Album version
Hey yeah
Nana nana nanana
Mister Trouble come walking this way
Year gone by feels like one long day but I'm alive
And I'm feeling all right
Well I run that hard road outta heartbreak city
Built a roadside carnival out of hurt and self-pity
It was all wrong, well now I'm moving on
Ain't no church bells ringing, ain't no flags unfurled
Just me and you and the love we're bringing yeah into the real world
Into the real world
Oh, oh oh
I built a shrine in my heart it wasn't pretty to see
Made out of fool's gold memory and tears cried
Now I'm heading over the rise
I'm searching for one clear moment of love and truth
I still got a little faith but what I need is some proof tonight
I'm looking for it in your eyes
Ain't no church bells ringing, ain't no flags unfurled
Just me and you and the faith we're bringing here into the real world
Here into the real world
Oh, oh oh yeah
Well tonight well I just wanna shout
Feel my soul waist deep and sinking into this black river of doubt
And I, well I just wanna rise and walk along the riverside
When the morning comes baby I don't wanna hide
I'll stand right at your side with my arms open wide
Hey yeah yeah
Whoa whoa
Hoo hoo
Well tonight well I just wanna shout
I feel my soul waist deep and sinking into this black river of doubt
And I, well I just wanna rise and walk along the riverside
'Til the morning comes
Well I'll stand right by your side
Oh I wanna find some answers, I wanna ask for some help
I'm tired of running scared, baby now let's get our bags packed
We'll take it here to hell and heaven and back
And if love is hopeless hopeless at best
Come on put on your party dress
It's ours tonight, we're going with the tumbling dice
Ain't no church bells ringing, ain't no flags unfurled
Oh it's just me and you and the hope we're bringing into the real world
Well into the real world
Oh into the real world
Hold on now!
Bring it up!
Yeah yeah yeah
Baby
Oh na na
Whoa whoa whoa...
[Fades out]
REAL WORLD is a song written by Bruce Springsteen and Roy Bittan and released on Springsteen's 1992 album Human Touch. The above lyrics are for Bruce Springsteen's album version of REAL WORLD as released in 1992.
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Bruce Springsteen co-wrote at least three songs with Roy Bittan during the sessions for what became the Human Touch album (September 1989 to March 1991). These are ROLL OF THE DICE, REAL WORLD, and TROUBLE IN PARADISE. Bittan wrote the music and Springsteen added the lyrics for these songs. In an August 1992 interview with Rolling Stone's James Henke, Springsteen said: "I remembered that Roy had some tracks that he'd play to me on occasion. So I called him and said, 'Come on over, maybe I'll try to write to some of your tracks.' So he had the music to 'Roll of the Dice,' and I came up with the idea for that, and I went home and wrote the song. It was really about what I was trying to do: I was trying to get up the nerve to take a chance". ROLL OF THE DICE was their first collaboration and Springsteen's first with a band member. "And then Roy and I started working together pretty steadily," he added.
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Human Touch features 14 tracks and clocks at 58:49.
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Other versions of REAL WORLD were also officially released.
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At least 2 artists have recorded and released Bruce Springsteen's REAL WORLD.
List of available versions of REAL WORLD on this website:
REAL WORLD [Album version]
