That's the Way It Is

That’s the Way It Is – Written By Bruce Hornsby

 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

 Ah, but don't you believe them

 Said, 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"

 Oh yeah

 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, no, no

 That's just the way it is

 And 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