To the businessman everybody needs to pay To the pious man everybody ought to pray To the gamblin' man everyone should play All day In a world of change someone has to take the lead In an all-out war someone should expect to bleed But we must be sure the actions fill the need Indeed And it all goes on For the weak and the strong For the king or pawn It goes on It goes on And it all goes on For the weak and the strong For the right and the wrong It goes on It goes on Every day someone's gonna come to you Selling hopes and dreams, promising to get you through And you'll soon wake up and nothing will be new It's true It all goes on It all goes on All goes on