The Way It Is - Undercover

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

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

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

Yeah

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

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 That’s just the way it is Some things will never change

That’s just the way it is That’s just the way it is, it is, it is, it is