FIVE HUNDRED CHANNELS
AND THERE AIN'T MUCH ON
TONIGHT
BUT REALITY SHOWS
ABOUT SOME FOLKS
SO CALLED LIVES
A PRETTY GIRL CRIES
'CAUSE SHE DON'T
GET A ROSE
BUT SHE'LL FIND LOVE
NEXT YEAR ON HER
OWN SHOW
AND THEY CALL
THAT REAL
REAL
IS THE HAND YOU
HOLD FIFTY-SEVEN
YEARS
REAL
IS A BAND OF GOLD
TREMBLING WITH
FEAR
IT'S THE FIRST
LONG TEAR DOWN AN
OLD MAN'S FACE
WATCHING HIS ANGEL
SLIPPING AWAY
HIS HEART SO BROKE
IT'S NEVER GONNA
HEAL
I CALL THAT REAL
WHERE I LIVE
HOUSEWIVES
DON'T ACT LIKE THAT
AND THE SURVIVORS
ARE FARMERS IN JOHN
DEERE HATS
OUR AMAZING RACE
IS BEATING THE CHECK
PRAYING THAT
THE BANK AIN'T RAN IT
THROUGH YET
REAL
LIKE TOO MUCH
RAIN FALLING FROM
THE SKY
REAL
LIKE THE DROUGHT
THAT CAME
AROUND HERE LAST JULY
IT'S THE DAMN BOLL
WEEVILS AND THE
MARKET AND THE WEEDS
THE PRAYER THEY
PRAYED WHEN THEY
PLANT THE SEEDS
AND THE CHANCE
THEY TAKE
TO BRING US
OUR NEXT MEAL
I CALL THAT REAL
4 BAR BREAK
REAL
LIKE A JOB YOU
LOSE 'CAUSE IT
MOVES TO MEXICO
LIKE A MAMA AND A
BABY WITH NO SAFE
PLACE TO GO
LIKE A LITTLE DREAM
HOUSE WITH A BIG OLD
FORECLOSED SIGN
LIKE A FLAG-DRAPED
COFFIN AND A
TWENTY-ONE GUN
GOODBYE
I CALL THAT REAL
MAN I CALL THAT REAL
OH I CALL THAT REAL