You can be a righteous rocker
you can be a holy roller
You could be most anything
You could be a Leon Russell, or a super muscle
You could be a corporate king
You could be a wealthy man from Texas
or a witch with heavy hexes
But without love, you ain't nothing without love
Without love you ain't nothing, without love

You could be a brilliant surgeon
or a sweet young virgin
or a harlot out to sell
You could learn to play the blues
or be Howard Hughes
or the scarlet pimpernel
Or you could be a French provincial midwife
or go from door to door with a death-knife
But without love you ain't nothing, without love
Without love you ain't nothing, without love

You could be a woman feeler
or a baby stealer
you could drink your life away
Or you could be a holy prophet
get a blessing off it
Or you could fast for fifty days
You could shake hands with the devil
or give your life to God on the level
But without love you ain't nothing, without love
Without love you ain't nothing, without love