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It Doesn’t Have To Be That Way Lyrics By Jim Croce

    snowy nights and christmas lights
    icy windowpanes
    make me wish that we could be
    together again
    and the windy winter avenues
    just don’t seem the same
    and the christmas carols sound like blues
    but the choir is not to blame

    but it doesn’t have to be that way
    what we had should never have ended
    i’ll be dropping by today
    we could easily get it together tonight
    it’s only right

    crowded stores the corner santa claus
    tinseled afternoons
    and the sidewalk bands play their songs
    slightly out of tune
    down the windy winter avenues
    there walks a lonely man
    and if i told you who he is
    well i think you’d understand

    but it doesn’t have to be that way
    what we had should never have ended
    i’ll be dropping by today
    we could easily get it together tonight
    it’s only right

    no it doesn’t have to be that way
    what we had should never have ended
    i’ll be dropping by today
    we could easily get it together tonight
    it’s only right

    Artist: Jim Croce

    Year: 1973

    Decade: 70s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 80