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Funny The Way It Is

Dave Matthews Band

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Funny The Way It Is

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Lying in the parkOn a beautiful daySun shine in the grassAnd the children playSiren's passingFire engine's redSomeone's house is burning downOn a day like thisThe evening comes and we're hanging outOn the front stepAnd a car goes by with the windows rolled downAnd that war song is playing "why can't we be friends?"Someone's screaming and crying in the apartment upstairsFunny the way it isAnd if you think about itSomebody's going hungryAnd someone else is eating outFunny the way it isNot right or wrongSomebody's heart is brokenIt becomes your favorite songThe way your mouth feels in a lover's kissLike a pretty bird on a breezeOr water to a fishBut a bomb blast brings the building crashing to the floorHear the laughter while the children play warFunny the way it isAnd if you think about itOne kid walks 10 miles to schoolWhile another's dropping outFunny the way it isNot right or wrongOn a soldier's last breathHis baby's being bornStanding on a bridgeWatch the water passing under meIt must have been much harderWhen there was no bridge just waterNow the world is smallCompared to how it used to beWith mountain, and oceans, and winters, and rivers and starsWatch the sky the jetplanesSo far out of my reachIs there someone up there looking down on me?Boy chase a birdSo close but everytimeHe never catch herBut he can't stop tryingFunny the way it isAnd if you think about itOne kid walks 10 miles to schoolWhile another's dropping outFunny the way it isNot right or wrongOn a soldier's last breathHis baby's being bornFunny the way it isNot right or wrongSomebody's broken heartAnd it becomes your favorite songFunny the way it isAnd if you think about itOne kid walks 10 miles to schoolWhile another's dropping outStanding on a bridgeWatch the water passing under meIt must have been much harderWhen there was no bridge just waterNow the world is smallCompared to how it used to beWith mountain, and oceans, and winters, and rivers and stars

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