Charleston Alley

On the avenue, you may be havin' you a solid ball

But it ain't no ball at all

Compared to the kicks when you dally in Charleston Alley

Maybe it don't look so hot, but believe me, it's the spot

Where you can sure let your hair down

Everything's right

And you can boogy all

Say man

Charleston Alley is the play, man

You can rally every cool cat on the avenue

And they'll say its true

If you're feelin' blue

This is the place for you

No goof and that's the truth

I dig Charleston Alley

And I'm here to tell ya pally

(You better come far)

It's a place where life is real

(Life is real)

I'm tellin' you I never found a better deal

We know just how you feel

Ribs and pigs feet

(Why everything goes for)

The tastiest meat that you ever did eat

(You grudging in a grown sport)

And a good piano player

Plinkin' and plunkin' and playin' them blues

(Here, here playful blues)

I doubt if you'll ever be gayer

We know

(Tell us about what you know)

Where to play

(Tell us about where to go)

And we'll show

(You don't know what time it takes)

You the way

(Lookin' for what shakes)

Well let me tell you that if you've come to dally

Dig this crazy alley

And we know its where you're goin' to move

And this is not an idle boast

Of all the many crazy alleys that we've went

Hilltop, O'Mally

None of them could quite compare

With red hot Charleston Alley

When you're rockin' and you're rollin to the rythym of the solid beat

You're gonna have to stomp your feet

And you're sure to hang around

Wiggin' and diggin' the sounds

So dig this vocal travelogue

That we're singin' everyone

'Bout that circle by the dark sun

Charleston Alley is the place to be

We get our kicks from hicks who hurry

And take in the great white way

(But)

We'll pick the Alley any day

Charleston Alley is the place for me

Better get up

If you're taking a trip

Take a tip

On the avenue, you may be havin' you a solid ball

But it ain't no ball at all

Compared to the kicks

You get from Charleston Alley

If you should make the trip

I'm pretty sure you'd really flip

So let your cares be, and baby make it down with me

To Charleston Alley