[ti:The Way It Is] [ar:Karen Souza] [al:Essentials II] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.16]The Way It Is - Karen Souza [00:01.20]Lyrics by:Bruce Randall Hornsby [00:02.10]Composed by:Bruce Randall Hornsby [00:22.58]Standing in line marking time [00:25.28]Waiting for the welfare dime [00:29.15]'Cause they can't buy a job [00:33.13]The man in the silk suit hurries by [00:35.65]As he catches the poor ladies eyes [00:39.75]Just for fun he says get a job [00:47.40]That's just the way it is [00:52.55]Some things will never change [00:57.92]That's just the way it is [01:03.14]Ah but don't you believe them [01:15.43]Said hey little boy you can't go where the others go [01:22.36]'Cause you don't look like they do [01:26.49]Said hey old man how can you stand [01:28.97]To think that way did you really think about it [01:35.22]Before you made the rules [01:37.09]He said son that's just the way it is [01:45.92]Some things will never change [01:51.29]That's just the way it is [01:56.40]Ah but don't you believe them [02:19.84]Well they passed a law in '64 [02:22.39]To give those who ain't got a little more [02:26.34]But it only goes so far [02:30.49]Because the law don't change another's mind [02:32.99]When all it sees at the hiring time [02:36.97]Is the line on the color bar but oh knows [02:44.79]That's just the way it is [02:49.71]Some things will never change [02:55.24]That's just the way it is [03:00.65]That's just the way it is