That's Just The Way It Is Now Lyrics - Let The Dominoes Fall - Rancid

Car Lights flash my eyes 

Blinded, Hypnotized 

Lord knows I'm living 

and I'm never coming back 

Now one generation dies 

Next one wins the prize 

and that's the big surprise 

there's demise in all of their lies 

it's never to late to realize 

That's just the way things are 

that's just the way it is now [x2] 

I walk through the cemetery 

it's all empty 

Now I put a rose 

on the grave of a fallen hero 

And I look out into the wild 

All I see is emptiness 

So much loneliness 

I just want forgiveness 

That's just the way things are 

that's just the way it is now [x2] 

When dreams fade away 

It won't be long 

End up singing the same old song 

What went right, What Went Wrong 

Bad times here, Good times gone 

First rule they always sell 

Second rule never tell 

Third rule straight to hell 

White collar criminals 

Living in jail 

it's all that they gave 

Sold your soul to get paid 

Buy you end up in an early grave 

Your own neck you can't save 

it's a letter that you can't send 

it's a wound that will never mend 

Pain level peaks at ten 

Some stand out Some stand in 

That's just the way things are 

that's just the way it is now [x2]