Lyrics:

(Willie Dixon & Ry Cooder)



You may be a hater, you may be a lover

You can bet your life one destroys the other

I don't know how it all began, which came first

The egg or the hen



The moon comes up and the sun goes down

This old world keeps spinning around

Just as sure as the day turns into the night

What you do in the dark will turn up in the light

Masked man ridin' out across the land

Spreading destruction and moving his hand

He carries a ray-gun, shoots from the hip

Got your past in his pocket, your future's in his grip



You may be a hater, you may be a lover

You bet your life one destroys the other

I don't know how it all began, which came first

The egg or the hen



Now, you bet your life without a doubt

Asking a masked man to leat you out

He's got you so tight that you can't even see

That ray-gun is pointed right at you and me



You won't see it coming

You won't feel the blow

You won't get no warning

You won't never know

You can't start it sooner

And fix it up later

And you ain't going to read about it in the newspaper



Rich or poor, mighty and meek

Don't need no ticket, you've all got a seat

High up on the mountain, low down in the alley

We'll all watch the world turn into death valley



You may be a hater, you may be a lover

You can bet your life one destroys the other

I don't know how it all began, which came first

The egg or the hen



Better shake my hand 'cause time is winding up

Shake your neighbor's hand 'cause time is winding up



You may be a hater, you may be a lover

You can bet your life one destroys the other

I don't know how it all began, which came first

The egg or the hen