That's The Way

I don´t know how I´m gonna tell you, I can´t play with you no more,
I don´t know how I´m gonna do what mama told me, My friend, the boy next door.
I can´t believe what people saying, You´re gonna let your hair hang down,
I´m satisfied to sit here working all day long, You´re in the darker side of town.

And when I´m out I see you walking, Why don´t your eyes see me,
Could it be you´ve found another game to play, What did mama say to me.

*That´s The Way, Oh, That´s The Way it ought to be,
Yeah, yeah, mama say That´s The Way it ought to stay.

And yesterday I saw you standing by the river,
And weren´t those tears that filled your eyes,
And all the fish that lay in dirty water dying,
Had they got you hypnotized?

And yesterday I saw you kissing tiny flowers,
But all that lives is born to die.
And so I say to you that nothing really matters,
And all you do is stand and cry.

I don´t know what to say about it,
When all you ears have turned away,
But now´s the time to look and look again at what you see,
Is that the way it ought to stay?

That´s the way... That´s the way it oughtta be
Oh don´t you know now, Mama said.. that´s the way it´s gonna stay, yeah