Real Life

Nellie McKay
Don't ask me what I'm thinking
I can't handle it
Didn't plan on this
Don't ask me what I'm drinking
Hey-ha hey wassup
Nothing doing
But If I had a real life
I could break my hands
And maybe feel life
Not understand it
As if I had a real life
Not a bland and broken false reality
Sign up for lie detection
They'll examine me
Shine a light and see
Won't fight a slight depression
Say it can't be done
Nothing comes from fun
But If I had a real life
I could break the mold
And maybe steal life
From those who stole it
As if I had a real life
Not an old and smoking false reality
Girl gone crazy
Riding the wave
Riding it way out
World don't phase me
Nothing to save
Nothing to save us now
Anyhow
Buy me a billionaire
And maybe I'll forget
Maybe I'll accept
Write me a Baudelaire
And sign me up a cut
If you're going up
'Cause If I had a real life
I could break it down
And maybe feel a life
Not just drown in it
As if I had a real life
Not a town and country false reality
Destroy the government
And set me up as king
I've been wondering
About the precedent
Of pushing me around
Going underground
'Cause If I had a real life
I could break the rules
And maybe feel life
Instead of foolish
As if I had a real life
Not a cruel and choking false reality