I've Got A Right To Sing The Blues
Melancholic Reflections: Embracing the Right to Sing the Blues
Lyrics
I gotta right to sing the blues
I have a legitimate reason or entitlement to express my feelings through singing the blues.
I gotta right to moan inside
I have a legitimate reason or entitlement to feel and express sadness internally.
I gotta right to sit and cry
I have a legitimate reason or entitlement to sit and cry due to my emotions.
Down around the river
Expressing a feeling of melancholy or sadness in the vicinity of the river.
A certain man in this little town
Refers to a specific man in the town causing emotional distress.
Keeps draggin' my poor heart around
The man continues to cause emotional pain or turmoil.
All I see for me is misery
Expressing a feeling of seeing only misery in one's future.
I gotta right to sing the blues
Reaffirmation of the entitlement to express sadness through singing the blues.
I gotta right to moan inside
Reaffirmation of the entitlement to feel sadness internally.
I gotta right to sit and cry
Reaffirmation of the entitlement to cry due to emotions.
Down around the river
Expressing a feeling of melancholy or sadness in the vicinity of the river.
A certain man in this little town
Refers to the same specific man in the town causing emotional distress.
Soon that deep blue sea will be callin' me
Expressing a longing to escape the pain and sadness, possibly through death ("deep blue sea").
It must be love say what you choose
Implies that the situation causing pain is interpreted as love, regardless of its actual nature.
I gotta right to sing the blues
Reiteration of the entitlement to express sadness through singing the blues.
I gotta right to sing the blues
Repetition of the affirmation to sing the blues.
I gotta right to moan and cry
Reaffirmation of the entitlement to moan and cry.
I gotta sit and sigh
Reaffirmation of the entitlement to sit and sigh due to emotions.
Down around the river
Expressing a feeling of melancholy or sadness in the vicinity of the river.
Soon that deep blue sea will be callin' me
Reiterating the longing to escape pain and sadness, possibly through death ("deep blue sea").
It must be love say what you choose
Reiteration that the situation causing pain is perceived as love.
I gotta right to sing the blues
Reaffirmation of the entitlement to express sadness through singing the blues.
There's nothing left for me
Expressing a feeling of having nothing positive or hopeful left.
I'm full of misery
Feeling completely consumed by misery.
I gotta right to sing the blues
Reiteration of the entitlement to express sadness through singing the blues.
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