Words & music by paul simon      I have a wisdom tooth   Inside my crowed face   I have a friend who is born again   Found his savior's grace   I was born before my father   And my children before me   We are born and born again   Like the waves in the sea   That's the way it's always been   And that's how I want it to be      Nothing but good news   There is a frog in south america   Whose venom is a cure   For all the suffering that mankind   Must endure   More powerful than morphine   And soothing as the rain   A frog in south america   Has the antidote to pain   That's the way it's always been   And that's the way I like it      Some people never say no   Some people never complain   Some folks have no idea   And others will never explain   That's the way it's always been   And that's the way I like it   And that's how I want it to be   That's the way it's always been   And that's the way I like it   And that's how I want it to be      If I could play all the memories   In the neck of my guitar   I'd write a song called   "se? orita with a necklace of tears"   And every tear a sin I'd committed   Oh these many years   That's who I was   That's the way it's always been      Some people always want more   Some people are what they lack   Some folks open a door   Walk away and never look back   I don't want to be a judge   And I don't want to be a jury   I know who I am   Lord knows who I will be   That's the way it's always been   And that's the way I like it   And that's how I want it to be   That's the way it's always been   And that's the way I like it   And that's how I want it to be