The Way We Were (Live)-Brian May/Kerry Ellis

[ti:The Way We Were (Live) (feat. Kerry Ellis)] [ar:Brian May] [al:Acoustic By Candlelight (Live on The Born Free Tour)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.38]This next song is a favourite of mine really [00:02.71]Sung usually by Barbara Streisand [00:04.17]And usually sung in a huge way with a big orchestra [00:08.03]And I sang it for probably the first time [00:11.22] [00:11.90]Properly for Radio two [00:13.11] [00:14.78]Several months ago [00:15.57] [00:16.49]With the BBC Concert Orchestra [00:17.58] [00:18.16]And it was it was lovely and Brian liked it [00:20.22]And said 'why don't we try it [00:21.59]And why don't we strip it back and make it simple' [00:25.26]So this is The Way We Were [00:26.41] [00:42.03]Memories [00:46.49] [00:47.32]Like the corners of my mind [00:51.63] [00:54.63]Misty water coloured memories [01:01.02] [01:01.81]Of the way we were [01:05.81] [01:10.34]Scattered pictures [01:14.75] [01:15.94]Of the smiles we left behind [01:20.91] [01:22.97]Smiles we gave to one another [01:28.39] [01:30.06]For the way we were [01:34.61] [01:40.55]Can it be that it was all so simple then [01:46.09] [01:47.01]Or has time re-written every line [01:52.34] [01:54.25]If we had the chance to do it all again [01:58.12] [01:59.12]Tell me would we [02:03.81] [02:05.08]Could we [02:07.44] [02:09.12]Memories [02:13.64] [02:14.16]May be beautiful and yet [02:19.25] [02:20.75]What's too painful to remember [02:26.27] [02:27.02]We simply choose to forget [02:34.27]So it's the laughter [02:39.25] [02:40.78]We will remember [02:45.14] [02:46.99]Whenever we remember [02:54.28] [02:58.28]The way we were [03:04.68] [03:07.54]Ooooh [03:11.12] [03:15.30]The way we were [03:22.49] [03:23.87]The Way We Were (Live) (feat Kerry Ellis) - Brian May