Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler 



I gotta right to sing the blues

I gotta right to moan inside

I gotta right to sit and cry

Down around the river

A certain man in this little 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 inside

I gotta right to sit and cry

Down around the river

A certain man in this little town



Soon that deep blue sea

Will be callin' me

It must be love say what you choose

I gotta right to sing the blues

I gotta right to sing the blues



I gotta right to moan and cry

I gotta sit and sigh



Down around the river

Soon that deep blue sea

Will be callin' me



It must be love say what you choose

I gotta right to sing the blues



There's nothing left for me

I'm full of misery

I gotta right to sing the blues