Released: April 1, 1986
Songwriter: Bruce Hornsby
Producer: Elliot Scheiner Bruce Hornsby
[Verse 1]
Standin' 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"
[Chorus]
That's just the way it is
Some things'll never change
That's just the way it is
Ha, but don't you believe them
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
That's just the way it is
Some things'll never change
That's just the way it is
Ha, but don't you believe them
[Instrumental Solo]
[Chorus]
That's just the way it is
That's just the way it is
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
That's just the way it is
Some things'll never change
That's just the way it is
That's just the way it is, it is, it is, it is
Standin' 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"
[Chorus]
That's just the way it is
Some things'll never change
That's just the way it is
Ha, but don't you believe them
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
That's just the way it is
Some things'll never change
That's just the way it is
Ha, but don't you believe them
[Instrumental Solo]
[Chorus]
That's just the way it is
That's just the way it is
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
That's just the way it is
Some things'll never change
That's just the way it is
That's just the way it is, it is, it is, it is
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- Music Force (1986)
- The Way It Is (1986)
- Legends - Livin’ On A Prayer (2004)
- 80s 100 Hits (2010)
- 100 Hits Just Be Good To Me (2017)
- 100 Hits - Power Ballads (2017)
- 100 Hits The Best Rock Album (2018)
Bruce Hornsby and the Range popular songs
- The Way It Is
- Mandolin Rain
- The Valley Road
- Barren Ground
- These Arms of Mine
- Fire on the Cross
- Down the Road Tonight
- Jack Straw
- The Red Plains
- Carry the Water
- Set Me in Motion (single version).mp3
- The Wild Frontier
- The Road Not Taken
- Stranded on Easy Street
- Lost Soul
- The Long Race
- I Will Walk With You
- A Night on the Town
- Defenders of the Flag
- Set Me in Motion (LP version).mp3
- Till the Dreaming’s Done
- The Old Playground
- Another Day
- The River Runs Low