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 nothing Headed 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 find So this is the life they talk about This is the I can't live without When the real world crashes down Oh if they could see me now When all the dreams are all your own Turn to nightmares all alone It hits you right between the eyes This is the life This is the life These four walls feel more like a prison Instead of pure highs I couldn't wait to live in So I just drink myself to sleep Again 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 time So this is the life they talk about This is the life I can't live without When the real world crashes down Oh if they could see me now When all the dreams are all your own Turn to nightmares all alone It hits you right between the eyes This is the life This is the life Nothings ever what it seems Maybe that grass ain't so green Nothings ever out of reach When you're seventeen So 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 now When all the dreams are all your own Turn to nightmares all alone It hits you right between the eyes And this is the life This is the life Yeah