The Way It Is

Accordi The Way It Is

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Standing in line, marking time
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Waiting for the welfare dime
       
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'Cause they can't buy a job
    
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The man in the silk suit hurries by
      
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As he catches the poor old ladies' eyes
         
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Just for fun he says, "get a job"
                         
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That's just the way it is
                     
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Some things'll never change
                         
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That's just the way it is
                      
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Ah, but don't you believe them

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Said, "Hey little boy, 
    
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you can't go where the others go
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'Cause you don't look like they do"
       
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Said, "Hey old man, how can you stand
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To think that way?
        
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Did you really think about it
           
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Before you made the rules?"
        
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He said, "Son
                               
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Well, that's just the way it is
                          
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Some things'll never change
                        
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That's just the way it is
                     
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Ah, but don't you believe them"

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Mm, yeah

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well, they passed a law in '64
   
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To give those who ain't got a little more
       
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But it only goes so far
            
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Because the law don't change another's mind
     
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When all it sees at the hiring time
       
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Is the line on the color bar,  no
                         
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That's just the way it is
                             
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And some things'll never change
                             
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But that's just the way it is
                
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That's just the way it is, it is, it is, it is

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