The Way It Is

[00:49.86] Standing in line, marking time

[00:51.98] Waiting for the welfare dime

[00:55.17] 'Cause they can't buy a job

[00:58.10] The man in the silk suit hurries by

[01:00.49] As he catches the poor old ladies' eyes

[01:03.67] Just for fun he says, "get a job"

[01:09.52] That's just the way it is

[01:14.03] Some things'll never change

[01:18.29] That's just the way it is

[01:22.53] Ah, but don't you believe them

[01:32.62] Said, "Hey little boy, you can't go where the others go

[01:38.21] 'Cause you don't look like they do"

[01:41.40] Said, "Hey old man, how can you stand

[01:44.05] To think that way?

[01:45.92] Did you really think about it

[01:47.51] Before you made the rules?"

[01:50.17] He said, "Son

[01:52.83] Well, that's just the way it is

[01:57.09] Some things'll never change

[02:01.59] That's just the way it is

[02:05.86] Ah, but don't you believe them"

[02:14.88] Mm, yeah

[03:08.06] well, they passed a law in '64

[03:10.18] To give those who ain't got a little more

[03:13.38] But it only goes so far

[03:16.58] Because the law don't change another's mind

[03:18.97] When all it sees at the hiring time

[03:21.89] Is the line on the color bar, no, no

[03:28.01] That's just the way it is

[03:31.98] And some things'll never change

[03:36.50] But that's just the way it is

[03:39.96] That's just the way it is, it is, it is, it is