I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues

(album: So Smooth - 1955)

I gotta right to sing the blues, I gotta right to feel low-down,
I gotta right t' hang around, down around the river. .

A certain gal in this ol' town, keeps dragging my poor heart around,
All I see for me, is misery...

I gotta right to sing the blues, I gotta right to moan and sigh,
I gotta right to sit and cry, down around the river...

I kno' the deep blue sea, will soon be calling me,
It must be love, say what you choose,
I gotta right to sing the blues! (doo doo, doo doo doo, doo doo, doo doo doo)

(He's gotta right to sing the blues) I gotta right to sing the blues!
(He's gotta right to moan and sigh) I gotta right t' moan and sigh!
(He's gotta right to sit an' cry) sit an' crying down along the river!

I kno' the deep blue sea, will soon be calling me,
It must be love, say what you choose,
I gotta right to sing the blues... the blues,
I gotta right (the right!) tonight (tonight!)
I gotta right to sing the blues! (doo doo, doo doo, doo wah!)