You danced and partied at the Mardi Gras   Threw back all the beads at the parade   Fake worlds and logos in the shopping mall where you came from   Everything seemed the same the whole world now      So you headed down south, left your old home town   Relocated so far away from the real world   But where is the real world?      Get out of the bar and follow the stars   Now you've relocated so far away from the real world   But where is the real world?      Ambitious eyes set firmly on the future   So keen to leave your old home town   But you're a lost soul looking for the great illusion in another state   You had to escape, you know you just couldn't wait   You thought the real world let you down      So you headed down south, left another home town   Now you don't have the time to think   Who's left behind in the real world      Watching game shows all day was no kind of deal   It all seemed oh so surreal had to break from the real world   But where is the real world?      One day you'll wake up and you will feel   I am alive, this is real      Your friends came down to visit from all over   To see first hand the brand new start you made   But you were overqualified for the tips you earn in a bar   It won't work here and it didn't work there but you tried it anyway      So head off in the car and follow the stars   There's someone waiting not far away in the real world      Hope you get there this time but just bear in mind   There's a lot of lost souls looking out for a sign for the real world   But where is the real world?      One day you'll wake up and you will feel   I am alive, this is real