The Way It Is

Stand in line, marking time
Waiting for the welfare dime
'Cause they can't buy a job
The man in the silk suit hurries by
As he catches a poor lady's eyes
Just for fun he says, "Get a job"

They say "Hey little boy, you can't go where the others go
'Cause you don't look like they do"
They say "Hey old man, how can you stand to think that way?
But did you really think about it before you made the rules?"
He says "Son, that's just the way it is
Some things will never change"
That's just the way it is
Huh, why don't you believe them?

Well they passed a law in '64
To keep us awake all a little more
But it only goes so far
Because the law don't change an honest mind
When all it sees at the hiring time
Is the light on the color bar