Just The Way It is - Bruce Hornsby

Just 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
富有的人们匆匆走过
As he catches the poor old ladies' eyes
他抓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
有些事情亘古不变
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
有些事情亘古不变
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