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Artist: Patti Day
Canonical path: /patti-day/i-got-a-right
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I Got a Right
Read I Got a Right lyrics by Patti Day on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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I Got a Right
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They tell me I'm a fool, I'm dreamin'
If I think that you could fall in love
With just someone like me
I can't believe it would be so tough
(Be so tough)
But what else can I do? I love you
Each time I look into your eyes, I see
(Each time I see)
The only lover, the only one
(I know it)
I have discovered the time has come
I, I got a right
To tell you how I feel
Even though you don't feel the same
Oh, I, I got a right
To try and change your mind
To try and make you mine
You want to be there anytime
But I want you to care the way I do
It just seems so unfair
To keep true love from finding you
(Finding you)
But if you felt the same, you'd know that
That I am not to blame for what I've done
(I'm not to blame)
If there's a law against loving you
(I'd know it)
How can you blame me for wanting to?
I, I got a right
To tell you how I feel
Even though you don't feel the same
Oh, I, I got a right
To try and change your mind
To try and make you mine, whoa, whoa
I, I got a right
(I got a right, I got a right)
To tell you how I feel
Even though you don't feel the same
Oh, I, I got a right
(I got a right, I got a right)
To try and change your mind
To try and make you mine, whoa, whoa
If you felt the same, you'd know that
That I am not to blame for what I've done
(I'm not to blame)
If there's a law against loving you
(I'd know it)
How can you blame me for wanting to?
I, I got a right
(I got a right, I got a right)
To tell you how I feel
Even though you don't feel the same
Oh, I, I got a right
(I got a right, I got a right)
To try and change your mind
To try and make you mine
I, I got a right
(I got a right, I got a right)
To tell you how I feel
Even though you don't feel the same
Oh, I, I got a right
(I got a right, I got a right)
To try and change your mind
To try and make you mine, whoa, whoa
(I got a right, I got a right)
They tell me I'm a fool
(I got a right, I got a right)
I'm dreamin'
(I got a right, I got a right)
But what else can I do?
(I got a right, I got a right)
I love you
(I got a right, I got a right)
I think that you could fall in love with me
(I got a right, I got a right)
(I got a right, I got a right)
But what else can I do?
(I got a right, I got a right)
(I got a right, I got a right)
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