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Bob Dylan / Gotta' Serve Somebody

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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 may 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 You may be a rock 'n' roll addict, prancing on the stage Money, 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 may 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 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 may be a construction worker, working on a home You might be living 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 may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody (Serve somebody) You may be a preacher preaching spiritual pride You may be a city councilman taking bribes on the side You may be working in a barber shop, 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 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) 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 sleeping on the floor, sleeping 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 And you may call me Terry or you may call me Timmy You may call me Bobby or 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 or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody (Serve somebody)