Refrain: I SHOULD HAVE RIGHT LOVE ANY ONE I WANT.
I SHOULD ABLE GIRL-FRIEND HUG ANY TIME I WANT.
BUT I HAVE-NONE RIGHT. SUPPOSE WE-TWO REVERSE?
YOU WANT RIGHT LOVE SOMEONE YOU PICK, TOO.

REALLY-WANT HOLD-HANDS, DANCE, BUT YOU TOO-MUCH AFRAID.
IN-THE-CLOSET CONTINUE+, LIVE LIKE MASQUERADE.
NEVER INTEND TWO-OF-US GET-ALONG LIKE THAT.
WHY CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THAT MAKE ME FEEL? Refrain

PEOPLE SEE WE-TWO LOVEY-DOVEY, SOME ANGERED, SOME DISGUSTED.
INSULT alt.FLY-AT-me, FRIENDS ANNOYED, BUT LIVE, LOVE WE MUST.
WHY WORLD PREJUDICED, WANT LABEL STEREOTYPE?
WHAT HAPPEN IF SOMEONE TEACH NEW-PARADIGM, THINK RIGHT? Refrain

I SHOULD HAVE RIGHT, SHOULD HAVE RIGHT,
SHOULD HAVE RIGHT. SUPPOSE WE-TWO REVERSE?
YOU WANT RIGHT LOVE SOMEONE YOU PICK, TOO.
I SHOULD HAVE RIGHT LOVE ANY ONE I WANT.

Notes: HAVE-NONE - (2h)[B], POs > signer move upwards past mouth and swing upwards and apart while mouth blows on hands as they pass.

REVERSE - (2h)[V], NDH PO up, DH down, FOs ><, hands reverse POs.

REALLY-WANT - WANT but shaken back and forth to show intensity.

HOLD-HANDS - Hold hands together as in WEDDING and swing them to and fro.

IN-THE-CLOSET - [X], PO down, FO away, taps on thumb of [C], PO > DS, FO away, with midsection and body crouches as if hiding.

MASQUERADE - Both hands move like SEEM in front of face.

INTEND - THINK MEAN.

GET-ALONG - (2h)[B^ dot], POs ><, FOs away, move forward in a jerk.

LOVEY-DOVEY - (2h)[ILY] rub against one another in circles, DHPO down, NDHPO up.

alt.FLY-AT-me - (2h)[1] alt. "fly" at face.

ANNOYED - [5], PO > face, FO up, curls fingers several times.

PREJUDICED - AGAINST.

LABEL - [H] moves palmar side of FTs across palm of NDH [B], PO away, FO up, as if applying a label.

STEREOTYPE - Index finger touches temple, then [open 8] touches FT to [S], PO down and the two hands circle together horizontally with th. For a QuickTime movie of the last sign, see ASL browser - standard.

NEW-PARADIGM - (2h)[C] grasp at top of head and move as if twist the top around 180 degrees.

Lyrics:

Refrain: Don't I have the right, to love the one I love?
Shouldn't I be able to hold her in my arms?
Don't I have the right, and what if I were you?
You would want the right, to love somebody too.

Longing to hold hands, and to dance, but you're too afraid,
Hiding for so long, caught up in the masquerade.
It's not as if this were planned.
What would it take for you to understand?

Heads turn and anger burns, their thoughts turn to disgust.
Insults fly and, friendships die but, live and love we must.
Why is this world so full of bitter people, with prejudice and labels?
What if someone were to turn the tables?

Don't I have the right? Don't I have the right?
Don't I have the right, and what if I were you?
You would want the right, to love somebody too.
Don't I have the right to love somebody too?