In a Real Love

I was eighteen making minimum wage

With a letterman's jacket and a chevrolet

Thought I was cool

Yeah, I ruled the school

You were cumlada with the strawberry lips

Had the whole world danglin' at your fingertips

Your senior year, and I was your daddy's worst fear

We ran off on graduation night

Thought a couple of left-hand rings would make everything alright

With a little bit of live, little bit of learn

Little bit of watchin' a few more candles burn and

Finding out what life was

Ooh, with a little bit of fuss, little bit of fight

Little bit of kiss and makin' up all night and

One day waking up

Oh, in a real love

Well I was twenty-two working double overtime

I was spending dollars and making dimes

We were overdrawn, and barely hanging on

Then one night you came to me

With tears in your eyes and an E.P.T. and said

"Guess what? Yeah, baby, ready or not"

Well, I just smiled, but I was scared to death

How am I gonna have a kid when I'm still a kid myself?

With a little bit of live, little bit of learn

Little bit of watchin' a few more candles burn and

Finding out what life was

Ooh, with a little bit of fuss, little bit of fight

Little bit of kiss and makin' up all night and

One day waking up

Oh, in a real love

Whoa, in a real love

Yeah, yeah

It's a real love

With a little bit of live, little bit of learn

Little bit of watchin' a few more candles burn and

Finding out what life was

Ooh, with a little bit of fuss, little bit of fight

Little bit of kiss and makin' up all night and

One day waking up

Oh, in a real love

Yeah, baby, it's a real love

Yeah, it's a real love baby

Yeah, it's a real, real, real, real, real, real love

Yeah, that's right