The way it is-Bruce Hornsby and the Range

[00:50.27]Standing in line marking time [00:52.38]Waiting for the welfare dime [00:55.52]'Cause they can't buy a job [00:59.15]The man in the silk suit hurries by [01:01.00]As he catches the poor ladies' eyes [01:04.22]Just for fun he says, "Get a job" [01:10.40][01:19.03][02:02.16][03:03.24][03:28.38][03:37.28]That's just the way it is [01:14.59][01:57.60][03:32.62]Some things will never change [01:22.95]Ah but don't you believe them [01:33.31]Said, hey little boy you can't go where the others go [01:38.74]'Cause you don't look like they do [01:41.95]Said, hey old man how can you stand to think that way [01:46.12]Did you really think about it before you made the rules? [01:50.52]He said, "Son, that's just the way it is [02:06.12]Ah but don't you believe them" [03:08.58]Well they passed a law in '64 [03:10.44]To give those who ain't got a little more [03:13.84]But it only goes so far [03:16.97]Because the law don't change another's mind [03:19.36]When all it sees at the hiring time [03:22.48]Is the line on the color bar, no, no, no [03:40.35]That's just the way it is, it is, it is, it is