I Don't Have to Sing the Blues - Grand Funk Railroad

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 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 Theres nothing left for me Im full of misery I gotta right to sing the blues

I have a song to sing, O! (Sing me your song, O!) It is sung to the moon by a love-lorn loon Who fled from the mocking throng-o It's the song of a merry man moping mum Whose soul was sad and whose glance was glum Who sipped no sup and who craved no crumb As he sighed for the love of a lady. Hey-di, hey-di, misery me, lack-a-day-de He sipped no sup and he craved no crumb As he sighed for the love of a lady. I have a song to sing, O! (What is your song, O?) It is sung with the ring of the songs maids sing Who loved with a love life-long-o It's a song of a merry maid peerly proud Who loved a lord and who laughed aloud At the moan of the merry man moping mum Whose soul was sad and whose glance was glum Who sipped no sup and who craved no crumb As he sighed for the love of a lady. Hey-di, hey-di, misery me, lack-a-day-de He sipped no sup and he craved no crumb As he sighed for the love of a lady. I have a song to sing, O! (Sing me your song, O) It is sung to the knell of a church-yard bell And a doleful dirge ding-dong o It's a song of a popinjay bravely born Who turned up his noble nose with scorn At the humble merry maid peerly proud Who loved a lord and who laughed aloud At the moan of a merry man moping mum Whose soul was sad and whose glance was glum Who sipped no sup and who craved no crumb As he sighed for the love of a lady. Hey-di, hey-di, misery me, lack-a-day-de He sipped no sup and he craved no crumb As he sighed for the love of a lady. I have a song to sing, O! (I have a song to sing) I have a song to sing-o! It is sung with a sigh and a tear in the eye for it tells of a righted wrong-o It's a song of the merry maid once so gay Who turned on her heel and tripped away From the peacock popinjay bravely born Who turned up his noble nose with scorn At the humble heart that he did not prize So she begged on her knees with downcast eyes For the love of the merry man moping mum Whose soul was sad and whose glance was glum Who sipped no sup and who craved no crumb As he sighed for the love of a lady. Hey-di, hey-di, misery me, lack-a-day-de, His pains were o'er and he sighed no more For he lived in the love of a lady. Hey-di, hey-di, his pains were o'er And he sighed no more For he lived in the love of a lady.

Don't know what I did to make you feel that way I can't always say just what I want to say Out of place again, you're on my case again Bringing up the past and sling it in my face again Put me in the frame, so even if I win, I lose Going down slow ain't the only way to go Listen to me honey, tell you something funny Miss me when I'm gone, you'll be the one to sing the blues Seems to me the good times ended way to soon Seems like faded echoes in an empty room Strangers in the night, strangers in the light Seems like every word we say just makes us scratch and bite We thought we had the answers, we were sure we couldn't lose But what you want with me is all the things that I can't be Listen to me baby, I'm beginning to go crazy Miss me when I'm gone, you'll be the one to sing the blues More I think about it, it's a goddamn shame Opposites attract 'til they become the same Daggers in our eyes, time to say goodbye Time to stop pretending, time to stop the endless lies I wish you luck babe, I hope you find a dream and it comes true But what my eyes can't see don't make no difference to me Listen to me faking, though my heart is breaking Miss you now you're gone, now I'm the one to sing the blues

I'll do anything that you want me to do. There ain't nothing baby that I wouldn't do for you. If you want it bad enough it's catch-as-catch-can. Oh, when I want it hard enough, you'll be my man. While I sing the blues. I sing the blues. I sing the blues. Late in the midnight hour. My daddy sang the blues to my mamma. Yeah! I sing the blues. I sing the blues to you. I sing the blues. If you want to talk about it. I'll hang around. If you want to fight about it. Come on and let's get down. I'll tell you what I'm thinking. If you wanna know I'll tell where I'm going if I want you to go. Baby and I sing the blues. I sing the blues. And I sing the blues. Early in the morning honey I sing the blues. My daddy sang the blues to my mamma. And baby I'll sing the low down dirty blues to you. Baby alright! (Harmonica solo) I'll do anything that you want me to do. Yeah! There ain't nothing baby I wouldn't do for you. If you want it bad enough it's catch-as-catch-can. Oh, when I want it hard enough you'll be my man. Well I sing the blues. I sing the blues. I sing the blues. Late in the midnight Midnight hour. My daddy sang the blues to my mamma. Yeah! I sing the blues I sing the blues to you. Late in the... Late in alright honey. And I sing the blues. I sing the blues all night long. Early in the morning. Late in the midnight. I sing the blues. With my Daddy must have sang the blues to your mamma He must have sang it all night long I sing the blues Low down dirty sing the blues to you.

Well a hey there baby Do you want to make the scene Well a hey there baby Do you want to make the scene Ahhh well come on over baby Step into my time machine You better jump into my action I'm gonna make you feel right Jump into my action I'm gonna make you feel right Don't worry bout tomorrow Cause i'm gonna love you tonite Step into the front row I'm gonna show you how Step into the front row I'm gonna show you how Don't worry bout no time We can always come back to right now Solo If you want to come back With just a turn about When you want to come back With just a turn about Cause we ain't gonna come back Til there ain't no doubt Now don't it get good to ya Do you know what i mean Said don't it get good to ya Don't know what i mean Well come on over baby Jump into my time machine

Once I had a little girl Sometimes I think about her But buddy, you know She's not really there When memories do call I just, I just can't live without her But tryin' all the time Is so hard to bear Heartbreaker, can't take her Heartbreaker, bringing me down Heartbreaker, can't take her Heartbreaker, bringing me down I don't cry no more I live while I'm flying But I'll think back And you can hear me say Heartbreaker, can't take her Heartbreaker, bringing me down Heartbreaker, can't take her Heartbreaker, bringing me down Heartbreaker, can't take her Heartbreaker, bringing me down Heartbreaker, can't take her Heartbreaker, bringing me down Heartbreaker, can't take her Heartbreaker, bringing me down Heartbreaker, can't take her Heartbreaker, bringing me down Heartbreaker, can't take her Heartbreaker, bringing me down