The Way It Is

Bruce Hornsby

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  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"
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  S2:
  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
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  S3:
  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)
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