The Real Life Lyrics - On The Rural Route 7609 - John Mellencamp

Written by: 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 

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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 

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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