<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> <P> "The Way It Is" is a song recorded by Bruce Hornsby and the Range from their 1986 album The Way It Is . It topped the charts in the United States, Canada and the Netherlands in 1986, and peaked inside the top twenty in such countries as Ireland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom . Written by Bruce Hornsby, it made explicit reference to the Civil Rights Movement . Musically, the song is characterized by two long piano solos . </P> <P> The opening verse recounts a story taking place at a line for welfare that illustrate a divide between the rich and poor . The chorus presents several lines insisting that social ills are "just the way it is", and repeatedly suggests resigning oneself to them as a fact of life--however, the chorus ends with the author rebuking this attitude by insisting "but don't you believe them ." </P>

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