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 fruit from a cart
Or you can be a Rock Star, with a record on the charts
You can even drive a racecar, pretty cool if you don't crash
or you can work in a diner, slinging corned 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 end 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, that's what I say
At the end of the day we're all the same, that's what I say

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 a fireman, or a talk show host
You can have the least, you can have the most
You can be an accountant or an advertising man
You could be an improviser or just stick with the plan
You can fly in an airplane or drive a submarine
Eat filet mignon with a side of rice and beans
You can be a magician or you can drive a truck
You can be a gambler and count on lady luck