That’s just the way it is; Ah, but don’t you believe them

October 10, 2023
That’s just the way it is Ah, but don’t you believe them     *****   The Way It Is Song by Bruce Hornsby   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 […]

That’s just the way it is

Ah, but don’t you believe them

 

 

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The Way It Is

Song by Bruce Hornsby

 

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 ladies’ eyes
Just for fun he says, “get a job”

That’s just the way it is
Some things’ll never change
That’s just the way it is
Ah, but don’t you believe them

Said, “Hey little boy, you can’t go where the others go
‘Cause you don’t look like they do”
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
Well, that’s just the way it is
Some things’ll never change
That’s just the way it is
Ah, but don’t you believe them”

Mm, yeah

well, they passed a law in ’64
To give those who ain’t got a little more
But it only goes so far
Because the law don’t change another’s mind
When all it sees at the hiring time
Is the line on the color bar, no, no

That’s just the way it is
And some things’ll never change
But that’s just the way it is
That’s just the way it is, it is, it is, it is

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The Way It Is lyrics © O/B/O Apra Amcos

 

 

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Neville Buch (Pronounced Book) Ph.D. is a certified member of the Professional Historians Association (Queensland). Since 2010 he has operated a sole trade business in history consultancy. He was a Q ANZAC 100 Fellow 2014-2015 at the State Library of Queensland. Dr Buch was the PHA (Qld) e-Bulletin, the monthly state association’s electronic publication, and was a member of its Management Committee. He is the Managing Director of the Brisbane Southside History Network.

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