[00:00.00]The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby/The Range [00:08.83]Written by:Bruce Hornsby/Elliot Scheiner [00:17.66]Standing in line marking time waiting for the welfare dime [00:23.04]'Cause they can't buy a job [00:26.25]The man in the silk suit hurries by [00:28.27]As he catches the poor ladies eyes [00:31.36]Just for fun he says get a job [00:37.37]That's just the way it is [00:41.66]Some things will never change [00:46.20]That's just the way it is [00:50.39]Ah but don't you believe them [01:00.61]Said hey little boy you can't go where the others go [01:06.00]'Cause you don't look like they do [01:09.32]Said hey old man how can you stand to think that way [01:13.67]Did you really think about it [01:15.54]Before you made the rules to stay [01:20.88]That's just the way it is [01:24.94]Somethings will never change [01:29.36]That's just the way it is [01:33.54]Ah but don't you believe them [01:43.05]Hmm yeah [02:04.01]That's just the way it is [02:08.24]That's just the way it is [02:09.66]Well they passed a law in 64 [02:12.05]To give those who ain't got a little more [02:15.16]But it only goes so far [02:18.37]Because the law don't change another's mind [02:20.74]When all it sees at the hiring time [02:23.76]Is the line on the color bar no [02:29.95]That's just the way it is [02:34.08]Somethings will never change [02:38.45]That's just the way it is [02:41.73]That's just the way it is it is it is it is