The Way We Were Lyrics

Lyric discussion by procktheboat 

Cover art for The Way We Were lyrics by Barbra Streisand

Our memory distorts the true nature of our past relationships. An old flame from many, many years ago recently contacted me and told me she thought her life would have been much better if we had stayed together. Though I was flattered, and though we did have some very good memories, I realized that she was conveniently forgetting the bad times and what caused us to eventually break up. As the song says, "Mem'ries, 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"