| Standing in line, marking time
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| Waiting for the welfare dime
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| 'Cause they can’t buy a job
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| The man in the silk suit hurries by As he catches the poor old lady’s eyes
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| Just for fun he says, «Get a job.»
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| That’s just the way it is Some things will never change
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| That’s just the way it is Ah, but don’t you believe them
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| Said hey, little boy, you can’t go where the others go
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| 'Cause you don’t look like they do Said hey, old man, how can you stand to think that way?
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| Did you really think about it before you made the rules?
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| He said, son
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| That’s just the way it is Some things will never change
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| That’s just the way it is Ah, but don’t you believe them
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| Yeah
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| That’s just the way it is That’s just the way it is Well, they passed a law in '64
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| To give those who ain’t got a little more
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| But it only goes so far
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| Because the law don’t change another’s mind
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| When all it sees at the hiring time
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| Is the line on the color bar, no That’s just the way it is Some things will never change
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| That’s just the way it is That’s just the way it is, it is, it is, it is |