This Is The Way

[Verse 1]
All I know is what I read in newspapers
You don't know a thing about me
Does your Daddy let you stay out as late as this?
In a state of intoxication, new sensations, and

[Verse 2]
We had a good thing going
Now we don't talk about it anymore
I needed time to think
I travel light, take out my notebook and I write

[Chorus]
This is the way it was meant to be
This is the way it was meant to be
This is the way it was meant to be
This is the way it was meant to be

[Verse 3]
I want you to teach me how to drive
I see you clutchin' the steering wheel
Everything takes time
You're a sleeping volcano, that's half your appeal, and

[Chorus]
This is the way it was meant to be
This is the way it was meant to be
This is the way it was meant to be
This is the way it was meant to be

[Instrumental]

[Verse 1, repeated]
All I know is what I read in newspapers
You don't know a thing about me
Does your Daddy let you stay out as late as this?
In a state of intoxication, new sensations, and

[Chorus]
This is the way it was meant to be
This is the way it was meant to be
This is the way it was meant to be
This is the way it was meant to be

[Outro]
This is the way it was meant to be
This is the way it was meant to be
This is the way it was meant to be
This is the way