arr. by me
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
It may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.
You could own lands, you could even own slaves
Could be living in a palace, could be living in a cave,
Could be working as a hostess, could be workin' as a whore,
You could be the stranger that just walked out my door
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed,
You know you've got to serve somebody
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But we all got to serve somebody
You might drive a (rusted-out) Datsun, you might drive a Benz,
You could be sittin' in your penthouse, could be sittin' on a fence,
You might be listenin' to Bono, maybe listenin' to Sting,
You could be listenin' to J Lo, could be listenin' to anything.
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, you know
You've got to serve somebody,
It could be the devil or it could be the Lord,
But I know you got to serve somebody.
You could be a rebel, you could follow the norm,
You could think for yourself, or you could just conform,
You could be a Mormon, you could be a Jew,
You could want to think you've got an original point of view
But you're gonna have to serve somebody,
But every day you've got to serve somebody
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody
Could be livin' in the present, could be livin' in the past,
Could be on a diet, maybe on ultra Slim-Fast,
You could love your boyfriend, you could love your job,
You could be engaged to some Hollywood heart-throb
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yeah
You've still got to serve somebody,
It may be the devil, it may be the Lord
But we all got to serve somebody
You could smoke tobacco, you could smoke the crack,
You could have the virgin Mary tattooed on your back,
You could live in Mecca, you could live in on Mars,
You could have a Darwin bumper sticker on your car
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed,
Every day you got to serve somebody
It may be the devil or it may be the Lord,
But you're gonna have to serve somebody
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
You know you got to serve somebody.
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord,
But you're gonna have to serve somebody