Lyrics Funny the Way It Is (Live) - Dave Matthews Band

Lying in the park on a beautiful day
Sunshine in the grass, and the children play
Siren′s passing, fire engine red
Someone's house is burning down on a day like this
Evening comes and we′re hanging out
On the front step and a car goes by with a window rolled down
And that war song is playing, why can't we be friends?
Oh, someone is screaming and crying in the apartment upstairs

Funny the way it is, if you think about it
Somebody's going hungry, someone else is eating out
Funny the way it is, not right or wrong
Somebody′s heart is broken, becomes your favourite song

Oh, the way your mouth feels in your lovers kiss
Like a pretty bird on a breeze or like water to a fish
Well, the bomb blast brings a building crashing to the floor
Hear the laughter while the children play war

Funny the way it is, if you think about it
One kid walks ten miles to school, another′s dropping out
Funny the way it is, not right or wrong
On a soldier's last breath, his baby′s being born

Standing on a bridge, watch the water passing underneath
It must've been much harder when there was no bridge just water
Now the world is smaller, remember how it used to be
With mountains and oceans and winters and rivers and stars

Across the skies, jet planes, so far out of my reach
Is there someone up there looking down on me?
The boy chased a bird, so close but every time
He′ll never catch her, but he can't stop trying
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Oh, funny the way it is, if you think about it
One kid walks ten miles to school, another′s dropping out
Funny the way it is, not right or wrong
On a soldier's last breath, his baby's being born
Funny the way it is, not right or wrong
Somebody′s broken heart becomes your favourite song
Funny the way it is, if you think about it
One kid walks ten miles to school, another′s dropping out, yeah, yeah

Standing on a bridge, watch the water passing underneath
It must have been much harder when there was no bridge just water
Now the world is smaller, remember how it used to be
With mountains and oceans and winters and rivers and stars