Standing 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 the poor old ladies' eyes
   Just for fun he says Get a job
  
   That's just the way it is
   Some things will never change
   That's just the way it is
   But don't you believe them
  
   They say hey little boy you can't go
   Where the others go
   Cause you don't look like they do
   Said hey old man how can you stand
   To think that way
   Did you really think about it
   Before you made the rules
   He said, Son
  
   That's just the way it is
   Some things will never change
   That's just the way it is
   But don't you believe them
  
   Well they passed a law in '64
   To give those who ain't got a little more
   But it only goes so far
   Because the law another's mind
   When all it sees at the hiring time
   Is the line on the color bar
  
   That's just the way it is
   Some things will never change
   That's just the way it is
   But don't you believe them