Song: Don't Give Up Your Day Job

Don’t Give Up Your Day Job (Douglas Brent Smith)

Chorus:

Don’t give up your day job

You could end up a poor slob

Life without a paycheck

Could make you a physical wreck

Don’t give up, don’t give up your day job

All my friends are artists, one way or another

Filled with talent filled with skills still yet undiscovered

When the routine looms they hunger for the road

Checking out, dropping off another heavy load

Before they jump into something absurd

They catch their breath, count to ten and say these six important words (chorus)

Chicago is the kind of place the race is always steady

the competition’s stiff and hits when you’re not ready

But people here never fear we work until we drop

and one way or another they will end up on the top

But even when we reach the sky and soar just like a bird

we’re sure to tell the story well of those six important words

(chorus)

(Bridge:)

A good job is hard to find

You must be out of your mind

To chase some crazy dreams way out of reach

(chorus)

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