"The Way It Is" lyrics - 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 lady's 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?
And 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, yeah
That's just the way it is
That's just the way it is
Well, they passed a law in '64
To give those who ain't got a little more
But it only goes so far
'Cause the law don't change another's mind
When all it sees at the hiring time
Is the line on the color bar, no
That's just the way it is
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
Here Come The Noise Makers (2000)
- Great Divide
- Long Tall Cool One
- The Red Plains
- The Road Not Taken
- Lady With A Fan
- Stander On The Mountain
- Jacob's Ladder
- I Loves You Porgy
- The Way It Is
- King Of The Hill
- Spider Fingers
- Sneaking Up On Boo Radley
- Fortunate Son
- The Valley
- The End Of The Innocence
- Sunflower Cat (Some Dour Cat) (Down With That)
- Rainbow's Cadillac
- Mandolin Rain