Bruce Bornsby & The Range - The Way It Is lyrics

Standing in line marking time

waiting for the welfare dime

'Cause they can't buy a job.

The man in the silk suit hurries by

As he catches the poor old ladies' 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

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

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 another's mind

When all it sees at 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.