Gotta Serve Somebody
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan Lyrics

You may be an ambassador to England or France
You could be a diplomat for your country in another nation

You may like to gamble, you might like to dance
You might enjoy taking risks or dancing to music

You may be the heavyweight champion of the world
You could hold the title of the best boxer in the world

You may be a socialite with a long string of pearls
You could be a wealthy and glamorous social figure with expensive jewelry

But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
Regardless of your status or profession, you ultimately have to answer to a higher power

You're gonna have to serve somebody
You have no choice but to submit to an authority, whether it's good or evil

Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
The authority you serve could be God or Satan

You might be a rock 'n' roll addict prancing on the stage
You could be a musician who lives for performing on stage

You might have drugs at your command, women in a cage
You might have control over drugs and objectify women

You may be a business man or some high-degree thief
You could be an entrepreneur or a highly educated criminal

They may call you doctor or they may call you chief
They may address you as a doctor or a leader

You may be a state trooper, you might be a young Turk
You could be a police officer or a young, ambitious person

You may be the head of some big TV network
You could be in charge of a huge television company

You may be rich or poor, you may be blind or lame
Your financial or physical status does not exempt you from serving someone

You may be living in another country under another name
You could be living secretly in another nation under a different identity

You may be a construction worker working on a home
You could be working in construction to build someone's residence

You may be living in a mansion or you might live in a dome
You could reside in a large, elegant home or an unusual structure

You might own guns and you might even own tanks
You could possess weapons or even military-grade vehicles

You might be somebody's landlord, you might even own banks
You could own properties and even financial institutions

You may be a preacher with your spiritual pride
You could be a religious leader with a sense of superiority

You may be a city councilman taking bribes on the side
You could be a corrupt government official, accepting bribes

You may be workin' in a barbershop, you may know how to cut hair
You could work in a hair salon, specializing in haircutting

You may be somebody's mistress, may be somebody's heir
You could be someone's extramarital lover or beneficiary of someone's will

Might like to wear cotton, might like to wear silk
You could prefer comfortable cotton clothing or luxurious silk attire

Might like to drink whiskey, might like to drink milk
You could have a taste for whiskey or prefer milk instead

You might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread
You could enjoy exotic caviar or simply prefer the staple food of bread

You may be sleeping on the floor, sleeping in a king sized bed
Your sleeping conditions do not exempt you from serving someone

You may call me Terry, you may call me Timmy
You can refer to me by different names

You may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy
You can address me as Bobby or Zimmy

You may call me R.J., you may call me Ray
You could use R.J. or Ray as my name

You may call me anything but no matter what you say
Regardless of what name you use for me, I still have to serve somebody

Still, you're gonna have to serve somebody
Even with all the above variations, you cannot escape serving someone

Ah, yeah
Vocal inflection indicating approval or satisfaction of above message.