Gotta Serve Somebody

You may be an ambassador to England or France You may like to gamble, you might like to dance You may be the heavyweight champion of the world You might be a socialite with a long string of pearls But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed You're gonna have to serve somebody Well, it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody Might be a rock 'n' roll addict prancing on the stage You might have drugs at your command, women in a cage You may be a businessman or some high-degree thief They may call you doctor or they may call you chief But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes, you are You're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) Well, it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) You may be a state trooper, you might be a young Turk You may be the head of some big TV network You may be rich or poor, you may be blind or lame You may be livin' in another country under another name But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes, you arre You're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) Well, it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) You may be a construction worker workin' on a home Might be livin' in a mansion, you might live in a dome You may own guns and you may even own tanks You may be somebody's landlord, you may even own banks But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) Yes, you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) Well, it may be the Devil or it might be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) You may be a preacher preaching spiritual pride Maybe a city councilman takin' bribes on the side May be working in a barbershop, you may know how to cut hair You may be somebody's mistress, maybe somebody's heir But you're gonna have to serve somebody Yes, you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) Well, it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) Might like to wear cotton, might like to wear silk Might like to drink whiskey, might like to drink milk Might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread May be sleeping on the floor, sleepin' in a king-size bed But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) Yes indeed, you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) Well, it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody You may call me Terry, you may call me Timmy You may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy You may call me RJ, you may call me Ray You may call me anything, no matter what you say You're still gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) Yes, you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) Well, it may be the Devil and it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody (Ooh yeah) (Serve somebody)