The Way It Will Be

i lost you a while ago, and i still don't know why i can't say your name without a crow flying by gotta watch my back now that you turned me around you got me walking backwards into my hometown throw me a rope on the rolling tide what did you want me to be you said its him or me the way you made it that's the way it will be it was seven years on that burning shore with gatling guns and paint working the lowlands door to door like a latter day saint then you turned me out at the top of the stairs you took all the glory that you just couldn't share throw me a rope on the rolling tide what did you want me to be you said it's him or me the way you made it that's the way it will be i've never been so disabused i've never been so mad i've never been served anything that tasted so bad you might need a friend any day now any day oh my brother be careful you are drifting away throw me a rope on the rolling tide what did you want me to be you said it's him or me the way you made it that's the way it will be --- The Way It Will Be - Carl Broemel and Eric Hopper