Released: November 5, 1982
Songwriter: George Harrison
Producer: Phil McDonald Ray Cooper George Harrison
[Verse 1]
There's a man talking on the radio
What he's saying, I don't really know
Seems he's lost some stocks and shares
Stops and stares, he's afraid I know
That's the way it goes
[Verse 2]
There's a man talking of the Promised Land
He'll acquire it with some Krugerrand
Subdivide and deal it out
Feel his clout, he can stoop so low
And that's the way it goes
[Verse 3]
There's an actor who hopes to fit the bill
Sees a shining city on a hill
Step up close and see he's blind
Wined and dined, all he has is pose
And that's the way it goes
[Verse 4]
There's a fire that burns away the lies
Manifesting in the spiritual eye
Though you won't understand the way I feel
You conceal, all there is to know
And that's the way it goes
[Outro]
That's the way it goes
That's the way it goes
That's the way it goes
That's the way it goes
That's the way it goes
There's a man talking on the radio
What he's saying, I don't really know
Seems he's lost some stocks and shares
Stops and stares, he's afraid I know
That's the way it goes
[Verse 2]
There's a man talking of the Promised Land
He'll acquire it with some Krugerrand
Subdivide and deal it out
Feel his clout, he can stoop so low
And that's the way it goes
[Verse 3]
There's an actor who hopes to fit the bill
Sees a shining city on a hill
Step up close and see he's blind
Wined and dined, all he has is pose
And that's the way it goes
[Verse 4]
There's a fire that burns away the lies
Manifesting in the spiritual eye
Though you won't understand the way I feel
You conceal, all there is to know
And that's the way it goes
[Outro]
That's the way it goes
That's the way it goes
That's the way it goes
That's the way it goes
That's the way it goes
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- Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989 (1989)
- My Sweet Lord
- Isn’t It a Pity
- All Things Must Pass
- What Is Life
- Wah-Wah
- Beware of Darkness
- Run of the Mill
- Got My Mind Set On You
- All Those Years Ago
- Give Me Love
- Crackerbox Palace
- Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)
- I’d Have You Anytime
- When We Was Fab
- If Not for You
- Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)
- Awaiting on You All
- I Live for You
- Behind That Locked Door
- Let It Down
- Hear Me Lord
- Blow Away
- Art of Dying
- Isn’t It a Pity (Version 1)