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 might be a rock ‘n?
roll addict prancing on the stage,
You might have drugs at
your command, women in a cage,
You may be a business
man 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 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 state
trooper, you might 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 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
construction worker working on a home,
You may be living in a
mansion or you might live in a dome,
You might own guns and
you might even own tanks,
You might be somebody’s
landlord, you might even own banks
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 preacher
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,
You may be somebody’s
mistress, may be somebody’s heir
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.
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,
You may be sleeping on
the floor, sleeping in a king-sized bed
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 call me Terry,
you may call me Timmy,
You may call me Bobby,
you may call me Zimmy,
You may call me R.J.,
you may call me Ray,
You may call me anything
but no matter what you say
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.
Lyrics
& Music by Bob Dylan
Copyright
© 1979 Special Rider Music
