I gotta right to sing the blues
I gotta right to feel low-down,
I gotta right to hang around
Down around the river

A certain gal in this ol' town
Keeps draggin' 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 know the deep blue sea
Will soon be callin' me
It must be love, say what you choose
I gotta right to sing the blues

(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 to moan and sigh!
(He's gotta right to sit an' cry)
Sit an' cryin' down along the river

I know the deep blue sea
Will soon be callin' 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.
