Suzanne divorced her husband   She got the keys to the car and the home   But her friends were really his friends   No one stops by to see her much anymore      So one night she goes back down to the old haunts   That once upon a time were her own   She didn't know nobody out there no more   And the whole experience just made her feel so old, she says      I want to live the real life   I want to live my life close to the bone   Just because I'm middle-aged that don't mean   I want to sit around my house and watch TV   I want the real life, I want to live the real life      Jackson, Jackson, was a good kid   He had four years of college and a Bachelor's Degree   Started workin' when he was 21   Got fed up and quit when he was 43      He said, "My whole life, I've done what I'm supposed to do   Now I'd like to maybe do something for myself   And just as soon as I figure out what that is   You can bet your life, I'm gonna give it hell with      I want to live the real life   I want to live my life close to the bone   Just because I'm middle-aged that don't mean   I want to sit around my house and watch TV   I want the real life, I want to live the real life      I guess it don't matter how old you are   Or how old one lives to be   I guess it boils down to what we did with our lives   And how we deal with our own destinies      But something happens when you reach a certain age   Particularly to those ones that are young at heart   It's a lonely proposition when you realize   That there's less days in front of the horse   Than riding in the back of this cart, I say      I want to live the real life   I want to live my life close to the bone   Just because I'm middle-aged that don't mean   I want to sit around my house and watch TV   I want the real life, I want to live the real life      I want to live the real life   I want to live my life close to the bone   I want to live the real life   I won't sit around my house and watch TV   I want the real life, I want to live the real life, I want the real life      I want to live the real life   I want to live my life close to the bone   I want to live the real life   I want to live my life close to the bone