[ti:The Way It Is] [ar:Bruce Hornsby & the Range] [al:Ultimate... Drive] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby & the Range [00:08.98]Written:Bruce Hornsby [00:17.97]Standing in line marking time [00:20.11]Waiting for the welfare dime [00:22.50] [00:23.47]Cause they can't buy a job [00:25.26] [00:26.78]The man in the silk [00:27.75]Suit hurries by [00:28.49]As he catches [00:29.17]The poor ladies eyes [00:30.77] [00:31.76]Just for fun he says get a job [00:34.88] [00:38.07]That's just the way it is [00:39.46] [00:42.10]Some things will never change [00:43.76] [00:46.58]That's just the way it is [00:47.98] [00:50.13]Ah but don't you believe them [00:53.38] [01:00.90]Said hey little boy [01:02.05]You can't go where the others go [01:04.05] [01:06.33]Cause you don't look like they do [01:08.40] [01:09.61]Said hey old man how can you stand [01:11.96]To think that way [01:13.18] [01:14.10]Did you really think about it [01:15.96]Before you made the rules [01:18.36]He said son [01:19.45] [01:21.35]That's just the way it is [01:22.65] [01:25.24]Some things will never change [01:26.94] [01:29.84]That's just the way it is [01:31.33] [01:33.97]Ah but don't you believe them [01:36.64] [02:04.41]That's just the way it is [02:05.79] [02:08.78]That's just the way it is [02:10.25]Well they passed a law in 64 [02:12.21]To give those [02:12.93]Who ain't got a little more [02:14.47] [02:15.59]But it only goes so far [02:17.68] [02:18.82]Because the law [02:19.41]Don't change another's mind [02:21.10]When all it sees at the hiring time [02:23.29] [02:24.23]Is the line on the color bar [02:26.71] [02:27.84]No no no [02:28.68] [02:30.33]That's just the way it is [02:31.70] [02:34.42]Some things will never change [02:36.07] [02:38.99]That's just the way it is [02:40.34] [02:42.25]That's just the way it is