When You Start at the Bottom

A fresh new face, in this tired ol’ town
With an old suitcase, off the last Greyhound.
Everyone laughed when I told ‘em what I planned to do.
They talked of friends who’d tried and failed,
Talented folks whose dreams derailed,
They told me to find another path to pursue.
But they didn’t know I had nothing to lose.

CHORUS
‘Cuz when you start at the bottom,
The only place to go is up,
Don’t look at the numbers, follow your hunger,
You make your own luck.
Every day has a purpose,
Every step you’ve got something to prove,
And every fear is forgotten,
When you start at the bottom.

I know people who’ve begun at the top,
There's no where to climb so their fire’s not hot,
Spend their whole lives hoping they won’t fall.
Even if they want to try something new,
They won’t do a thing unless others approve,
Their easy street dead ends at a wall.
But I don’t care what others think at all.

REPEAT CHORUS

And even when I reach that peak,
I won’t forget who helped me succeed
Every person who believed
In what I could achieve.

REPEAT CHORUS