewritten)
  And if we had the chance to do it all again
  Tell me would we, would we?
  Ah could we, could we?
  
  Memories may be beautiful and yet (may be beautiful and yet)
  Much too painful to remember
  We simply choose to forget
  So it's the laughter that we will remember (I know)
  Whenever we remember
  The way we were
  The way we were (I miss you baby)
  The way we were (oh I miss you so much baby)
  I miss the way we were
  The way we were Writer/s: Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch
  Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn April 20th 1975, "The Way We Were/Try to Remember" by Gladys Knight and the Pips entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #80; fourteen weeks later on July 27th, 1975 it peaked at #11 {for 1 week} and spent 17 weeks on the Top 100...
  It reached #2* {for 1 week} on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart...
  * The week it was at #2 on the Adult Contemporary chart, the #1 record for that week was "Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)" by Charlie Rich.
• Camille from Toronto, OhIncredible lyrics, incredible music, incredible vocals. The combination makes for an amazing song that'll tug at your heartstrings every time you hear it. Who doesn't want to forget the pain and remember the laughter? Superb, all around.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn February 2nd, 1973 "The Way We Were" reached #1, it stayed there for one week, then "Love's Theme" by the Love Unlimited Orchestra moved into the #1 spot. But a week later "The Way We Were" reclaimed the top spot for the next two weeks!!!
• Karen from Manchester, NhAlthough I love this version, one that I love is from the opening of "Fame" - the auditions. The dramatic reading of it, the mother crying and snapping pictures...it's what I picture every time I hear it...and laugh...
• Farrah from Elon, NcI once had a friend who said she used this song in her wedding(I think she married around th time this song was a hit). It's the best song Barbra Streisand ever recorded.

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