[04:32.00]Standing in line, marking time
[04:32.00]Waiting for the welfare dime
[04:32.00]'Cause they can't buy a job
[04:32.00]The man in the silk suit hurries by
[04:32.00]As he catches the poor old ladies' eyes
[04:32.00]Just for fun he says,"get a job"
[04:32.00]That's just the way it is
[04:32.00]Some things'll never change
[04:32.00]That's just the way it is
[04:32.00]Ah, but don't you believe them
[04:32.00]Said,"Hey little boy, you can't go where the others go
[04:32.00]'Cause you don't look like they do"
[04:32.00]Said,"Hey old man, how can you stand
[04:32.00]To think that way?
[04:32.00]Did you really think about it
[04:32.00]Before you made the rules?"
[04:32.00]He said,"Son
[04:32.00]Well, that's just the way it is
[04:32.00]Some things'll never change
[04:32.00]That's just the way it is
[04:32.00]Ah, but don't you believe them"
[04:32.00]Mm, yeah
[04:32.00](That's just the way it is)
[04:32.00](That's just the way it is) well, they passed a law in '64
[04:32.00]To give those who ain't got a little more
[04:32.00]But it only goes so far
[04:32.00]Because the law don't change another's mind
[04:32.00]When all it sees at the hiring time
[04:32.00]Is the line on the color bar, no, no
[04:32.00]That's just the way it is
[04:32.00]And some things'll never change
[04:32.00]But that's just the way it is
[04:32.00]That's just the way it is, it is, it is, it is