Everything That's Going to Happen - The Fugitives

everything that’s going to happen is going to happen

everything that will be will be, oh

everything that’s going to happen is going to happen

so why not just let it be so

the city will rock like a big neon boat

the countryside still as a saint

the lovers will beg and the families forgive

the athletes will all play their games

some are taught to die young

some learn on their own

some pace themselves up till the end

some wait like a match for someone to strike

some burn like a slow cigarette

everything that’s going to happen is going to happen

everything that will be will be, oh

everything that’s going to happen is going to happen

so why not just let it be so

some give their hearts out like pamphlets

some hide them in their underwear drawers

some take to the bottle like it was kissing them back

some take to their children like chores

the prisoners won’t move for the walls in their way

kids in the classroom won’t sit

my great uncle smoked for eighty-six years

but his heart was the first thing that quit

so like the rain’s going to come

like the sun’s going to blow

like the sand will erode from the stone

if you’re not the type who likes to be loved

I’d be better to leave it alone

I’d be better to leave you alone

everything that’s going to happen is going to happen

everything that will be will be, oh

everything that’s going to happen is going to happen

so why not just let it be so