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