Words and music by Robbie Smith
What will you be doing when you grow up?
Buying up stocks or driving a truck?
Start learning early ’bout the Great Ambitions of Life.
Somebody fails, someone excells –
As long as you’re better than somebody else –
All competing for the Great Ambitions of Life.
Don’t be so anxious to reach the top –
Stop! Look around and see what you’ve got –
It might be more than you will have tomorrow,
Yes, it might be more than you will have tomorrow…
What an achiever! He’s doing so well –
Upwardly mobile – moving pell mell –
Striving ever higher for the Great Ambitions of Life.
Courtship, engagement, marriage vows
Pre-planned parenthood, now mortgage the house –
Everything in order for the Great Ambitions of Life.
Ambitious means you’re not content with what you’ve got in life,
Ambitious means you’d rather change your lot in life…
Today doesn’t matter it’s tomorrow that counts,
Mapping out the future – ignoring the doubts,
Trying to fulfill the Great Ambitions of Life.
What’s behind door #3?
Risk what you’ve got in your hands just to see –
Gamble it all on the Great Ambitions of Life.
Led like a donkey with the carrot and the stick
You bought in to a scheme to get rich quick –
But it’s cost you more than you will ever know,
Yes, it’s cost you more than you will ever know…
Motivated rhythm propelling you on,
But where has the love and the virtue gone?
It’s been replaced by the Great Ambitions of Life.
Buying low and selling high –
Didn’t see the crash – saw the pie in the sky –
Just another victim of the Great Ambitions of Life.
Great Ambitions lead to Great Frustrations
Over things you never achieved,
Things you wanted so much, things you never received…
And now you’re retired with a watch of gold
With a golden handshake – you feel so old –
And suddenly you’re finished with the Great Ambitions of Life.
What do you do when you can’t compete?
Crossed off the list and now it’s complete –
Teach someone else about the Great Ambitions of Life,
Teach someone else about the Great Frustrations of Life,
One more victim of the Great Ambitions of Life.