That’s the Way It’s Gonna Be Phil Ochs

[Intro]
Okay, I wanna do these two songs here, um, that
From melodies that, uh, Bob Gibson gave me
The first one's non-topical
I guess it's called, uh, uh, what's it called?
"That's The Way It's Gonna Be"
It's the same, um—
This is the original melody that he gave me that I took Medgar Evers off of
This, adopted off this melody, off the break in it

[Verse 1]
If you say all the good times are gone
If you say this rain will keep rainin' on
I'll walk along with my head held high
I'll find a song and I'll sing it to the sky
I may be wrong but I'll live 'til I die
That's the way it's gonna be
Wait and see

[Verse 2]
Even though you say hard times knock at my door
Though you say I'll never smile any more
I just imagine that I'm ten feet tall
Then if I try I can climb the highest wall
It doesn't matter if I slip down and fall
That's the way it's gonna be
Wait and see