That's The Way - Jo Dee Messina

Everybody wants an easy ride

On the merry-go-round that we call life

Take a drive on cruise control

Then you wait to find it’s a winding road

I had my dreams in view

When the money ran out and the engine blew

Hung my tears out to dry

Then my dreams fell out of that clear blue sky

And I, I was walkin' the clouds

Feelin' so safe and sound

Somethin' else knocks me down

Well, oh, that’s the way it is

You gotta roll with the punches

That’s the way it goes

You gotta bend when the wind blows

You live you learn

You crash and burn

It’s hit or miss (that's the way)

And that’s the way it is

One fine day you wake up

Completely, hoplessly fallin' in love

He’s just what you’re lookin' for

The only problem is, that the man’s not sure

Another guy’ll give you everything

The only problem is you don’t feel a thing

Well, I know from experience

Nothin’s ever gonna make perfect sense

Oh, one day you get what you want

But it’s not what you think

Then you get what you need

Well, oh, that’s the way it is

You gotta roll with the punches

That’s the way it goes

You gotta bend when the wind blows

You live you learn

You crash and burn

It’s hit or miss (that's the way)

And that’s the way it is

Yeah

They say your soul is growin' but

Sometimes I feel like throwin' somethin'

And that’s the way it is

You gotta roll with the punches

And that’s the way it goes

You gotta bend when the wind blows

That’s the way it is

You gotta roll with the punches

That’s the way it goes

You gotta bend when the wind blows

You live you learn

You crash and burn

It’s hit or miss

Oh, and that’s the way it is

Oh, that’s the way it is (that's the way it is)

Yeah (that's the way it goes)

That’s the way it is

That’s the way it is

You gotta roll with the punches

Oh, you gotta bend when the wind blows

Oh, that’s the way it goes

That’s the way it is

That’s the way it goes

Oh, yeah

You gotta roll with the punches