The Real World

Some people feel so bad
 Try so hard, get so sad
 Some people never had
 The breaks, the luck, the timing
 They watch their dreams get bought and sold
 Their hearts get hard but they don't grow cold
 Somewhere between love and gold
 They choose the silver lining
 Oh baby, it's the real world
 Hard and cold, young and old
 Oh baby, it's the real world
 Some people make their way
 Hand to hand, day by day
 So they can earn the price they pay
 For the grace, the love, the caring
 Try to choose the life you lead
 What you want and what you need
 Fill the spaces in between
 With tenderness and sharing
 Oh baby, it's the real world
 We make our way, day by day
 Oh baby, it's the real world
 Some day
 You'll grow
 And you'll know
 What I know
 Some day
 You'll grow
 And you'll go
 Where you want to go
 So if you ever feel
 Like you don't belong
 Hold your head up
 And be strong
 Struggle with the right and wrong
 I'll be there for you
 Oh baby, it's the real world
 Your whole life long, you will belong
 Oh baby, it's the real world
 No matter what you do
 I'll be there for you
 Oh baby, it's the real world