John Mellencamp - The Real Life lyrics

Suzanne divorced her husband She got the keys and the car and the home But her friends were really his friens No one stops by to see her much any more So one night, she goes back down to The old haunts That once upon a time were her own She didn More And the whole experience just made her Feel so old She says I want to live the real life I want to life my life close to the bone Just because i Don I want to sit around my house and watch tv 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 Started workin, when he was 21 Got fed up and quit When he was 43 He said, "my whole life I Now i For myself And just as soon, i figure out what That is You can bet your live I He says I want to live the real life I want to life my life close to the bone Just because i Don I want to sit around my house and watch tv I want the real life I want to live the real life I guess, it don 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 to those ones, that are Young at heart It Realize That there Horse Than riding in the back of this cart I say I want to live the real life I want to life my life close to the bone Just because i Don I want to sit around my house and watch tv I want the real life I want to live the real life.