Don't give up the day job

Don't give up the day job son I'm tellin' this to you At the age of seven, I picked up that guitar Strummin' at those first few chords, went straight into my heart I knew right then, I'd been blessed, the Lord's gift, he gave to me Which way would my life go, I had to wait and see Soon as I was legal, playing in them bars Singin songs for drinks and tips, life was kinda hard Hoping that a famous Joe, came in to set set me free Crashing back to reality, my daddy said to me Don't give up the day job, your head is in the stars Sure, you make a couple a bucks, playing in them bars A six string legend, you might be, before the night is through So don't give up the day job son, I'm tellin' this to you I got my first record deal, at the age of twenty two People in the business said, "let's see what he can do" A book of songs, I had wrote, God's love surrounding me Takin' me aside one day, my daddy said to me Don't give up the day job, your head is in the stars Sure, you make a couple a bucks, playing in them bars A six string legend, you might be, before the night is through So don't give up the day job son, I'm tellin' this to you First night of the Opry, fans as far as I could see Mom and dad, sitting there, proud as they could be Meeting all the stars backstage, a dream, it did come true But my daddy said right then, " I've got something to say to you" You give up the day job son, it's written in the stars Sure you'll go on tour and such, instead of in them bars The songs you write, have a truth, that much is plain to see Go out with our blessing son, go out, and set it free Go out with our blessing son, go out, and set it free