Still rediscovering early Carly Simon

I see this subreddit doesn't get much traffic, but I appreciate the recommendation of Boys in the Trees. I'm at the point where she meets James Taylor as a teen on Martha's Vineyard. Small world.

I had already heard Carly Simon at saturation levels by age 7 thanks to older siblings. A lot of her music is part of my permanent mental soundtrack, but usually just the chorus. I completely missed the narrative to That's The Way I Always Heard It Should Be. (Note: Lyrics are by Jacob Brackman. Carly Simon wrote the music.)

My father sits at night with no lights on
His cigarette glows in the dark
The living room is still
I walk by, no remark
I tiptoe past the master bedroom where
My mother reads her magazines
I hear her call sweet dreams
But I forgot how to dream

Sounds more like it's time to drop the hairdryer in the bathtub. That's seriously bleak, but beautifully written and sung. It reminds me a little of "the other Simon", The Dangling Conversation, but it takes it up to 11 on the pain meter.

I have to listen to Anticipation again, which I suspect is not about Heinz ketchup after all.