days times we will remember when innocence was lost we let our hearts move on so many dreams we thought would last forever today it doesn t matter all those dreams are gone they are gone ooh tell me how it feels again oh show me that it s real and then i ll walk away from my own reflection the stranger that i knew the stranger that was you and now i face a cold return to sender a truce but no surrender a voice that won t ring true where are you ooh i reach over the edge and throw a penny in the wishing well it s so deep that i can tell that in the real world there s fewer stars in the sky and in the real world you can get hear children cry at night this is the real world there is no time for a life of solitude only hunger and survival in the world we were born into we re alone ooh and it brings me to my knees our father lay me down to sleep father please pray the lord my soul to keep keep us in the real world keep us in the real world don t have to tell you in the real world they ll damn you if you try in the real world let it begin with you and i this is the real world there s fewer stars in the sky this is the real world you can get hear children cry at night now in the real world they ll damn you if you try and in the real world let it begin with you and i living in the real world yeah living in the real world