Gotta Serve Somebody (April 18, 1980) Songtext
von Bob Dylan

Three, four

May be an ambassador to England or France
May like to gamble you may 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′ll have to serve somebody
Make up your mind and serve somebody
It may be the devil, it may be the Lord
But you'll have to serve somebody

May be a rock-n-roll addict, prancing on the stage
Money and drugs in your pocket, and a woman in a cage
You may be some businessman, or some high degree thief
They may call you doctor, they may call you chief

But you′ll have to serve somebody (somebody)
Yes indeed, serve somebody (serve somebody)
It may be the Devil, it may be the Lord
But you'll got to serve somebody (somebody)


May be a construction worker, working on a home (well)
May be living in a mansion, may be living it all alone
You may own guns and knives, you may even own tanks
You may be someone's landlord, maybe even own banks

But you′ll have to serve somebody (serve somebody)
Because you will serve somebody (serve somebody)
It may be the Lord
But you got to serve somebody

(Oh yeah, hey) serve somebody, ooh, yeah
It may be the devil, it may be the Lord ooh, yeah

You may be a preacher, full of spiritual pride
May be a city councilman taking bribes on the side
May be you′re working in a barbershop, may be know how to cut hair
You may be somebody's mistress, maybe be somebody′s heir

But you'll have to serve somebody (serve somebody)
Yes indeed, serve somebody (serve somebody)
It may be the devil, it may be the Lord
But you′ll have to serve somebody (serve somebody)

(Oh yeah, hey) serve somebody, ooh yeah
It may be the devil, it may be the Lord, ooh, yeah


Might like to drink whiskey, might like to blow smoke
Might have money power, you may be broke
You may think you're living, maybe think you′re dead
May be sleeping on nails, maybe sleeping in a center bed

You got to serve somebody (serve somebody)
You'll have to serve somebody (serve somebody)
It may be the devil, it may be the Lord
But you'll have to serve somebody (somebody)

(Oh yeah) serve somebody, ooh
Serve somebody, ooh
It may be the devil, it may be the Lord
But you′ll have to serve somebody (ooh yeah)

(Oh yeah) it may be the devil, it may be the Lord
But you′ll have to serve somebody (ooh yeah)
(Oh yeah) it may be the devil, it may be the Lord
But you'll have to serve somebody, yeah (serve somebody, ooh yeah)