[00:00.000] 作词 : Mellencamp John[00:01.000] 作曲 : Mellencamp John[00:10.540]Suzanne divorced her husband[00:17.758]She got the keys to the car and the home[00:24.681]But her friends were really his friends[00:31.023]No one stops by to see her much anymore[00:35.789]So one night she goes back down to the old haunts[00:43.289]That once upon a time were her own[00:51.897]She didn't know nobody out there no more[00:58.322]And the whole experience just made her feel so old[01:06.356]She says[01:14.893][Chorus:]I want to live the real life[01:17.731]I want ot live my life close to the bone[01:25.067]Just because I'm middle-aged that don't mean[01:29.259]I want to sit around my house and watch T.V.[01:34.156]I want the real life[01:39.961]I want to live the real life[01:45.871]Jackson Jackson was a good kid[01:51.783]He had four years of college and a bachelor's degree[01:59.302]Started workin' when he was 21[02:05.180]Got fed up and quit[02:12.072]When he was 43[02:19.589]He said, "My whole life[02:25.491]I've done what I'm supposed to do[02:31.412]Now I'd like to maybe do something for myself[02:35.204]And just as soon as I figure out what that is[02:38.852]You can bet your life I'm gonna give it hell"[02:44.710]He says[02:55.491][Chorus][03:30.245]I guess it don't matter how old you are[03:39.760]Or how old one lives to be[03:48.384]I guess it boils down to what we did with our lives[03:58.661]And how we deal with our own destinies[04:02.965]But something happens[04:06.618]When you reach a certain age[04:11.963]Particularly to those ones that are young at heart[04:16.741]It's a lonely proposition when you realize[04:22.580]That's there's less days in front of the horse[04:28.467]Than riding in the back of this cart