The Way It's Always Been

They shut down the golden Sahara hotel

Jessica says it won't be long

Till they blow it all to hell

She's standing in the front yard

Cutoffs and skin

Me and her brother we've been friends

Since I can't remember when

And ain't that the way

It's always been

Everybody sitting around waiting for the sun

To come again

A shift at the chemical plant

A white wedding dress

I wake up every morning and I wonder

If I'm gonna pass the test

Try to live up to

What she's got in mind

Sometimes the pressure's so heavy

I feel like leaving it all behind me

And ain't that the way

It's always been

Laying low just long enough

For the dust to settle down

The black and the white

The thick and the thin

And hoping that He's really got the power

To save us from these sins

Everybody sitting around waiting for the sun

To come again

I took a long walk yesterday (Yesterday)

To a field where I used to play

I saw myself in the corner of my mind

I was twelve years old and blind

To the big wheel and the grind

And ain't that the way

It's always been

Standing at the water's edge

Waiting for the fog to clear

Tackle or touch

You sink or you swim

And hoping that He's really got the power

To save us from these sins

Everybody sitting around waiting for the sun

To come again

They're waiting for the sun to come again