《The way we were》（往日情懷）是同名電影的主題曲，一九七三年十一月剛推出時，反應不算熱烈，但愈來愈多人愛上這首歌，到了隔年二月，它終於成為美國歌手芭芭拉史翠珊第一首冠軍曲，而且連霸三周，同時贏得金球獎、奧斯卡最佳歌曲獎，及葛萊美年度歌曲獎。它的歌詞言簡意賅，頗適合學習英文。

Memories light the corners of my mind

Misty water-colored memories of the way we were

Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind

Smiles we gave to one another for the way we were

Can it be that it was all so simple then

Or has time rewritten every line

If we had the chance to do it all again

Tell me, would we, could we

Memories may be beautiful and yet

What's too painful to remember

We simply choose to forget

So it's the laughter we will remember

Whenever we remember the way we were

The way we were

往日情懷

回憶，照亮心的角落

朦朧如水彩般的過往回憶

散落照片裡有我們遺落的笑容

過去所給予彼此的笑容方式

還能像從前一樣單純嗎？

還是時間重寫了每一行每一句？

如果有機會重來一遍

告訴我，可以嗎？可能嗎？

回憶也許是美麗的

但痛苦的部分卻讓我們不願想起

我們乾脆選擇了遺忘

所以我們記住的只有歡樂

當回憶起我倆的過去

往日情懷