The Way It Is

I'm so sorry when I told ya Those smokestacks were making clouds for the sky But if I told you the truth It would just bring so many tears So many tears to your eyes I said it, that's the way it is The way it's gonna be If that's the way it is I'd rather make believe Remember sitting on that beach Watching all that lightning fill up the sky Well, you got so scared Until I told ya it was just fireworks Like the Fourth of July I said it, that's the way it is And the way it's gonna be You know, that's the way it is I'd rather make believe I know one day you'll be old enough To know my stories I told are not true But when you have your own children And they ask ya questions You'll know, you'll know just what to do You'll say it, that's the way it is And the way it's gonna be You'll say, "That's the way it is" You'd rather make believe I'll say, "That's the way it is And the way it's gonna be" You know, that's the way it is I'd rather make believe If that's the way it is And the way it's gonna be I'll say, "That's the way it is" I'd rather make believe If that's the way it is The way it's gonna be If that's the way it is I'd rather make believe