Claudia Joseph - Just the Way it Was Lyrics

A shiver on her shoulder
The deep blue speckled sky
She knows she's getting older
But she can't help but cry

The days are long and the nights are longer
Far away from home looking for something better

She's heard talk of paradise
Just over the hills
But to cross this prairie ocean
You're gonna get yourself killed

Cause it ain't theirs, ain't theirs to give
There's a monster just over those hills

But that ain't gonna stop the chugging steam engine of progress
The beaten down souls the empty homes and the better life that was promised
Hide your babies hide your wife
Cause it ain't gonna be a friendly bunch
No man here is innocent
But hey that's just the way it was

A shiver on her shoulder
The hot sun beating down
She knows they're getting bolder
There's more of them around

And the arrows don't seem to stop them
And the anger grows all around them

She can't stop the hunters
Or the trappers on this land
The bounty that it brings them
Too much for just one man

And it ain't theirs, ain't there's to take
There's a monster just about to break

But that ain't gonna stop the chugging steam engine of progress
The animals, the skins they hold and the dollar that was promised
Hide your babies hide your wife
Cause it ain't gonna be a friendly bunch
No man here is innocent
But hey that's just the way it was

Hear those horses galloping
Mmm straight for us god help me
Hear the horses in the distance

Nobody could stop the title wave that fell upon her
The promises broke the lies some told and the damn almighty dollar
Human nature isn't pretty
Though we like to pretend it is
No one here is innocent
Hey that's just the way it is