The Way The Story Goes

Music and lyrics by Jeffrey Robert Adams

© 1992, 2017 Jeffrey Robert Adams
℗ 2017 Bucketstomp Productions
All Rights Reserved

When he was a boy
He used to sit in the classroom
Used to wonder what it would be like
To go outside and play

Yeah -

Mama always told him
“Boy, you gotta think twice -
Gotta work harder and sacrifice
Your desires.”

Yeah -

(refrain)
But then he was a young man
Went out into the world
It’s never what he expected
Isn’t that the way the story goes?

Yeah -

Teachers always told him
“Boy, you gotta study hard -
Gotta learn the trivia
To help you along your way.”

Yeah -

When he grew up and he
Got a steady job, well
The lesson that he learned
Is that it really doesn’t matter
Anyway

Yeah -

(refrain)
Then he started to question
All the things he was told
Put in such a position
Isn’t that the way the story goes?
Isn’t that the way the story goes?

(instrumental)

As he grew older
And thought about his life -
People always offering to
Give a little piece of advice

When he was a boy
He used to sit in the classroom
Used to wonder what it would be like
To go outside and play

Yeah -

(refrain)
Then he was an old man
While once he was a boy
It’s never what he expected
Isn’t that the way the story goes?
Yeah -
Isn’t that the way the story goes?
Yeah -
Isn’t that the way the story goes?
Yeah -