Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Real Life, artist - John Mellencamp. Date of issue: 31.12.2009
Song language: English
The Real Life |
| Suzanne divorced her husband |
| She got the keys to the car and the home |
| But her friends were really his friends |
| No one stops by to see her much anymore |
| So one night she goes back down to the old haunts |
| That once upon a time were her own |
| She didn’t know nobody out there no more |
| And the whole experience just made her feel so old |
| She says |
| Chorus |
| I want to live the real life |
| I want ot live my life close to the bone |
| Just because I’m middle-aged that don’t mean |
| I want to sit around my house and watch T.V. |
| I want the real life |
| I want to live the real life |
| Jackson Jackson was a good kid |
| He had four years of college and a bachelor’s degree |
| Started workin' when he was 21 |
| Got fed up and quit |
| When he was 43 |
| He said, «My whole life |
| I’ve done what I’m supposed to do Now I’d like to maybe do something for myself |
| And just as soon as I figure out what that is You can bet your life I’m gonna give it hell» |
| He says |
| Chorus |
| I guess it don’t matter how old you are |
| Or how old one lives to be |
| I guess it boils down to what we did with our lives |
| And how we deal with our own destinies |
| But something happens |
| When you reach a certain age |
| Particularly to those ones that are young at heart |
| It’s a lonely proposition when you realize |
| That’s there’s less days in front of the horse |
| Than riding in the back of this cart |
| I say |
| Chorus |