[Verse 1]
You let me smile
(Once in a while)
Once in a while
(You let me smile)
You change your style
(Just like a child)
Just like a child
(You change your style)
You make me cry most all the time
You never try to show you're mine (Mine)

[Chorus]
The right to choose my brand of blues
That's all you'll ever give
The right to choose which way I lose
The right to die or live
With the blues
(With the blues)
With the blues
(With the blues)

[Verse 2]
I feel so low
(You hurt me so)
You hurt me so
(I feel so low)
You seem to know
(I'll never go)
I'll never go
(You seem to know)
And though you treat me like you do
I'll always be a slave to you (You)
[Chorus]
The right to choose my brand of blues
That's all you'll ever give
The right to choose which way I lose
The right to die or live
With the blues
(With the blues)
With the blues
(With the blues)