[Words and Music by Marvin Hamlisch 
 Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman]

Mem'ries light the corners of my mind
Misty water-colored mem'ries 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

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

The way we were