Go ahead and sit on the floor When you can't outrun it anymore When nothing helps that did before Like a river that finally floods the shore Someday this will all be the past And blow away like bones and ash But today is no different than the last That's the way these things go That's the way these things go But I'm not lost I'm only wandering I'm not adrift I'm just at sea I'm not sure I'm only guessing This is right where I need to be In the distance I hear a train That keeps rolling on as though nothing's changed As if the world could ever be the same That's the way these things go That's the way these things go But I'm not lost I'm only wandering I'm not adrift I'm just at sea I'm not sure I'm only guessing This is right where I need to be I saw the sun set up over the ridge Shaped like a heart on a knife edge And I remembered the last thing you said That's the way these things go That's the way these things go Yesterday three golden leaves Fluttered down in front of me And for a moment I felt the whole world breathe For a moment I felt the whole world ease So be kind to everyone that you meet No matter what you see on the street You don't know what people live down deep That's the way these things go That's the way these things go That's the way these things go