Bruce Hornsby, Range - The Way It Is

[00:18.03] Standing in line, marking time [00:19.83] Waiting for the welfare dime [00:23.41] 'Cause they can't buy a job [00:26.27] The man in the silk suit hurries by [00:28.92] As he catches the poor old lady's eyes [00:31.63] Just for fun he says, "Get a job." [00:37.93] That's just the way it is [00:41.58] Some things will never change [00:46.15] That's just the way it is [00:50.79] Ah, but don't you believe them [01:00.74] Said hey, little boy, you can't go where the others go [01:03.49] 'Cause you don't look like they do [01:10.67] Said hey, old man, how can you stand to think that way? [01:14.28] Did you really think about it before you made the rules? [01:17.88] He said, son [01:20.51] That's just the way it is [01:26.03] Some things will never change [01:29.67] That's just the way it is [01:34.16] Ah, but don't you believe them [01:43.26] Yeah [02:04.91] That's just the way it is [02:08.54] That's just the way it is [02:10.32] Well, they passed a law in '64 [02:12.18] To give those who ain't got a little more [02:15.71] But it only goes so far [02:18.45] Because the law don't change another's mind [02:20.38] When all it sees at the hiring time [02:23.93] Is the line on the color bar, no [02:30.39] That's just the way it is [02:34.85] Some things will never change [02:40.26] That's just the way it is [02:42.01] That's just the way it is, it is, it is, it is [03:19.18]