Way It Is Lyrics - The Essential Bruce Hornsby - 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 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 

But don't you believe them 

They say 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 

But don't you believe them 

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 another's mind 

When all it sees at the hiring time 

Is the line on the color bar 

That's just the way it is 

Some things will never change 

That's just the way it is 

But don't you believe them