Karaoké The Way It Is Karen Souza

Standing in line

Marking time

Waiting for the welfare dime 'cos they can buy a job

The man in the silk suit hurries by as he catches the poor old lady's eyes

Just for fun he says get a job

That's just the way it is

Some things never change

That's just the way it is

Ah

But don't you believe them

Said 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

That's just the way it is

Some things never change

That's just the way it is

Ah

But don't you believe them

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 hiring time

Is the line on the color bar

But who knows?

That's just the way it is

Some things never change

That's just the way it is

Mmm

That's just the way it is