Well I grew up in a real town Where the prom queen had a plastic crown And we really did just drive around ’Cause there wasn’t sh!t to do We didn’t know we were real broke Daddy rolled them real smokes We drank RC, no real Coke But our neighbor had a pool We got green grass and two trees Whoa oh oh oh oh But it ain’t like what’s on TV Whoa oh oh oh oh This is real life in the real world We ain’t talking to no models We got real girls We get real low, we get real high It ain’t all good baby but it’s all right Real life na na na na We got a dive bar With a real band, they play too loud And they’re real bad But we’re real boys so we still dance And we stay out way too late Hit the Waffle House for some real food But that waitress, she’s real rude She got real problems but we do too So we tip her anyway That’s just the way that it is Whoa oh oh oh oh That’s just the way that we live Whoa oh oh oh oh This is real life in the real world We ain’t talking to no models We got real girls We get real low, we get real high It ain’t all good baby but it’s all right Real life Yeah we’re livin’ real life We find real love, get real hurt Fall real hard, shake off the dirt Pray to God, let’s make a deal I guess it just got real na na na na na na na na na na na na We get real low, we get real high It ain’t all good baby but it’s all right Real life This ain’t no fairy tale, it’s real life