It Is What It Is (And That's All) (Album Version)-Steve Forbert

[ti:It Is What It Is (And That's All) (Album Version)] [ar:Steve Forbert] [al:Mission Of The Crossroad Palms] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]It Is What It Is (And That's All) - Steve Forbert [00:15.71]Fell for this dream girl in Danville [00:18.07] [00:19.36]Just in the Central Time zone [00:21.48] [00:22.92]I used to kill hours to meet her on time [00:26.30]And then lost one as well drivin' home [00:29.07] [00:30.77]Mexican boy on Doheny [00:32.84] [00:34.44]Sellin' a map to stars' homes [00:36.67] [00:38.46]Maybe he's homeless [00:40.00]And maybe they're gone [00:41.62]And the afternoon traffic rolls on [00:45.33] [00:45.95]Driving a Jaguars impressive [00:48.47] [00:49.92]But you can't watch it go by [00:52.06] [00:53.32]And the Manhattan skyline is a sight to behold [00:56.84]But prob'ly best through New Jersey based eyes [01:00.33] [01:01.01]It is what it is and that's all [01:04.22] [01:05.25]What are you going to do [01:07.15] [01:08.73]Will some fool look up on a clear day and say [01:12.43]That the sky's not a true enough blue [01:14.92] [01:16.39]It never much rains but it's pouring [01:18.74] [01:20.45]Everything happens at once [01:23.04] [01:24.21]Flat tires and light bulbs while picture frames fall [01:27.49]From the wall where they've hung fine for months [01:30.12] [01:31.40]It is what it is and that's all [01:34.10] [01:35.92]Lay down a mat by the door [01:37.96] [01:39.28]Will some fool rush in from a cloud burst and say [01:42.86]Hell I'm soaked and I'm totally bored [01:46.01] [01:46.83]Out there by the interstate the duplex I call home [01:50.17]Ain't quite the quietest place on earth to catch your breath [01:53.03] [01:53.75]Non-stop highway sound makes backyard picnics out to lunch [01:57.23]Fact is my next door neighbor's fine completely deaf [02:00.87] [02:02.09]Maybe you wish you had money [02:04.19] [02:06.11]Then you might think you could live [02:08.24] [02:09.79]Life is so brief you may think time a thief [02:13.27]Better live for whatever it gives [02:16.40] [02:17.58]Pondering the future you worry [02:19.75] [02:21.38]Listen somehow you'll get through [02:23.48] [02:25.25]Then you'll look backwards and long for the things [02:28.35]That you'll find it's then too late to do [02:31.00] [02:32.50]It is what it is and that's all [02:35.30] [02:36.83]When are you going to see [02:38.93] [02:40.16]Friends tell you true and your granddad did too [02:43.70]But you won't take advice that comes free [02:46.89] [02:48.08]Get what you want you don't want it [02:50.70] [02:51.86]Not even glad while you eat [02:53.90] [02:55.68]Wait for your flight while the heavyweights fight [02:58.78]And the planes try to land in the sleet [03:02.69]It is what it is and that's all [03:05.45] [03:06.80]And birds can't row boats baby blue [03:09.13] [03:10.55]Will some fool sit stuck on the runway and say [03:14.12]Hell it's only me this happens to [03:17.10] [03:18.09]It is what it is and that's all [03:21.28] [03:21.90]It is what it is and that's all