One thing I like about country music is that it often speaks truth and mirrors real life. I have been on an Alan Jackson kick for a few days now since I watched a documentary about him. I have always liked Alan Jackson. He sings real country music and seems like a genuine guy. I have watched his career from the get-go. And of course, had all of his albums until around the turn of the century when I quit listening to new music.
One of my favorite Alan Jackson songs -- which happens to be his first number one -- is "Here in the Real World". This is the song which catapulted Alan to fame and led to a long career.
It's basically a song about how everything is perfect in the movies but in the real world it's not that easy. My favorite lines from the song are: Cowboys don't cry, and heroes don't die. Good always wins, again and again. But here in the real world it's not that easy at all.
There are a lot of people out there who don't live in the real world. Their perception is skewed.
Anyone who thinks the presidential election was legitimately won by a bumbling idiot and that there was no fraud committed is certainly not living in the real world. Anyone who thinks that Donald Trump did not win the election in a landslide is not living in the real world. Anyone who thinks that Donald Trump is a racist, white supremacist, incited violence, or any of the number of horrible things they say about him is certainly not living in the real world.
Anyone who thinks that life will be better with Joe Frauden as President of the United States is not living in the real world. Anyone who thinks that anything good can come from evil people, who stole the presidency, running this country is not living in the real world. Anyone who thinks that communism is a good thing is not living in the real world. Anyone who doesn't value their freedom is not living in the real world.
Anyone who turns away from God and religion is not living in the real world. Anyone who values worldliness instead of godliness is not living in the real world. Anyone whose philosophy is "Eat, drink, and be merry and at last we will be saved in the kingdom of God" (2 Nephi 28:7-8) is not living in the real world. Anyone who cannot discern good from evil is certainly not living in the real world.
Yet there are so many people who simply don't get it. They don't live in the real world. Like my buddy Alan said, "it's sad but it's true".
Unfortunately, good doesn't always win, again and again. Sometimes evil wins. It's obvious that evil won the battle to steal the White House from the legitimate winner of the election, President Trump. The evil swamp creatures have commandeered our government and are destroying our wonderful nation. But one thing we know for certain, here in the real world, is that good will eventually prevail. We already know the ending (spoiler alert) -- God wins! Good prevails! It's just a matter of time.
So tonight on that silver screen, it'll end like it should. And here in the real world, it will end like it should also, but the journey to the end will include lots of broken hearts and real tears before we get there.
That's my two cents.
Here is Alan Jackson's video of the song and lyrics.
Here in the Real World
Good always wins, again and again
And love is a sweet dream that always comes true
Oh, if life were like the movies, I'd never be blue
It's not that easy at all
'Cause when hearts get broken
It's real tears that fall
And darlin' it's sad but true
But the one thing I've learned from you
Is how the boy don't always get the girl
Here in the real world
To hold your heart, when times got rough
And tonight on that silver screen
It'll end like it should
Two lovers will make it through
Like I hoped we would
It's not that easy at all
'Cause when hearts get broken
It's real tears that fall
And darlin' it's sad but true
But the one thing I've learned from you
Is how the boy don't always get the girl
Here in the real world
Here in the real world
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