Living The Dream

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Jack Manley

Joseph Jackson Manley (September 20, 1929 – November 25, 2014) was an American football center who played for the San Francisco 49ers. He played college football at Mississippi State University, having previously attended Hazelwood High School in Alabama. more »

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I'm living the dream
That's what everybody's saying to me
I guess it must be true if I'm the only person that can't see
It's a 'confidence in numbers' situation, so it seems
Since consensus leads us to believe in the things we haven't seen
I'm living the dream
"Jack you should be so proud of yourself
This is the height of people's career" and I'll be convinced by everyone else
That I've made it
So hey Mum, look at me, I'm a star
Blacktrax Spotlight on me when I rip a solo on the guitar
I'm dancing, I'm tricking, I'm playing the piano, I'm singing
To a packed out crowd every night, yeah I can hear their screams ringing
On stage with these boys, though I think of them as Brothers now
They've got my back, I've got theirs
If they need me, boy I'll double down
Said I'm the man, I'm the guy
Celebrity selfies at parties, I'm in the fast lane and if you're lucky
You can watch me fly by
Watch me having a great time
Watch me laughing with my new friends in new clothes
Because this new life will do just fine
I'm living the dream
I'm living the dream
That's what everybody's saying to me
I guess it must be true
But it's funny...
Since I've been living the dream, man, I've noticed a lot
Like how everybody assumes it's my dream when it's not
They don't ask me what's next or what else I'm up to
'Cause my life's just the best and this is all that I do
Since I've been living the dream too many people are calling me Sir
Am I living the dream if I barely get to spend time with her?
I live ten minutes from my best mate
And not once have I been to his place
I've seen him twice in three months
Since I've been living the dream how I get treated has changed
But it's by people who have known me for years and that's strange
Don't put me on a pedestal as if I'm famous
When not long back you were taking the piss out of the holes in my trainers
I hear them telling me that soon I'll be forgetting about them
As if the people that made me are in the past
I'm now, they're just then
And to be honest, that hurts
To know they think I value love and friendship less than I value my job and my work
And I'm not trying to sound ungrateful
'Cause now my career's in flow
And Al, Luke and Jack, I appreciate you more than you know
There's just a lot that so far I've been keeping on the low
Too many times I'm being convinced that this is as far as I'll go
When boy I'm twenty-one and I'm nowhere near reaching my peak
And no; when I go out, I'm not recognised in the street
I'm a nobody, and I'm so content with that fact
If this is how you're treated the second you go from this to that
I know what I'm here for
And I know the target market
And it's easy to think that I'm more when I'm walking a red carpet
Cameras flashing, general public are packed in
I've got the biggest grin
When in reality they're a bit too close and I'm conscious of my skin
And now I've got to care about that. I'm fitting a look
It's no longer about my melodies and writing a good hook
Not about my creativity, those times are through
So it means the world when people compliment not how we look
But what we actually do
And now I'm just telling a bit of truth
Because I'm living the dream, I'm being told when to socialise
A life through social media with social smiles and social lies
Living the dream means I'm not allowed to have a bad day
Living the dream means I have to have my hair cut a certain way
I can't remember the last time I had a conversation so deep
People are less concerned with how I am, and more who I meet
And as much as I hate to admit the fact
Sometimes they have to leave before I get to ask them anything back
I feel selfish, I feel like I'm the centre of attention
Sometimes I wish I could go back to the days sat in detention
Scribbling lyrics on the inside of my workbook
Staring out the window thinking one day I'll make this work
Look
I know this track will come across badly
I'm slating everything I've got when so many people have said they're proud of me
And I'm by no means in the worst place of my life on this stage
This has just all built up to the point where it spilled out on the page
This is one step in my life
And I hope people know that
Don't get me wrong it's a great step and I wouldn't go back
But there's so many things right now that I could have put in that track
To show that no one's life is perfect
And I guess that's just fact
I still make triangles from every packet, like a melt
I still rep YDNA and I still use a shoelace for a belt
I appreciate what I've got, and I got it because I don't slack
But please don't make me out to be something I'm not
Because I'm still just
Jack
I'll get there
I'm not there yet, but I'll get there

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