[ti:the way it is (edited version)] [ar:the range] [al:legendary american anthems] [offset:-100] [00:00.00] 作曲 : Bruce Hornsby [00:01.00] 作词 : Bruce Hornsby [00:18.23]Standing in line, marking time [00:19.98]Waiting for the welfare dime [00:23.25]'Cause they can't buy a job [00:26.84]The man in the silk suit hurries by [00:28.42]As he catches the poor old ladies' eyes [00:31.84]Just for fun he says, "get a job" [00:38.02][00:46.71][01:29.86][02:30.15][02:38.84]That's just the way it is [00:42.22][01:25.29]Some things will never change [00:50.63]Ah, but don't you believe them [01:00.93]Said, hey little boy you can't go where the others go [01:06.47]'Cause you don't look like they do [01:09.63]Said, hey old man how can you stand to think that way [01:13.79]Did you really think about it before you made the rules? [01:18.25]He said, "son, that's just the way it is [01:33.84]Ah, but don't you believe them" [02:10.28]Well, they passed a law in '64 [02:12.13]To give those who ain't got a little more [02:15.44]But it only goes so far [02:18.67]Because the law don't change another's mind [02:21.00]When all it sees at the hiring time [02:24.16]Is the line on the color bar, no, no [02:34.31]And some things will never change [02:42.05]That's just the way it is, it is, it is, it is