I'm leaving tonight down the same dirt road
A million times I've driven just to get home
And I ain't ever looking back
For nothingHeaded for the coast, looking for the high life
Everybody knows it's nothing but a good time
And I sold everything I had for something
I can't seem to findSo this is the life they talked about
This is the "I can't live without"
When the real world crashes down
Oh, if they could see me nowWhen all the dreams of on your own
Turn to nightmares all alone
It hits you right between the eyes
This is the life, this is the life, ohThese four walls feel more like a prison
Instead of paradise I couldn't wait to live in
So I just drink myself
To sleep againI can't escape my mind, this ain't like a movie
It's getting hard to hide, the more it's doin' to me
Don't know how long I can keep
I'm going crazy all the timeSo this is the life they talked about
So this is the "I can't live without"
When the real world crashes down
Oh, if they could see me nowWhen all the dreams of on your own
Turn to nightmares all alone
It hits you right between the eyes
This is the life, ohNothing is ever what it seems
Maybe that grass ain't so green
Nothing's ever out of reach
When you're seventeenThis is the life they talked about
This is the "I can't live without"
When the real world crashes down
Oh, if they could see me nowWhen all the dreams of on your own
Turn to nightmares all alone
It hits you right between the eyes
This is the life, oh, this is the life, yeah