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

(Chorus:)
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
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 from going
Crazy all the time

(Chorus:)
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
This is the life
This is the life

Nothing's ever what it seems
Maybe that grass ain't so green
Nothing's ever out of reach
When you're seventeen

(Chorus:)
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
This is the life
This is the life
Yeah