At the End of the Day Songtext
von Mavis Staples

You can live in a mansion
You can live in a tent
Make your home on a houseboat
Or an apartment that you rent

You can live in the suburbs
Commute to work downtown
Or you can be a farmer
Earn your living from the ground

Be a broker on Wall Street
Sell food from a cart
Or you can be a rock star
With a record on the charts

You can drive a race car
Pretty cool if you don′t crash
Or you can work in a diner
Slinging corn beef hash


At the end of the day we're all the same
We′re all the same, that's what I say, that's what I say
At the of the day, that′s what I say
At the end of the day we′re all the same

Run away and join the circus
Get a college degree
You could even be a lawyer
Entering a plea

And you can go to China
And you can even go to France
Or sit on the sidelines
If you don't care to dance

At the end of the day we′re all the same
We're all the same, that′s what I say, that's what I say
At the end of the day and that′s what I say
At the end of the day we're all the same
That's what I say

Well
Ha, play it, come on
Oh, yeah


And you can be a statesman
Win a Nobel Prize
You can be a dreamer
With stardust in your eyes

You can be a preacher
Every Sunday you can preach
Or you can be a teacher
And every day you can teach

But at the end of the day we′re all the same
We′re all the same, that's what I say, that′s what I say
At the end of the day, that's what I say
At the end of the day we′re all the same

You can be a doctor
You can be a nurse
You can be a specialist
Or you can be diverse (you can be diverse)

You can be a fireman (a fireman)
Or a talk show host (or a talk show host)
You can have the least (you can have the least)
You can have the most (or you can have the most)

You can be an accountant (you can be an accountant)
Or an advertising man (or an advertising man)
You could be an improviser (be an improviser)
Or just stick with the plan (stick with the plan y'all)

You can fly in an airplane (fly in an airplane)
Or drive a submarine (or drive a submarine)
You can eat filet mignon (eat filet mignon)
With a side of rice and beans (oh-oh)

You can be a magician (hey, hey)
Or you can drive a truck (ooh, ooh)
You can be a gambler (ah, yeah)
You can count on lady luck