Pockets of Ambition

Track nine of Musical Stories Hardly Worth Telling - Pockets of Ambition
Here's a sneak peak track before the albums releases September 4th.

Lyrics:

But you know School eventually ends.

And then you get to have the freedom
of a full-time job
I was working for a small company
and my boss wanted to expand
sending me to open offices in Calgary and Thailand
Everything was great

[Chorus 1]
Until one day
I was standing outside it's a little cold
I put my hands in my pockets
My coworker said “Get your hands out of your pockets
don't let the boss see you
he hates people putting their hands in their pockets”

[Chorus 2]
And I thought No, No, No!
This job is going nowhere,
because I love my pockets
Why do you think Men wear suits?
For looks?
No, for Pockets

Pants have pockets in the front, pockets in the back.
Shirt's got a little pocket in there
Suit pockets on the outside pockets on the inside

So I had to quit that job
I started thinking okay well what else can I do
Well I could be a phenomenal professional athlete
that's a good job!

[Chorus 1]
Until one day
I was standing outside it's a little cold
I put my hands in my pockets
My coworker said “Get your hands out of your pockets
don't let the boss see you
he hates people putting their hands in their pockets”

I did some research
Turns out 22 is a bit late to start
Most of these athletes
start doing push-ups as a fetus
But why I’m not a professional athlete
I'm fairly athletic
I don't understand

Thinking back to gym class
I never liked gym class
what do you wear in gym class?
well you wear shorts or sweatpants
You know what's wrong with shorts and sweatpants?
No pockets!
I was thwarted from becoming a professional athlete by Gym Class apparel
if I had been allowed to stand around gym class with my hands in my pockets
I would have been a professional athlete

[Chorus 2]
And I thought No, No, No!
This job is going nowhere,
because I love my pockets
Why do you think Men wear suits?
For looks?
No, for Pockets.
Pants have pockets in the front, pockets in the back.
Shirt's got a little pocket in there
Suit pockets on the outside pockets on the inside

[Chorus 1]
Until one day
I was standing outside it's a little cold
I put my hands in my pockets
My coworker said “Get your hands out of your pockets
don't let the boss see you
he hates people putting their hands in their pockets”

So I took one of my Stand-up bits and used Udio v1 AI to make it into this song. Using my prompts and the song lyrics. Udio’s Ai also made the image and simple video.

Pockets of Ambition, from Stories Hardly Worth Telling. You can see the whole show I performed at my old High School at logantsmith.ca