[Chorus]
The way that it was
The way that it was
The way that it was Mama
Is the way it should be

[Verse 1]
Now I have had visions Mama
Ever since I was a child
And when you kissed me and smiled
It was all I could see

[Verse 2]
Now were you with me?
Or was I with you?
When I drank from the Lethe, Mama
Tell me wasn't it you?

[Chorus]
The way that it was
Yeah, the way that it was Mama
The way that it was
Is the way it should be