All day long he was fighting for you   And he didn't even know your name   Young men come and young men go   But life goes on just the same      And I don't know why   Why do we keep holding on   I don't know why   Pretending to be, oh, so strong      Oh, why   Is there something I don't know   Or something very wrong with you and me   Or maybe      That's the way it is   That's the way it is      They've been waiting for word to come down   They've been waiting for you night and day   They won't wait any longer for you   It may already be too late      And I don't know why   Why do we keep holding on   I don't know why   Pretending to be, oh, so strong      Oh why   Is there something I don't know   Or something very wrong with you and me   Or maybe      That's the way it is   That's just the way it is      You see the dying, you feel the pain   What have you got to say   If we agree that we can disagree   We could stop all of this today      It's been your life for as long as you can remember   But you cannot fight no more   You must want to look your son in the eyes   When he asks you what you did it for      'Cause all day long he was fighting for you   And he didn't even know your name   Young men come and young men go   But life goes on just the same      And I don't know why   Why do we keep holding on   I don't know why   Pretending to be, oh, so strong      Oh, why   Is there something no one told me   Or something very wrong with you and me   Or maybe      That's the way it is   There's nothing I can do   That's just the way it is, oh      That's just the way it is   That's just the way it is   There's nothing I can do   That's just the way it is   That's just the way it is      That's the way   That's the way   That's the way