It's been that way since the git go,

It's been that way since the git go

Well it's been that way since the git go,

Lord it's always been that way



Woman shined the apple, and the man had to take a bite

Anything that good, God knows, just had to be right

Well they woke up naked with a big headache,

He done done in by a slippery snake,

A man and a woman get to live a while and then they die



It's been that way since the git go,

It's been that way since the git go

It's been that way since the git go,

Lord it's always been that way



Politicians make promises that they can't keep

They keep printin' money 'till they get in way too deep

It's the same old lesson, they never learn,

Too busy workin' on their next term

Politicians keep makin' fools out of you and me



It's been that way since the git go,

It's been that way since the git go

It's been that way since the git go,

Lord it's always been that way



Money breeds war, as long as there's a man alive

Rich kids go to college, and the poor kids fight

High-rollers crap out ev'ry time, roll a soldier's bones like loaded dice

War is the beast that makes ev'ry mother cry



It's been that way since the git go,

It's been that way since the git go

It's been that way since the git go,

Lord it's always been that way



He told the truth, and they hung him up to die

The son of God who created you and I

He said it in the Good Book and letters in red

But we keep on forgettin' ev'ry thing that He said

Jesus Christ hung on the cross for you and I



It's been that way since the git go,

It's been that way since the git go

It's been that way since the git go,

Lord it's always been that way



It's been that way since the git go,

It's been that way since the git go

It's been that way since the git go,

Lord it's always been that way