The Way It Is Lyrics - The Way It Is - 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 ladies' 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, 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" 

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 

Because the law don't change another's mind 

When all it sees at the hiring time 

Is the line on the color bar, no, no, 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