Man rolls
out of bed and he knots his tie
Gulps his coffee as he says
goodbye
Drags his car down a one -way street
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Got appointments to keep
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It's the way of the land
He works in a room with
the windows closed
He got no time for the open road
Punches out at a quarter to five
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Feels a little bit more alive
It's the way of the land
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He used to dream of Robin Hood
He used to make his plans
To race through Sherwood Forest
With a longbow in his hand
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And Friar Tuck and Marion
Would call him hero then
He'd rob the rich an d help the poor
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To understand
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Man to man
It was the way of the land
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A woman wakes up and she
makes the bed
Got a thousand troubles
running through her head
Drags her body through another day
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For a little under minimum wage
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It's the way of the land
Got an old job but she works full time
Get the kids on the bus in the
Washington line
And the rushin' and the plantin'
in the grocery shop
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Hav in' dinner ready seven o 'clock
is the way of the land
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Well she used to dream of Tinkerville
She dreamt of Peter Pan
Scouting distant islands
Finding treasures in the sand
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She'd paddle Captain Hook
until he'd lost his other hand
And clap so hard
that every child would live again
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To ride the wind, it's the way of the land
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I dreamed a dream just the other night
My momma walked and
my daddy cried
And their eyes were bright
as shooting stars
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And they held each other hard,
you understand
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They used to dream of traveling,
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they used to make those plans
Fred Astaire and Ginger
in the ballrooms of romance
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But time is hard on heroes,
they never had the chance
I dreamed a dream the other night
and knew somehow
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That they're dancing now
Cause this'll be the land
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This'll be the land
You
Janis Ian 
