Lyrics
(I got a real one)
Took a girl to a bar, said, "What do you drink?"
She said, "I like 'em strong, I'll shoot you straight, don't water it down
I want a real one"
So I took a straw, tied it into a ring
Put it on her finger, said, "Baby, one day, one day
I'm gonna get you a real one"
And ever since she took my name
I'm the one that ain't been the same
I got a rock-bottom pick-me-up
A half-full in my Dixie cup
A ride-or-die with me through the thick and thin
Made me the man that I never been
I got a life on the darkest days
She's the hard truth saving grace
With me through every bump in the road
That's how I know I got a real one
She opened my eyes, made bee believe
Thought that love stuff was only a dream, a dream
'Til I found a real one
Looking back now, wouldn't change a thing
'Cause that broken road led me on a string
To a rock-bottom pick-me-up
A half-full in my Dixie cup
A ride-or-die with me through the thick and thin
Made me the man that I never been
I got a life on the darkest days
She's the hard truth saving grace
With me through every bump in the road
That's how I know I got a real one, yeah
And ever since she took my name
I'm the one that ain't been the same
I got a rock-bottom pick-me-up
A half-full in my Dixie cup
A ride-or-die with me through the thick and thin
Made me the man that I never been
Got a life on the darkest days
She's the hard truth saving grace
With me through every bump in the road
That's how I know
That's how I know I got a real one