You may be an ambassador to England or France
You may like to gambleyou might like to dance
You may be the heavyweight champion of the world
You may be a socialite with a long string of
pearls
But you re gonna have to serve somebodyyes
indeed You re gonna have to serve somebodyWell
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 stageYou might have drugs at your command
women in a cageYou may be a business man or
some high degree thiefThey may call you Doctor
or they may call you Chief
But you re gonna have to serve somebodyyes
indeed You re gonna have to serve somebodyWell
it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But
you re gonna have to serve somebody.
You may be a state trooperyou might be a young
TurkYou may be the head of some big TV network
You may be rich or pooryou may be blind or
lameYou may be living in another country under
another name
But you re gonna have to serve somebodyyes
indeed You re gonna have to serve somebodyWell
it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But
you re gonna have to serve somebody.
You may be a construction worker working on a
homeYou may be living in a mansion or you might
live in a domeYou might own guns and you might
even own tanksYou might be somebody s landlord
you might even own banks
But you re gonna have to serve somebodyyes
indeed You re gonna have to serve somebodyWell
it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But
you re gonna have to serve somebody.
You may be a preacher with your spiritual pride
You may be a city councilman taking bribes on the
sideYou may be workin in a barbershopyou may
know how to cut hairYou may be somebody s
mistressmay be somebody s heir
But you re gonna have to serve somebodyyes
indeed You re gonna have to serve somebodyWell
it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But
you re gonna have to serve somebody.
Might like to wear cottonmight like to wear
silkMight like to drink whiskeymight like to
drink milkYou might like to eat caviaryou
might like to eat breadYou may be sleeping on
the floorsleeping in a king-sized bed
But you re gonna have to serve somebodyyes
indeed You re gonna have to serve somebodyWell
it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But
you re gonna have to serve somebody.
You may call me Terryyou may call me TimmyYou
may call me Bobbyyou may call me ZimmyYou may
call me R.J.you may call me RayYou may call
me anything but no matter what you say
You re gonna have to serve somebodyyes indeed
You re gonna have to serve somebody. Wellit may
be the devil or it may be the Lord But you re
gonna have to serve somebody.

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