Gotta Serve Somebody

Well, you may be an ambassador to England or France
You may like to gamble, and you might like to dance
You may be the heavyweight champion of the world
And you may be a socialite with a long string of pearls

But you're gonna have to serve somebody
You're gonna have to serve somebody
And 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 adict, prancing on the stage
Might have money and drugs at your command, and 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
You're gonna have to serve somebody
And it may be the devil or it might be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody

You may be a state trooper, you might be a young Turk
You may be the head of some great 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
You're gonna have to serve somebody
Oh it might be the devil or it might be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody

And you may be a construction worker, workin' on a home
You may be livin' in a mansion or you might live in a dome
You might own guns, and you might even own tanks
You may be somebody's landlord, and you might even own banks

But you're gonna have to serve somebody
You're gonna have to serve somebody
Oh, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody

And you may be a preacher with your spiritual pride
You may be a city councilman taking bribes on the side
You may be working in a barbershop, you may know how to cut hair
You may be somebody's mistress, you may be somebody's heir

But you're gonna have to serve somebody
You're gonna have to serve somebody
And it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody

You might like to wear cotton, you might like to wear silk
You might like to drink whiskey, you might like to drink milk
You might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread
You may be sleepin' on the floor, or sleepin' in a king-sized bed

But you're gonna have to serve somebody
You're gonna have to serve somebody
And it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody

And you may call me Terry, and you may call me Jimmy
And you may call me Bobby, and you may call me Zimmy
You may call me Will, or you may call me Ray
You may call me anything but no matter what you say

You're gonna have to serve somebody
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