A. Cecil Williams
March, 1972
The Lyrics of her first hit single, That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be, tell the story of a girl who questions the way love always seems to shape itself into a weary progression of marriage, kids and split-levels. Then, at the end of the song, the girl sighs resignedly to her lover: "We'll marry." But the line hangs, dangling, and you don't really know if she'll submit to the conventional arrangement or finally assert herself. There is no similar uncertainty about the singer...
