Lyrics The Way It Is (Remastered) - Lee Kernaghan

It's a plume o' dust, down an old dirt road
Hangin' off the rails at the rodeo
A back verandah with creakin' boards
And the dark rage of a thunderstorm
The stockman's bar at an old bush pub
And chasing mickey's through the scrub
It's plantin' seed and prayin' for rain
And red dust runnin' through your veins

It's just the way it is, it's the way it goes
When my wheels hit the gravel road and it feels like home
It's the way of life, it's the life I live
And I'm right where I want to be, that's the way it is

It's a corrugated iron shed
And work boots on a back-door step
Scones in the oven and preserves in jars
Talkin' prices at the sale yards
It's long straight roads and one-horse towns
Sheepdogs bringin' the mob around
It's "she'll be right" and "havin' a go"
It's "good on ya mate" and "what d'ya know?"

It's just the way it is, it's the way it goes
When my wheels hit the gravel road and it feels like home
It's the way of life, it's the life I live
And I'm right where I want to be, that's the way it is

Eerie still in the grey of dawn
Fields of wheat and rows of corn
A rusty tank with flaking paint
And a weary digger on ANZAC day
Dreamtime land and Uluru
It's Aborigine didgeridoo
It's battered hats and calloused hands
(It's the) the spirit of a hard-won land

It's just the way it is, it's the way it goes
When my wheels hit the gravel road and it feels like home
It's the way of life, oh, it's the life I live
And I'm right where I want to be
A patch o' ground and you and me
That's the way it is, oh-oh

It's just the way it is
That's the way it is
Yeah, that's the way it is