Songwriter: Steve Goodman Bill LaBounty
Producer: Robbie Dupree
[Verse 1]
There she goes
Doesn't she need me?
How could she leave me?
She was never really there
It feels so cold
Ooh, what a shame now
There's no one to blame now
It's the world that isn't fair
[Chorus]
In real life
People say one thing, then they do another
In real life
They break what's in the heart of an innocent lover
Now and then, no big surprise
It happens all the time
In real life
[Verse 2]
Time goes by
It slips through our fingers
But something still lingers
'Cause my heart wants her to stay
Just one more night
We'll spend it together
Pretend it's forever
But it doesn't work that way
[Chorus]
In real life
People say one thing, then they do another
In real life
They break the tender heart of an innocent lover
Now and then, no big surprise
It happens all the time
In real life
[Bridge]
If love is the only answer, why does it hurt me so?
Why must I always be the first to cry, the last to know?
[Chorus]
In real life
People say one thing, then they do another
In real life
They break the tender heart of an innocent lover
Now and then, no big surprise
It happens all the time
In real life
[Outro]
(Real life)
People say one thing, then they do another
In real life
They break the tender heart of an innocent lover
Now and then, no big surprise
It happens all the time
In real life
There she goes
Doesn't she need me?
How could she leave me?
She was never really there
It feels so cold
Ooh, what a shame now
There's no one to blame now
It's the world that isn't fair
[Chorus]
In real life
People say one thing, then they do another
In real life
They break what's in the heart of an innocent lover
Now and then, no big surprise
It happens all the time
In real life
[Verse 2]
Time goes by
It slips through our fingers
But something still lingers
'Cause my heart wants her to stay
Just one more night
We'll spend it together
Pretend it's forever
But it doesn't work that way
[Chorus]
In real life
People say one thing, then they do another
In real life
They break the tender heart of an innocent lover
Now and then, no big surprise
It happens all the time
In real life
[Bridge]
If love is the only answer, why does it hurt me so?
Why must I always be the first to cry, the last to know?
[Chorus]
In real life
People say one thing, then they do another
In real life
They break the tender heart of an innocent lover
Now and then, no big surprise
It happens all the time
In real life
[Outro]
(Real life)
People say one thing, then they do another
In real life
They break the tender heart of an innocent lover
Now and then, no big surprise
It happens all the time
In real life
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Carried Away (1989)
Robbie Dupree popular songs
- Steal Away
- Hot Rod Hearts
- Brooklyn Girls
- Street Corner Heroes
- All Night Long
- Free Fallin’
- I’ll Be the Fool Again
- Are You Ready for Love
- Saturday Night
- Missing You
- Long Goodbye
- This Is Life
- Talk to You
- Shadows on the Wall
- In Real Life
- Emotion
- Carried Away
- Tears
- The Hurting Game
- Miracle Mile
- Real World
- Truly Amazing
- Smoke and Mirrors
- Person to Person