The Way It Is

Stand in line, back in time

Waiting for the welfare dime

Guess they can't buy a job

The man in the silk suit hurries by

As he catches a 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

Ha, but don't you believe them

Say, little boy, you can't go where the other's go

'Cause you don't look like they do

Say, 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

Ha, 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

'Cause the law don't change another's mind

When all it sees at the hiring time

Is the line on the corner bar

But who knows?

That's just the way it is

Some things never change

That's just the way it is

Hmm, that's just the way it is