The Way It Is

歌词

• The Way It Is - Karen Souza
• Lyrics by：Bruce Randall Hornsby
• Composed by：Bruce Randall Hornsby
• Standing in line marking time
• 排着队 停滞不前
• Waiting for the welfare dime
• 等待着领取社会福利金
• 'Cause they can't buy a job
• 因为他们买不到一份工作
• The man in the silk suit hurries by
• 穿着丝绸西服的男人匆匆经过
• As he catches the poor ladies eyes
• 当他与穷苦可怜的女人对视时
• Just for fun he says get a job
• 为了找点乐子 他说他找到一份工作
• That's just the way it is
• 事实就是如此
• Some things will never change
• 有些事情永远不会改变
• That's just the way it is
• 事实就是如此
• Ah but don't you believe them
• 但是你不要相信他们
• Said hey little boy you can't go where the others go
• 说道 嘿 小男孩 你不能跟随别人的脚步
• 'Cause you don't look like they do
• 因为你和他们迥然不同
• Said hey old man how can you stand
• 说道 嘿 老头 你怎么能
• To think that way did you really think about it
• 这样想 你是否认真考虑过
• Before you made the rules
• 在你制定规则以前
• He said son that's just the way it is
• 他说 孩子 事实就是如此
• Some things will never change
• 有些事情永远不会改变
• That's just the way it is
• 事实就是如此
• Ah but don't you believe them
• 但是你不要相信他们
• Well they passed a law in '64
• 他们在1964年通过一项法律
• To give those who ain't got a little more
• 救济那些可怜的穷人
• But it only goes so far
• 但是仅此而已
• Because the law don't change another's mind
• 因为法律无法改变人的心意
• When all it sees at the hiring time
• 招聘时暴露的社会百态
• Is the line on the color bar but oh knows
• 都是对有色人种的束缚与偏见 但是大家都心知肚明
• That's just the way it is
• 事实就是如此
• Some things will never change
• 有些事情永远不会改变
• That's just the way it is
• 事实就是如此
• That's just the way it is
• 事实就是如此

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