Lyrics The Way It Is - Live at ACL Festival - Nicole Atkins
I'm
sitting
here
in
this
city
bar.
In
front
of
me
my
first
bottle
budweiser
beer.
It's
half
past
ten
this
evening,
The
sport
channel
on
this
fucking
T.V.
A
shelter
from
the
storm
All
the
people
who
come
in
are
wet
from
the
rain.
I
don't
wanna
be
somewhere
else,
Somwhere
else
as
in
this
bar
tonight.
Then
I
dont
believe
what
I
see,
unimaginable
for
me.
There's
a
girl
coming
in,
a
girl
I've
never
seen
before.
"Do
you
got
fire
for
me
guy,
to
light
up
my
cigarette?
My
Lighter's
wet
from
the
rain
and
maybe
the
cigarettes
too."
If
I
could
only
be
Madonna.
If
I
could
only
be
so
cool
like
a
star.
I
draw
a
shaky
breath,
"I've
only
fire
in
my
heart",
I
say
to
her.
"But
it
belongs
to
you
It's
the
only
thing
I
have",
I
touch
her
knees.
I
don't
wanna
be
somwhere
else
Somwhere
else
as
in
these
bar
tonight
"My
cigarettes
are
wet"
she
says
"and
there's
no
vending
machine
here,
I
guess.
Wait
here,
I'll
be
shortly
back,
with
love
in
my
blue
eyes."
I'm
waiting
since
days.
Confusion!
She
isn't
coming
back
in
this
bar,
Maybe
she
has
found
her
love
in
another
side
of
town.
Today's
another
day
in
bliss:
The
way
it
is-
that's
the
way
it
is!
Contorted
with
pain,
I'm
waiting
in
vain,
But
that's
ok,
It's
something
to
forget
Today's
another
day
in
bliss:
The
way
it
is-
that's
the
way
it
is!
I
live
apart
from
my
guardian
angel,
But
that's
ok,
it's
something
to
forget
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