<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" (1971) </Td> <Td> "Anticipation" (1971) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" (1971) </Td> <Td> "Anticipation" (1971) </Td> </Tr> <P> "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" is a 1971 song performed by Carly Simon . Her friend and frequent collaborator Jacob Brackman wrote the lyrics and Simon wrote the music . The song was released as the lead single from her self - titled debut album, Carly Simon, and it reached peak positions of number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and 6 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart . </P> <P> It was an art song with a semiclassical melody in the style of Gabriel Fauré, and Elektra staffers were worried the single was too emotionally complex to be released as Simon's first single . With subject matter that includes "the parents' bad marriage; the friends' unhappy lives; the boyfriend's enthusiasm for marriage but controlling nature; the woman's initial resistance and ultimate capitulation ." </P>

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