That’s the Way (1/4/71 Paris Theatre)

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 sayin'

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 ought to be, oh oh, yeah now

Mama, ma ma ma ma ma, said

That's the way it ought to stay, ah, ooh, ah, ah

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, don't you even think about it

And yesterday I saw you kissing tiny flowers

And all that lives is born to die

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 you ears have 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 ought'a be, yeah

That's the way it's gonna stay, ah yeah, ah hah, ho ho, ah

Ma ma ma ma ma ma ma

Whoa yeah

Oh oh, yeah, ah, oh yeah

Babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe

Oh