The Way It Is - Live at the Jazz House, Copenhagen, Denmark - September 2004

Standing 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
 Ha, but don't you believe them
 Ooo, yeah
 Well, they passed a law in '64
 To give those who ain't got, a little more
 But it only goes so far
 'Cause the law don't change another's mind
 When all it sees at the hiring time
 Is the line on the color bar
 But who knows
 That's just the way it is
 Some things'll never change
 That's just the way it is
 Oh Don't you believe