The Way It Is

Standing in line marking time
 Waiting for the welfare dime
 Cause they can't buy a job
 The man in the silk suit hurries by
 As he catches the poor old lady's eyes
 Just for fun he says, "Get a job"
 That's just the way it is
 Some things will never change
 That's just the way it is
 Ah, but don't you believe them
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 He said, "Hey little boy you can't go where the others go
 Cause you don't look like they do"
 He said, "Hey, old man how can you stand to think that way
 Did you really think about it before you made the rules?"
 He said, "Son
 That's just the way it is
 Some things will never change
 That's just the way it is
 Ha, but don't you believe them"
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 Yeah
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 (That's just the way it is)
 (That's just the way it is)
 Well, they passed a law in '64
 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 is the hiring time
 Is the line on the color bar
 No
 That's just the way it is
 Some things will never change
 That's just the way it is
 That's just they way it is, it is, it is, it is