The Way It Is — текст песни (Bruce Bornsby and The Range)

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 don`t change 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
that`s just the way it is.