Song Title: The Way It Is
Artist: Bruce Hornsby
Album: Spirit Trail
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Lyrics for 'The Way It Is' by Bruce Hornsby
There was a little girl picked up a doll
Oh, so white as snow
Said this is me as I really am
Same little girl picked up a doll
Looked just like her
And threw it away in the garbage, the garbage can
One man in a courtroom with a grim-faced stare
A sea of armchair experts judging what's said
One man saw another man, oh, that could've been him
One man and a woman saw nothing but red, red, red
You're looking at a picture
I'm looking at it too
Do you see what I see today, hey
Let's talk about the difference
Find out what's in the way
Open our eyes, see the same
See the same way
One man saw a healer doing such good, good things
One man saw a sinner by the Holy Sea
Well Jesus and the Pharisees didn't see eye to eye
But the man on the shore saw so clearly
You're looking at a picture
I'm looking at it too
Do you see what I see today, hey
Let's talk about the difference
Find out what's in the way
Open our eyes, see the same
See the same way
I want to be at the meeting
Well, I want to be in that number
When we all see, see the same
See the same way
One man saw a million men
Standing in peaceful grace
One man saw nobody missing work
Telling lots of bad jokes
Might just make you feel good
But you never know who you
Who you hurt with your words
You're looking at a picture
I'm looking at it too
Do you see what I see today, hey
Let's talk about the difference
Find out what's in the way
Open our eyes, see the same
See the same way, hey now
There was a man playing G.I. Joe
Way back there in the woods
In training for the coming of the promised war
Seeing all conspiracy
Needs somebody to blame
If only he could open up
Love a little more, hmm
You're looking at a picture
I'm looking at it too
Do you see what I see today, hey
Let's talk about the difference
Find out what's in the way
Open our eyes, see the same
See the same way, hey now
I want to be at the meeting
Well, I want to be in that number
When we all see, see the same
See the same way