The secret of a happy marriage Maybe you should write this down If you want to keep a love together The best way is to end it now Because when you both know its over Suddenly the truth comes out You can talk about your secret passion You can talk about your restless doubt When theres no pretending Then the truth is safe to say Start with the ending Get it out of the way Now theres no defending Because no one has to win Start with the ending Its the best way to begin After you have both decided You were missing something that you need The ways that you were too shortsighted Get easier for you to see And after all the expectations Shatter on the kitchen floor You just see another human suffering And you wonder what the war was for When theres no pretending Then the truth is safe to say Start with the ending Get it out of the way Now theres no defending Because no one has to win Start with the ending Its the best way to begin Happy anniversary darling We go back a long, long time I think about our lives together Im so grateful you are here in mine And I know youll keep on changing Youre moving in this dance with me I love the way we embrace the future And keep the past a memory So theres no defending That the old ways could remain We start with the ending And things will never be the same Now theres no defending Because no one has to win Start with the ending Its the best way to begin Now theres no pretending Then the truth is safe to say Start with the ending Get it out of the way Now theres no defending Because no one has to win Start with the ending Its the best way to begin Now theres no defending Because no one has to win Start with the ending Its the best way to begin
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