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1973 | 47 years ago

Did you ever hear about the great deception

Well the plastic revolutionaries take the money and run

Have you ever been down to love city

Where they rip you off with a smile

And it don't take a gun

Don't it hurt so bad in love city

Don't it make you not want to bother at all

And don't they look so self righteous

When they pin you up against the wall

Did you ever, ever see the people

With the tear drops in their eyes

I just can't stand it, stand it no how

Living in this world of lies

Did you ever hear about the rock and roll singers

Got three or four Cadillacs

Saying power to the people, dance to the music

Wants you to pat him on the back

Have you ever heard about the great Rembrandt

Have you ever heard about how he could paint

And he didn't have enough money for his brushes

And they thought it was rather quaint

But you know it's no use repeating

And you know it's no use to think about it

'Cause when you stop to think about it

You don't need it

Have you ever heard about the great Hollywood motion picture actor

Who knew more than they did

And the newspapers didn't cover the story

Just decided to keep it hid.

Somebody started saying it was an inside job

Whatever happened to him?

Last time they saw him down on the Bow'ry

With his lip hanging off an old rusty bottle of gin

Have you ever heard about the so-called hippies

Down on the far side of the tracks

They take the eyeballs straight out of your head

Say son, kid, do you want your eyeballs back

Did you ever see the people

With the tear drops in their eyes

Just can't stand it no how

Living in this world of lies

Did you ever hear about the great deception

Well the plastic revolutionaries take the money and run

Have you ever been down to love city

Where they rob you with a smile

Instead of a gun

Bob Dylan - Gotta Serve Somebody

Lyrics:

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, yes

Indeed 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 might be a rock 'n' roll addict prancing on the stage

You might have drugs at your command, women in a cage

You may be a business man or some high-degree thief

They may call you doctor or they may call you chief

But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes you are

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 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, yes you are

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 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 might be somebody's landlord, you might even own banks

But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes

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 may be a preacher with your spiritual pride

You may be a city councilman taking bribes on the side

You may be workin' in a barbershop, you may know how to cut hair

You may be somebody's mistress, may be somebody's heir

But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes

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

Might like to wear cotton, might like to wear silk

Might like to drink whiskey, might like to drink milk

You might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread

You may be sleeping on the floor, sleeping in a king-sized bed

But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes

Indeed 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 may call me Terry, you may call me Timmy

You may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy

You may call me R.J., you may call me Ray

You may call me anything but no matter what you say

Still, you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes

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

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