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'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.

Everybody wants to know, they ask me why I sing the blues Everybody wants to know now, why I keep crying the blues Well, I've been around little while And I've paid some dues, yes, I have People laying in ghetto flats, cold and numb Looking at roaches, telling bedbugs to move over and give 'em some Oh, it's hot in here, that's one reason I'm singing the blues, yeah Been around a long time God knows I've paid a few dues, yes, I have Stood in line at the County Hall Heard a man say, "We're gonna build some high rises for y'all "Up in renewal, work on a removal, talk to me, yeah" Don't feel bad about it, just trying to be free I don't want my kids growing up to be no fools You keep rapping to me y'all ain't got no room in school, yeah And you want to know why I'm singing the blues, yeah Been around a little while And I've seen some people paying dues, yes, I have Some of my friends told me I was born to lose But when I looked around they were singing the same old kind of blues, now And you want to know why I'm singing 'em this evening, yeah Don't be saying those, everybody pays some dues sometimes Yeah, sing the blues now

Oh, there's no one there for me Since my baby's love had been done with All I do is think of you I sit and cry, oh and I sing the blues I sit and cry, and I sing the blues Oh, there's no one to call me sweet names And my heart, and my heart is filled with pain Lord I don't know, I don't know what to do I sit and cry and I sing the blues I sit and cry and I sing the blues Blues all in my bloodstream Blues all in my home Blues all in my soul I got blues all in my bones Oh no one to depend on Since my baby, since my baby's love had been gone Broken hearted and lonesome too I sit and cry and I sing the blues I sit and cry oh and I sing the blues I sit and cry I sit and I cry I sit and I cry I cry I cry, cry, cry, cry, cry, oh And I sing on, I sing on, I sing on the blues Oh, I sing on, I sing on Sing on the blues

If you disrespect anybody that you run in to How in the world do you think anybody's s'posed to respect you If you don't give a heck 'bout the man with the bible in his hand Just get out the way, and let the gentleman do his thing You the kind of gentleman that want everything your way Take the sheet off your face, boy, it's a brand new day Respect yourself, respect yourself If you don't respect yourself Ain't nobody gonna give a good cahoot, na na na na Respect yourself, respect yourself If you're walking 'round think'n that the world owes you something cause You're here you goin' out the world backwards like you did when you Put your hand on your mouth when you cough, that'll help the solution Oh, you cuss around women and you don't even know their names and you Dumb enough to think that'll make you a big ol man

Memories serve, only to show What came before, wouldn't have grown Maybe the past, has brought me to this Maybe this time, love will be missed I hear my heart calling for you And I believe you feel it too I want something permanent, like the stars in the sky Permanent, like the mountain high Permanent, as time goes by, I want something I can count on Permanent, like the sun and the rain Permanent, like a burning flame Permanent, I'll say it again I want something that won't change Respecting yourself, reaching down deep That's how I'll find, a love so complete It became clear, the very, very first time It's more than a dream, that you could be mine I hear my heart calling for you and I believe you feel it, too I want something permanent, like the stars in the sky Permanent, like the mountain high Permanent, as time goes by, I want something I can count on Permanent, like the sun and the rain Permanent, like a burning flame Permanent, I'll say it again, say it again, say it again I want something that will never change What's my only way, I could never say that I don't feel the same You've brought me somewhere I can feel safe Don't you feel it, don't you feel it I want something, say it again, say it again Like the stars in the sky Like the mountain high, as time goes by I want something that will never change I can count on, like the stars in the sky Permanent I'll say it again, I want something that will never change I want something permanent, yes I do Permanent, yes I do, gonna say it again, say it again Permanent, like a burning flame, like the sun and rain I want something that won't change

No! No regrets No! I will have no regrets All the things That went wrong For at last I have learned to be strong No! No regrets No! I will have no regrets For the grief doesn't last It is gone I've forgotten the past And the memories I had I no longer desire Both the good and the bad I have flung in a fire And I feel in my heart That the seed has been sown It is something quite new It's like nothing I've known No! No regrets No! I will have no regrets All the things that went wrong For at last I have learned to be strong No! No regrets No! I will have no regrets For the seed that is new It's the love that is growing for you

What's it all about, Alfie Is it just for the moment we live What's it all about when you sort it out, Alfie Are we meant to take more than we give Or are we meant to be kind And if only fools are kind, Alfie Then I guess it is wise to be cruel And if life belongs only to the strong, Alfie What will you lend on an old golden rule As sure as I believe There's a heaven above, Alfie, I know there's something much more Something even non-believers can believe in I believe in love, Alfie Without true love we just exist, Alfie Until you find the love you've missed, you're nothing, Alfie When you walk, let your heart lead the way And you'll find love any day, Alfie Alfie