The Way It Is - Chelsea Recording

[Verse 1]
If you hear a politician
Or a singer making song
Do you just refuse to listen?
Knowing that he must be wrong

[Chorus]
That's the way it is, you know
You just see what you want to see
Who am I to tell you who to think?
Or tell you who to be?

[Verse 2]
I will show you what I know
And sometimes we will disagree
If we learn at all to grow
Then I have done my small duty

[Chorus]
That's the way it is, you know
Just see what you want to see
Who am I to tell you how to think?
Or tell you what to be

[Verse 3]
I could bring my favorite flower
Maybe yours would be the same
Maybe we would argue hors
Over the fair flower's name

[Chorus]
That's the way it is, you know
You just see what you want to see
Who am I to tell you how to think?
Or tell you who to be?

[Verse 4]
If I brought my good friends home
And set a welcome table piece
Could you see them past their clothing
Or past the color of their face?

[Chorus]
That's the way it is, you know
You just see what you want to see
Who am I to tell you how to think?
Or tell you who to be?

[Outro Chorus]
That's the way it is, you know
You just see what you want to see
Who am I to tell you how to think?
(Laughs)