Real Life

Album: Beauty Behind The Madness (2015)
Charted: 72 62
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  • Tell 'em this boy was meant for loving
    Tell 'em this heart doesn't stay to one
    I'll be the same, never changed for nothing
    It's all I know, never learned much more

    Mama called me destructive, oh yeah
    Said it ruined me one day, yeah
    'Cause every woman that loved me, oh yeah
    Seemed to push them away

    That's real life (real life), oh woah oh
    Real life (real life), ooh
    Mama talking that real life (real life), oh woah oh
    That real life (real life)
    Real life, real life (yeah), real life

    I know you don't really understand it
    I'm not allowed to regret my choice
    I heard that love is a risk worth taking
    I learned to know never been that boy

    Mama called me destructive, oh yeah
    Said it ruined me one day, yeah
    'Cause every woman that loved me, oh yeah
    Seemed to push them away

    That's real life (real life), oh woah oh
    Real life (real life), ooh
    Mama talking that real life (real life), oh woah oh
    That real life (real life)
    Real life, real life, real life

    Heaven only lets a few in (Heaven only lets a few in)
    It's too late for me to choose it (it's too late for me to choose it)
    Don't waste precious tears on me
    I'm not worth the misery
    I'm better off when I'm alone

    That's real life, oh woah oh
    Real life (real life), ooh
    Mama talking that real life, oh woah oh
    That real life
    Real life, real life, real life (ooh)

    That's real life, oh oh oh
    Real life, ooh
    Mama talking that real life (ooh, mama), oh woah oh
    Yeah, yeah, real life (real life)
    Real life, real life, real life Writer/s: Abel Tesfaye, Jason Matthew Quenneville, Stephan Moccio
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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