The Way It Is Lyrics

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 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"

That's just the way it is
That's just the way it is

Well they pa*sed 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, no, no, 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

Bruce Hornsby - Here Come the Noise Makers

Oct 2000

1. Piano Intro/Great Divide
2. The Red Plains
3. The Road Not Taken
4. Lady With A Fan
5. Stander On The Mountain
6. Jacob's Ladder/Blackberry Blossom
7. Piano Intro/I Loves You Porgy/Nocturne
8. The Way It Is
9. Twelve Tone Tune/King Of The Hill
10. Spider Fingers/Tempus Fugit
11. The Valley Road
12. The End Of The Innocence
13. Sunflower Cat/It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
14. Mandolin Rain/Black Muddy River