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 nowSo 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”
—Ray Davies, “The Real World”, Workingman’s Cafe