John Mellencamp - The Real Life lyrics

Suzanne divorced her husband<br>She got the keys and the car and the home<br>But her friends were really his friens<br>No one stops by to see her much any more<br>So one night, she goes back down to<br>The old haunts<br>That once upon a time were her own<br>She didn´t know nobody out there no<br>More<br>And the whole experience just made her<br>Feel so old<br>She says<br><br>I want to live the real life<br>I want to life my life close to the bone<br>Just because i´m middle-aged that<br>Don´t mean<br>I want to sit around my house and watch tv<br>I want the real life<br>I want to live the real life<br><br>Jackson jackson was a good kid<br>He had four years of college<br>And a bachelor´s degree<br>Started workin, when he was 21<br>Got fed up and quit<br>When he was 43<br>He said, my whole life<br>I´ve done, what I supposed to do<br>Now i´d like to maybe do something<br>For myself<br>And just as soon, I figure out what<br>That is<br>You can bet your live<br>I´m gonna give it hell<br>He says<br><br>I want to live the real life<br>I want to life my life close to the bone<br>Just because i´m middle-aged that<br>Don´t mean<br>I want to sit around my house and watch tv<br>I want the real life<br>I want to live the real life<br><br>I guess, it don´t matter, how old you<br>Are<br>Or how old one lives to be<br>I guess, it boils down to what we did<br>With our lives<br>And how we deal with our own<br>Destinies<br>But something happens<br>When you reach a certain age<br>Particularly to to those ones, that are<br>Young at heart<br>It´s a lonely proposition when you<br>Realize<br>That there´s less days in front of the<br>Horse<br>Than riding in the back of this cart<br>I say<br><br>I want to live the real life<br>I want to life my life close to the bone<br>Just because i´m middle-aged that<br>Don´t mean<br>I want to sit around my house and watch tv<br>I want the real life<br>I want to live the real life.