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