by dickey betts 1980 emi blackwood music inc and pangola publishing company oh uh oh oooh i got a right to be wrong i got a right to be lonely when you re gone whoa i ll get out around tear up my own home town get mocked up locked up wind up in the lost and found oh i got a right to be wrong well it s so easy to give advice when you ain t the one who got to pay the price sit up there on your hill telling me i got to sink or swim well it might thrill you to make me want to kill ya i can t believe you re leavin me for him i got a right to be wrong chorus oh loan me a dollar and watch me follow you around you got all the moves you re puttin me through school oh i give you my best but i guess i m still your fool babe i got you down in my song i got a right to be wrong i ve been con flicted e victed re stricted served with a letter sent to whom it may concern still around lord i m still in town a lesson hard learned nearly got me down it s a cryin shame you don t even know my name a low down lonesome song i got a right to be wrong chorus i got a right to be wrong