the way it goes Lyrics

I got the windows open, I'm letting the cars pass by

Everybody's going somewhere, leaving something behind

I'm driving down to the coast, stare out at the sea

And think about what could of been but will never be

I listen with one ear open and watch with one eye closed

I only get half the story, that's the way it goes

They told him up was down and red was blue

And he heard it so many times he thought it was true

Now he's fighting anybody who isn't just like him

Stuck in the mud, it's a battle he can never win

He's rolling with the punches, taking the highs and lows

Late at night it don't feel right, that's the way it goes

There's a broken record playing in my head

What I didn't do, what I could have, should have said

Sometimes it's soft and low, could hear a pin drop

Sometimes it gets so loud and it just won't stop

I don't want to wake nobody, I'm walking on my tiptoes

Let them hear what they want to, that's the way it goes