That's The Way lyrics

Song information

Artist: Led Zeppelin
Album: Led Zeppelin (2 Cd Box Set)

Lyrics

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 oughtta be, yeah, yeah
Mama say that's the way it oughtta stay, yeah, yeah, ooh, ooh

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 your ears are 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 oughtta be, oh don't you know now
Mama said, mama said... that's the way it's gonna stay, yeah. ahh, ahhh, ahhhhhhhh