Car Lights flash my eyes
 Blinded, Hypnotized
 Lord knows I'm living
 and I'm [bad word] back
 Now one generation dies
 Next one wins the prize
 and that's the big surprise
 There's demise in all of their lies
 It's never to late to realize

 That's just the way things are
 That's just the way it is now [x2]

 I walk through the cemetery
 It's all empty
 Now I put a rose
 on the grave of a fallen hero
 And I look out into the wild
 All I see is emptiness
 So much loneliness
 I just want forgiveness

 That's just the way things are
 That's just the way it is now [x2]

 When dreams fade away
 It won't be long
 End up singing the same old song
 What went right, What Went Wrong
 Bad times here, Good times gone
 [bad word] they always sell
 [bad word] never tell
 [bad word] straight to [bad word]  White collar criminals
 Living in jail
 It's all that they gave
 Sold your soul to get paid
 Buy you end up in an early grave
 Your own neck you can't save
 It's a letter that you can't send
 It's a wound that will never mend
 Pain level peaks at ten
 Some stand out Some stand in

 That's just the way things are
 That's just the way it is now [x2]