Bruce Hornsby and The Range - The Way it is 1986 <br /> <br />(Instrumental) <br /> <br />Standing in line marking time <br />Waiting for the welfare dime <br />'Cause they can't buy a job <br />A man in a silk suit hurries by <br />As he catches the poor old ladies' eyes <br />Just for fun he says "Get a job" <br /> <br />That's just the way it is <br />Some things will never change <br />That's just the way it is <br />But don't you believe them <br /> <br />They say hey little boy you can't go <br />Where the others go <br />'Cause you don't look like they do <br />Said hey old man how can you stand <br />To think that way <br />Did you really think about it <br />Before you made the rules <br />He said, Son <br /> <br />That's just the way it is <br />Some things will never change <br />That's just the way it is <br />But don't you believe them <br /> <br />(Instrumental) <br /> <br />Well they passed a law in '64 <br />To give those who ain't got a little more <br />But it only goes so far <br />Because the law don't change in another's mind <br />When all it sees is the hiring time <br />Is the line on the color bar <br /> <br />That's just the way it is <br />Some things will never change <br />That's just the way it is <br />That's just the way it is <br /> <br />(Instrumental) <br /> <br /> <br />Bruce Hornsby and The Range - The Way it is 1986 <br /> <br />(Instrumental) <br /> <br />Standing in line marking time <br />Waiting for the welfare dime <br />'Cause they can't buy a job <br />A man in a silk suit hurries by <br />As he catches the poor old ladies' eyes <br />Just for fun he says "Get a job" <br /> <br />That's just the way it is <br />Some things will never change <br />That's just the way it is <br />But don't you believe them <br /> <br />They say hey little boy you can't go <br />Where the others go <br />'Cause you don't look like they do <br />Said hey old man how can you stand <br />To think that way <br />Did you really think about it <br />Before you made the rules <br />He said, Son <br /> <br />That's just the way it is <br />Some things will never change <br />That's just the way it is <br />But don't you believe them <br /> <br />(Instrumental) <br /> <br />Well they passed a law in '64 <br />To give those who ain't got a little more <br />But it only goes so far <br />Because the law don't change in another's mind <br />When all it sees is the hiring time <br />Is the line on the color bar <br /> <br />That's just the way it is <br />Some things will never change <br />That's just the way it is <br />That's just the way it is <br /> <br />(Instrumental)
