The Real Life - John Mellencamp

作词：John Mellencamp

作曲：John Mellencamp

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

I want to live the real life

I want to 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 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'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 with

I want to live the real life

I want to 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 TV

I want the real life

I want to live the real life

Hey hey

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 there's less days

In front of the horse

Than riding in the back

Of this cart

I say

I want to live the real life

I want to 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 TV

I want the real life

I want to live the real life

I want to live my life

Close to the bone

I want to live the real life

I won't sit around my house

And watch TV

I want the real life

I want to live the real life

I want the real life

Hey

I want to live the real life

I want to live my life close to the bone

I want to live the real life

I want to live my life close to the bone