Car Lights flash my eyes   Blinded, Hypnotized   Lord knows I'm living   and I'm never coming back   Now one generation dies   Next one wins the prize   and that's the big surprise   there's demise in all of their lies   it's never to late to realize      That's just the way things are   that's just the way it is now [x2]       I walk through the cemetery   it's all empty   Now I put a rose   on the grave of a fallen hero   And I look out into the wild   All I see is emptiness   So much loneliness   I just want forgiveness      That's just the way things are   that's just the way it is now [x2]       When dreams fade away   It won't be long   End up singing the same old song   What went right, What Went Wrong   Bad times here, Good times gone   First rule they always sell   Second rule never tell   Third rule straight to hell   White collar criminals   Living in jail   it's all that they gave   Sold your soul to get paid   Buy you end up in an early grave   Your own neck you can't save   it's a letter that you can't send   it's a wound that will never mend   Pain level peaks at ten   Some stand out Some stand in      That's just the way things are   that's just the way it is now [x2]