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