♪ ♪ Standing in line, marking time, waiting for the welfare dime ♪ ♪ Cause they can't buy a job ♪ ♪ A man in a silk suit hurries by as he catches the paw of a 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 ♪ ♪ ♪ He said, hey little boy, you can't go where the others go ♪ ♪ Cause you don't look like they do ♪ ♪ He 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, 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 to give ♪ ♪ 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, oh 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 ♪ ♪ ♪