Well, 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 You're gonna have to serve somebody And it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody You might be a rock and roll addict prancing on stage You might have money and drugs at your command and 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 You're gonna have to serve somebody And 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 You're gonna have to serve somebody And 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 may be somebody's landlord and you might even own banks But you're gonna have to serve somebody You're gonna have to serve somebody And it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody Now you may be a preacher with your spiritual pride You may be a city councilman taking brides on site You may be working at a barbershop, 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 You're gonna have to serve somebody And it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to 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 or sleeping in a king-size bed But you're gonna have to serve somebody You're gonna have to serve somebody Now 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 Jimmy You may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy You may call me Willie or you may call me Ray You may call me anything, but no matter what you say You're gonna have to serve somebody 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're gonna have to serve somebody You're gonna have to serve somebody You're gonna have to serve somebody Go ahead, Jimmy Go ahead, Jimmy Go ahead, Jimmy Go ahead, Jimmy Go ahead, Jimmy