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 youre going to have to serve somebody yes indeed
youre going to have to serve somebody
well it may be the devil or it may be the lord
but youre going to 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 highdegree thief
they may call you doctor or they may call you chief
but youre going to have to serve somebody yes indeed
youre going to have to serve somebody
well it may be the devil or it may be the lord
but youre going to 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 youre going to have to serve somebody yes indeed
youre going to have to serve somebody
well it may be the devil or it may be the lord
but youre going to have to serve somebody
4
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 somebodys landlord you might even own banks
but youre going to have to serve somebody yes indeed
youre going to have to serve somebody
well it may be the devil or it may be the lord
but youre going to have to serve somebody
5
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 somebodys mistress may be somebodys heir
but youre going to have to serve somebody yes indeed
youre going to have to serve somebody
well it may be the devil or it may be the lord
but youre going to have to serve somebody
6
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 kingsized bed
but youre going to have to serve somebody yes indeed
youre going to have to serve somebody
well it may be the devil or it may be the lord
but youre going to have to serve somebody
7
you may call me terry you may call me timmy
you may call me bobby you may call me zimmy
you may call me rj you may call me ray
you may call me anything but no matter what you say
you’re still gonna have to serve somebody yes indeed
youre going to have to serve somebody
well it may be the devil or it may be the lord
but youre going to have to serve somebody
Artist: Bob Dylan
Year: 1979
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 300