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