The Way It Is

[ti:The Way It Is] [ar:Various] [al:50 Great Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.58]The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby (布鲁斯·宏斯比) [00:04.08] [00:18.01]Standing in line marking time [00:20.21]Waiting for the welfare dime [00:22.60] [00:23.37]'Cause they can't buy a job [00:25.39] [00:26.66]The man in the silk suit hurries by [00:28.87]As he catches the poor ladies' eyes [00:31.11] [00:31.82]Just for fun he says "Get a job" [00:35.89] [00:38.03]That's just the way it is [00:39.49] [00:42.18]Some things will never change [00:44.30] [00:46.64]That's just the way it is [00:48.23] [00:50.67]Ah but don't you believe them [00:54.25] [01:00.86]Said hey little boy you can't go where the others go [01:04.36] [01:05.99]'Cause you don't look like they do [01:08.43] [01:09.53]Said hey old man how can you stand [01:12.12]To think that way did you really think about it [01:15.79]Before you made the rules [01:17.96]He said "Son that's just the way it is [01:22.59] [01:25.24]Some things will never change [01:27.26] [01:29.70]That's just the way it is [01:31.27] [01:33.72]Ah but don't you believe them" [01:37.71] [02:04.50]That's just the way it is [02:05.77] [02:08.66]That's just the way it is [02:10.30]Well they passed a law in '64 [02:12.55]To give those who ain't got a little more [02:14.74] [02:15.46]But it only goes so far [02:17.66] [02:18.59]Because the law don't change another's mind [02:21.08]When all it sees at the hiring time [02:23.33] [02:24.05]Is the line on the color bar no [02:28.64] [02:30.22]That's just the way it is [02:31.75] [02:34.34]Some things will never change [02:36.35] [02:38.83]That's just the way it is [02:40.48] [02:42.00]That's just the way it is it is it is it is