That's The Way
Composer(s): Jimmy Page - Robert Plant
First release by: Led Zeppelin - 1970
Covered by multiple other artists



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 oughta be
Oh don't you know now 
Mama said... that's the way it's gonna stay, yeah