BRUCE HORNSBY AND THE RANGE THE WAY IT IS

The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby

Standing in line marking time

在停滞不前的队伍中

Waiting for the welfare dime

等待着接受福利

'Cause they can't buy a job

因为他们找不到一份工作

The man in the silk suit hurries by

穿着丝绸衣服的人匆匆走过

As he catches the poor old ladies' eyes

他捕获了穷苦老妇人的眼球

Just for fun he says \"Get a job\"

很有趣的是 他说了句 找份工作去

That's just the way it is

人生就是这样

Some things will never change

有些事情永远不会改变

That's just the way it is

人生就是这样

But don't you believe them

但是请你不要相信他们

They say hey little boy you can't go

他们说 小男孩

Where the others go

你不能去那个别人都去的地方

'Cause you don't look like they do

因为你看起来和他们不一样

Said hey old man how can you stand

我想说 老先生 你怎么可以忍受

To think that way

而那样认为呢

Did you really think about it

你真的那样认为吗

Before you made the rules

在你制定规则之前

He said Son

他说 小伙子

That's just the way it is

人生就是这样

Some things will never change

有些事情永远不会改变

That's just the way it is

人生就是这样

But don't you believe them

但是请你不要相信他们

Well they passed a law in '64

他们在1964年的时候通过了一部宪法

To give those who ain't got a little more

市委接济了那些穷人

But it only goes so far

但是这还远远不够

Because the law don't change another's mind

因为法律不会改变别人的观点

When all it sees at the hiring time

在决定雇用与否的时候尤其明显

Is the line on the color bar

因为种族歧视的那条界线

That's just the way it is

人生就是这样

Some things will never change

有些事情永远不会改变

That's just the way it is

人生就是这样

Thats just the way it is it is it is it is

人生就是这样