WAY IT IS WORDS & MUSIC:   Earl P. Reinhalter I. you can hear it from the pulpit and on the home on the range and in any backwoods country where things never change. you can hear them rattle wooden swords and quote nostalgically: CHORUS: the way it is, the way it is, the way it is is how it's meant to be. the way it is, the way it is, the way it is is how it's meant to be. II. there are so many housewives, and they're the ones that procreate. so is it any wonder that their numbers carry weight? and all their little girls have talking dolls that state: (repeat chorus) (repeat I) (repeat chorus) © Copyright 1983 Earl P. Reinhalter.   All Rights Reserved.