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CHARLESTON ALLEY
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On the avenue, you may be havin you a solid ball, but it ain't no ball at all
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Compared to the kicks when you dally in Charleston Alley
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Maybe it don't look so hot, but beleive me, it's the spot
Where you can sure let your hair down
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Everything's right, And you can boogy all night-
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Say, man Charleston Alley is the play, man
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You can rally every cool cat on the avenue
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And they'll say its true, if you're feelin blue, this is the place for you
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No goof and that's the truth
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I dig Charleston Alley, and I'm here t' tell ya pally, Its a place where
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Life is real
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I'm tellin you I never found a better deal
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We know just how you feel
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Ribs and pigs feet, the tastiest meat that you ever did eat
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And a good piano player- a plinkin' an plunkin an playin them blues
I doubt if you'll ever be gayer
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We know- (Tell us about what you know)
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Where to play- (Tell us about where to go)
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And we'll show- (You don't know what time it takes)
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You the way (Lookin' for what shakes)
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Well let me tell you that if you've come to dally
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Dig this crazy alley, And we know its where you're goin'to move
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And this is not an idle boast
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Of all the many crazy alleys that we've went- Hilltop, O' Mally's
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None a' them could quite com pare with red hot Charleston Alley
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When you're rockin' and you're rollin to the rythym of the solid beat
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You're gonna have t' stomp your feet And you're sure to hang a round
Wiggin an' diggin the sounds
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So dig this vocal trave logue that we're singin everyone
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'bout that circle by the dark sun, Charleston Alley is the place to be
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We get our kicks from hicks who hurry and take in the great white way
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We'll pick the Alley any day Charleston Alley is the place for me
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Better get up if you're takin a trip take a tip
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On the avenue, you may be havin you a solid ball, but it ain't no ball
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At all
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Compared to the kicks you get from Charleston Alley
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If you should make the trip I'm pretty sure you'ld really flip
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So let your cares be, and baby make it down with me...
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To Charleston Alley
Written by Horace Henderson/Jon Hendricks/Leroy Kirkland