Mavis Staples, Levon Helm - You Got To Serve Somebody(2022)

[00:22.98] You may be an ambassador to England or France
[00:28.33] You might like to gamble, you might like to dance
[00:34.13] You may be the heavyweight champion of the world
[00:39.35] You may be a socialite with a long string of pearls
[00:44.10] But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed (serve somebody)
[00:50.08] You gotta serve somebody (serve somebody)
[00:55.67] Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
[01:00.62] But you're gonna have to serve somebody
[01:07.23] Might be a rock 'n' roll addict prancing on the stage
[01:12.53] You might have drugs at your command, women in a cage
[01:18.21] You might be a business man or some high-degree thief
[01:23.79] You may call me doctor, or you may call me chief
[01:28.41] But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yeah (serve somebody)
[01:34.13] You got too serve somebody (serve somebody)
[01:39.87] Well, it may be the devil, it may be the Lord
[01:45.05] But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)
[01:51.52] You may call me preacher with this spiritual pride
[01:57.22] You may be a city councilman taking bribes on the side
[02:02.98] Workin' in a barbershop, you may know how to cut hair
[02:08.09] You may be somebody's mistress, maybe somebody's heir
[02:14.00] Serve somebody, yeah (serve somebody)
[02:19.63] Serve somebody (serve somebody)
[02:23.56] Well, it may be the devil, may be the Lord
[02:29.17] But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)
[02:35.59] Serve somebody
[02:40.42] You got to serve somebody
[02:46.98] Serve somebody
[02:51.38] You got to serve somebody
[02:57.66] I don't know about you
[03:01.73] But I choose to serve the Lord
[03:05.13] I'm gon' serve Him 'til I die
[03:09.34] He's a bright morning star (serve somebody)
[03:13.27] He's the prince of peace (serve somebody)
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[03:18.65] He's a doctor, He's a medical doctor, y'all (serve somebody)
[03:24.19] He's a lawyer in a courtroom (serve somebody)
[03:30.38] He's my friend, He's my friend (serve somebody)
[03:35.73] And I can call Him any time I please (serve somebody)
[03:40.56] You see, I got a royal telephone (serve somebody)
[03:46.20] And the line is never busy (serve somebody)
[03:50.27] I don't need no quarter, and I don't need no dime (serve somebody)
[03:56.88] I just bow down on my knees (serve somebody)
[04:02.71] Father, my father (serve somebody)
[04:08.27] Father, my father (serve somebody)
[04:13.50] Father, I stretch my hands to thee (serve somebody)
[04:18.96] No other help, no other help I know (serve somebody)
[04:23.84] Well, it may be the devil, may be the Lord
[04:29.15] But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)
[04:35.87] It may be the devil, may be the Lord
[04:40.37] But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)
[04:46.84] It may be the devil, may be the Lord
[04:51.37] But you're gonna have to serve
[04:55.77] Sho' 'nuff you gotta serve somebody, yeah
[05:01.18] (Serve somebody)
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