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I've Got a Right to Carry On

from Distillations of The Blues by Ted Hefko and The Thousandaires

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I’ve got a right to carry on, go ahead and song my songs
I’ve got a right to raise the roof, I’m not just sittin’ on the stoop
I’ve got my eye on you

I need to get rowdy and rough, try everything and all of the above,
what is thing called love, ‘cause I can never get enough,
I’m a scoundrel and a fool

I’ve got a right to be unkept, forget the places that I’ve slept,
Forgive me if I‘ve overstepped, but I ain’t finished with you yet
I’m gonna turn you upside down

I’m what the cat dragged in, I’m what the chef threw out,
I’m rotten and I’m evil and I’ll make you jump and shout
I”m not foolin’ with you dear, I’m not tryin’ to turn you ‘round
I’ve been feelin’ lost all year and I’m lookin’ to be found by you
Come on and think it through
Come on and think it through
I’ve got a right to carry on, go ahead and sing my songs,
but little things can change my mood , and I’m apt to come unglued,
So let ‘em know my screws are loose

I’ve got a right to act real squirrelly, go out late and come home early,
You’ve been messin’ with my mind, c’mon baby one more time
because you know you’re lookin’ fine

Some days I might be right, Some days I might be wrong,
but I’ve got to hang in here, stand up and sing my songs
I’m not foolin’ with you dear, I’m not tryin’ to turn you ‘round,
I’ve been feelin’ lost all year and I’m lookin’ to be found by you,
Come on and think it through
Come on and think it through

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from Distillations of The Blues, released April 1, 2015

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Ted Hefko and The Thousandaires New Orleans, Louisiana

Ted Hefko & The Thousandaires stir up an intoxicating brew of the profound and the profane, of virtue and vice and most importantly the volatile in-between. Ted’s songs explore hope and hustlers, saints and strays, drifters and the down-and-out. The band brings these stories to life with the spontaneity of jazz, and the rough-hewn, bare-bones tone of backwoods rhythm and bllues. ... more

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