Lyrics to
A Right To Live

This version of A Right To Live was released by Uriah Heep in 1978.

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I must thank Lord ??
In my hour of need
I’ve given way to a better man
But I ain’t been free
To push the hour here
In this soul of mine
I’ve burned my bridges
And I’m satisfied

The preacher’s due here
In an hour or so
To give me a reasons for
The things I know
I might have been careless and I
I might have been blind
If I’m the guilty, I’m satisfied

Oh woman, why did you
Do me wrong?
Sending me down and
I just can’t get along
When daybreak comes and
I’ve reached the end of the line
I have a right to live
And I’m left to die

It all seems so hazy now
It seems so long ago
She hid the things she’d done
Or things I should know
What was I to do for
The hurting here inside
I kill for love but ??

I have a right to live
When I’m left to die
Oh, woman
I have a right to live…

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Uriah Heep has released many songs over the years besides A Right To Live. Uriah Heep released songs from 1970 to 1998 spanning across albums like Very 'eavy... Very 'umble, Salisbury, Look At Yourself, Demons And Wizards, The Magician's Birthday, Sweet Freedom, Wonderworld, Return To Fantasy, High And Mighty, Firefly, Innocent Victim, Fallen Angel, Conquest, Abominog, Head First, Equator, Raging Silence, Different World, Sea Of Light, and Sonic Origami. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Uriah Heep.

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About Lyrics and A Right To Live by Uriah Heep

The lyrics to A Right To Live are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Uriah Heep in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to A Right To Live are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Uriah Heep and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for A Right To Live back when it was created.

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