The Way It Is

 

Standing in line marking time

Waiting for the welfare dime

'Cause they can't buy a job

A man in a silk suit hurries by

As he catches the poor old lady's eyes

Just for fun he says, "Get a job"

 

That's just the way it is

Some things will never change

That's just the way it is

Ah, but don't you believe them

 

They say, "Hey little boy you can't go

Where the others go

'Cause you don't look like they do"

Said, "Hey old man

How can you stand to think that way

Did you really think about it

Before you made the rules"

He said, son

 

That's just the way it is

Some things will never change

That's just the way it is

Ah, but don't you believe them

 

Well they passed a law in '64

To give those who ain't got a little more

But it only goes so far

Because the law don't change in another's mind

When all it sees is the hiring time

Is the line on the color bar

 

That's just the way it is

Some things will never change

That's just the way it is

That's just the way it is, it is, it is, it is