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 You're gonna have to serve somebody It may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody You might be a rock 'n' roll addict prancing on the stage Money and drugs at your command and women in a cage You may be a businessman with some high-degree thief They may call you Doctor or they may call you Chief But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yeah, you are You're gonna have to serve somebody It may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) Might be a state trooper, might be a young Turk You may be the head of some big TV network May be rich or poor, you may be blind or lame You may be living in another country under another name 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 might be a construction worker working on a home Might be living in a mansion, you might live in a dome You may own guns and you might even own tanks You may be somebody's landlord, you may even own banks Oh, but you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) Yeah, you are, gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) And 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 preacher (hey) with your spiritual pride You may be a city councilman taking bribes on the side You may be workin' in a barbershop, you may know how to cut hair Maybe somebody's mistress or somebody's heir But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yeah (serve somebody) You gotta serve somebody (serve somebody) Now, 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 You might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread May be sleeping on the floor, or sleeping in a king-sized bed But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody), yes, indeed You're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) It may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) You may call me Terry, you may call me Tilly You may call me Bobby, or you can call me Willie May call me R.J., or you may call me Ray You may call me anything, no matter what you say You're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) Yeah, you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody) And it might be the devil (it may be the devil) But it might be the Lord (it may be the Lord) Oh, you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)