The Way We Weren’t / The Way We Were (Live) lyrics

When I wander through my mind, in corners I can find the way we were
In the places memories sleep, I keep the day we were the way we were
We were wistful, we were young
All the smiles of love were waiting in our eyes
And we were neither innocent nor wise as we are now
Now we hopе to make the memoriеs last
But time’s been known to change the past
Only in some yesterday we safely stay the way we were

We were lovers, we were friends
All the smiles of love were waiting in our eyes
And we were neither innocent nor wise as we are now
Now we hope to make the memories last
But time’s been known to change the past
Only in some yesterday we safely stay the way we were

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?
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
The way we were