The Way It Is is the fourteenth studio album by Australian country music artist John Williamson. The album was released in July 1999

Track listing
Campfire on the Road
A Thousand Feet
Three Sons
Queensland Bungalow
Wonthaggi
Mountain Hideaway
Singing in the Rain
Would I Be The One
We’re Still Here
Happy Birthday My Old Friend
Railwayman
Great Ocean Road
Purple Roses
Do I Love You
Thargomindah (the way it is) and the stirring Land of the Truly Free