[Intro]

        


[Verse 1]

            
Do you remembe

            
r once upon a 

          
time - when yo

     
u  were mine?
             
The stars abov

              
e were bright 

            
and new. I pul

             
led them down 

    
for you.
            
Just when I fe

       
ll in love aga

in.
            
You said that 

         
all good thing

s must end


[Chorus]

         
Baby,    that'

              
s just the way

             
 it is, baby, 

   
 oh    oh
         
Baby,  that's 

              
just the way i

                
t is, baby


[Verse 2]

            
I've never had

            
 a hand for so

            
litaire - it's

     
 so    unfair.
              
That I should 

             
have my chance

     
 and lose?
             
I feel like I'

             
ve been used t

            
o help you thr

      
ough another n

ight.
            
You spelled it

        
 out in black 

and white


[Chorus]

         
Baby,    that'

              
s just the way

             
 it is, baby, 

   
 oh    oh
         
Baby,  that's 

              
just the way i

                
t is, baby


[Intrumental]

                       


[Verse 3]

            
The tides that

            
 once had carr

            
ied you away t

              
hey bring you 

  
back today.
             
The time has w

              
ashed away my 

            
pain, I find t

             
hat things hav

  
e changed
            
And disappeare

      
d without a tr

ace.
            
You can't get 

            
back what you'

          
ve erased


[Outro]

           
And I say, Bab

           
y,    that's j

              
ust the way it

     
 is, baby.....
              
That’s just th

  
e way it
        
Baby,     that

              
's just the wa

         
y it is, baby.

...
              
Oh, that’s jus

      
t the way it
        
Baby,    that'

              
s just the way

         
 it is, baby..

      
....woooo
        
Baby,    that'

              
s just the way

        
 it is, baby

     That’s ju

st the way it 

is
        
Baby,    that'

              
s just the way

         
 it is, baby..

  
....
        
Baby,    that'

              
s just the way

         
 it is, baby, 

     
baby
        
Baby,    that'

              
s just the way

           
 it is, baby
        
Baby,    that'

              
s just the way

           
 it is, baby
        
Baby, baby    

              
that's just th

             
e way it is, b

   
aby

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