The Way It Is Lyrics - Joni Mitchell

If you hear a politician 

Or a singer making song 

Do you just refuse to listen 

Knowing that he must be wrong 

That's the way it is, you know 

You just see what you want to see 

Who am I to tell you how to think 

Or tell you who to be 

I will show you what I know 

Sometimes we will disagree 

If we learn at all to grow 

Then I have done my small duty 

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That's the way it is, you know 

You just see what you want to see 

Who am I to tell you how to think 

Or tell you who to be 

I could bring my favorite flower 

Maybe yours would be the same 

Maybe we would argue hours 

Over the fair flower's name 

That's the way it is, you know 

You just see what you want to see 

Who am I to tell you how to think 

Or tell you who to be 

If I brought my good friends home 

And set a welcome table place 

Could you see them past their clothing 

Or past the color of their face 

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That's the way it is, you know 

You just see what you want to see 

Who am I to tell you how to think 

Or tell you who to be 

That's the way it is, you know 

You just see what you want to see 

Who am I to tell you how to think