The Way It Is - Boyce Avenue, Alex Goot

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

Ah but don't you believe them

Said 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

Ah but don't you believe them

Yeah

Well they passed a law in '64

To give those who ain't got a little more

But it only goes so far

Cause 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, it is, it is, it is...

That's just the way it is

The way it is

That's just the way it is