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Artist: The Strokes
Canonical path: /the-strokes/the-way-it-is
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Way It Is
Read The Way It Is lyrics by The Strokes on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Way It Is
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She was still sleeping; the problem will stay
One more day
Said she's not sorry the wind blows her way
Accidents happen, there's one planned today
Oh you see...
I wish it was not true
But that's the way it is
It's not your fault
That's the way it is
I'm sick of you
And that's the way it is
And will always be.
Wednesday is over, it's over again.
Said my goodbyes to the life we won't spend
Together...
I wish it was not true
But that's the way it is
It's not your fault
That's the way it is
I'm sick of you
And that's the way it is
But that's not your problem
That's not a problem
That's not my problem
That's not your problem.
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The Strokes performs "The Way It Is", and this lyric page sits inside the The Strokes catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to Alone, Together and Barely Legal (EP Version) with a short reason for opening each page next.
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