Karaoké The Way It Is Bruce Hornsby

Standing in line, marking time waiting for the welfare dime

'Cos 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

Ah, but don't you believe them

Said, hey little boy you can't go where the others go

'Cos 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

Hmm yeah

That's just the way it is

That's just the way it is

Well, they passed a law in sixty-four

To give those who ain't got a little more

But it only goes so far

'Cos the law don't change another's mind when all it sees at the hiring time

Is the line on the color bar

Oh 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