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I've Got Big Dreams (and a Big Mouth)

from When We Wake Up It's Gonna Hurt by Rube

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lyrics

My buddy hooked me up with a job
Told me twenty-five bucks an hour
Start you right away paying cash under the table
I showed up on my first day
Just a couple minutes late
Nobody around didn’t seem quite on the level
But then along come an older man
Sized me up and shook my hand
He said you’re just what I need, boy—young, willing, and able
He told me go on home and wait for a call
And don’t you worry ‘bout a thing at all
Now I’m the number one employee but I can’t get scheduled

So me and the boss had a little spat
I said some things that I don’t regret
I never claimed to be a diplomat—well, they’re well shut of me
Still I’m finding plenty of things to do
Sitting in on a gig or two
And playing Fat Daddy’s Barbecue every second Sunday
But still I’m having trouble sleeping nights
I know this can’t be all there is to life
I wanna see my name in big bright lights before I hit thirty
I had a can-do attitude
And a case of Miller Lite
And I drove straight on through the night up to New York City

Yeah ‘cause I got big dreams
And a big mouth
I got tight jeans
And a blow out
Don’t want a paycheck
I want a payout
I got big dreams
And a big mouth

So now I’m strolling down the avenue
Stepping light to a twelve-bar blues
I got a black pair of discount boots, I paid $11.50
Found a job as a caterer
Slinging white wine and cheese hors d’oeuvres
And making eyes at the dowagers sipping vinho verde
I found a room on the internet
Kind of a semi-permanent sublet
I guessed the rent they said double that and I just said ok
But when I’m sitting up at two a.m.
The window’s up the breeze is blowing in
I’m breathing out I’m breathing in and I know I’m ok

Yeah ‘cause I got big dreams
And a big mouth
I got tight jeans
And a blow out
Don’t want a paycheck
I want a payout
I got big dreams
And a big mouth

You know it’s hard living like I do
Eating light and drinking for two
Seeking after beauty and truth—no you just can’t fake it
People tell me it’s naïve
Say I’m the only one who still believes
I tell ‘em they’re the ones are gonna grieve when I finally make it
If there’s a kind of man who gets things done
A man who knows how the race is run
A man who knows how to hold his tongue well you know I ain’t it
And yeah there’s times when the money’s tight
And when I don’t know where I’ll sleep the night
But I just picture my name in lights and I can almost taste it

Yeah ‘cause I got big dreams
And a big mouth
I have sweet dreams
On the pull-out
I went up north
But I’m from down south
I got big dreams
And a big mouth

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from When We Wake Up It's Gonna Hurt, released September 18, 2020

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Rube was formed in New York in 2016. We recorded our first album in Georgia in 2018. Now we live in New York, Georgia, and Los Angeles. We play poppy country rock music; it's as dumb as it sounds but it's pretty smart sometimes.

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