Verse G D Everyone seems so damn content C Wake up go to work and do it over again G D C There surely must be more to life than this? G D Shaped to fit in into the machine C Just another cog in the spinning wheel G D C Until it breaks your back and wears you outVerse G D It all really starts as soon as you're born C Passed from the mother to the child you know G D C A lifelong quest longing for acceptance G D Cause everyone's afraid to seem weird C You can't be a slut, or a fucking queer G D C The powers that be don't want to see it changingEm D G It's just the way it is Em D G It's just the way it is Em D G It's just the way it is D Don't askVerse G D Everyone seems so damn content C Wake up go to work and do it over again G D C There surely must be more to life than this?Em D G It's just the way it is Em D G It's just the way it is Em D G It's just the way it is D Don't askOutro Em D G (Just the way it is), It's just the way it is Em D G (Just the way it is), It's just the way it is Em D G (Just the way it is), It's just the way it is D G Don't askEm D G It's just the way it is Em D G It's just the way it is Em D G It's just the way it is D Don't ask