Got you working the nine-to-five Well every day It's all you can do just to stay alive Wasting your time away There's got to be a better way Living life in the real world Well it's an uphill climb Living life in the real world Time after time, they knock you down You gotta get up, you gotta live your life in the real world With every second it slips away It's getting harder to see How you can be the best that you can be Wasting your time away There's got to be a better way Nobody ever told you it would be like this in the real world Fame and fortune's nothing but a hit-and-miss When you realize You're living in the real world Life in the real world