Start with the Ending

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