Compared to What

[Verse 1]
Well, I love this life, this life I love
I'm hanging on to it with push and shove
Possession, it, it is my motivation
And it's hanging up, hanging up
The whole damn nation

[Chorus]
And it looks like I always end up
End up in a rut, you know I'm
I'm trying to make it real (Try)
Real, real, real, real
But compared to what, baby?

[Verse 2]
(The President) Well, well, well, he's got his war
(Folks don't know, woah) They don’t know what it's for
No one gives us rhyme or reason
If you have one doubt
Well, they call it treason

[Chorus]
And it looks like I always end up in a rut
I’m trying to make it real (Try)
Trying to make it real (Try)
Trying to make it real (Try to make it real)
Trying, trying to make it real (Try)
Trying to make it real
Real, real, real, real, real, real, real, real
But compared to what, baby?

[Flute Solo]

[Verse 2]
(The President) Oh, ho, ho, he's got his war
(Folks don't know, woah) They don't know what it's for
No one gives us rhyme or reason
Have one doubt, have one doubt
They call it treason

[Chorus]
I said we're chicken feathers
Oh, without one gut
We keep trying (Try)
We keep trying (Try)
Trying, trying, trying (Try to make it real)
Don’t care if we die (Try)
Trying to make it real (Try)
Trying to make it real, real (Try to make it real)
Trying to make it real, real, real (Try)
Oh, we keep trying to make it real (Try to make it real)

[Bridge]
Just keep on trying
Trying to make it real, real, real, real
You know what I mean when I say real?
I remember John, he's dead and gone
And Martin, he didn’t have long
And old folks putting us on
And I have got to be me
I, I, I have got to be myself
I can't be no one else
I gotta be for real
I just gotta try, I gotta try, I gotta try
I need to get real
I, I have gotta try
I, I, I have gotta try
I have got to try to be

[Chorus]
(Try) Try to be, (Try) I gotta be
(Try to make it real) I must be
(Try) I have got to be for real
(Try, try, try, try) Try and make it real
Who's gonna touch me?
(Try, try, try, try) Make me real and touch me
Make me real and try
(Try to make it real, try to make it real)
Try to make me real (Try to make it real)
Make me real (Try to make it real)
Make me real (Try to make it real, try to make it real)
I gotta be real (Try to make it real, try to make it real)
I just gotta be real (Try to make it real, try to make it real)
(Try to make it, try to make it) I just gotta be
(Try to make it, try to make it)

[Verse 3]
I gotta be real, gotta make it real
Gotta make it real
Makin' it real, babe
Real, real, real, babe, so real
But compared to what?

[Outro]
Compared, compared, compared, compared to what?