[ar:Lambert, Hendricks & Ross]
[ti:Charleston Alley]
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[00:00.00]Charleston Alley - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
[00:00.88]On the avenue you may be
[00:03.57]Havin' you a solid ball
[00:07.09]But it ain't no ball at all
[00:10.39]Compared to the kicks when
[00:12.55]You dally in charleston alley
[00:15.25]Maybe it don't look so hot
[00:17.53]But believe me it's the spot
[00:19.53]Where you can sure let your hair down
[00:22.41]Everything's right
[00:23.96]And you can boogy all night
[00:25.97]Say man charleston
[00:28.61]Alley is the play man
[00:31.08]You can rally every
[00:32.83]Cool cat on the avenue
[00:36.44]And they'll say its true if
[00:39.55]You're feelin' blue this is the place for you
[00:45.14]No goof and that's the truth
[00:47.03]I dig charleston alley and
[00:50.03]I'm here t' tell ya pally
[00:52.48]It's a place where life is real
[00:55.43]I'm tellin' you I
[00:56.41]Never found a better deal
[00:58.54]We know just how you feel
[01:01.75]Ribs and pigs feet the
[01:05.38]Tastiest meat that you ever did eat
[01:08.73]And a good piano player a
[01:10.77]Plinkin' an plunkin an playin' them blues
[01:13.59]I doubt if you'll ever be gayer
[01:15.94]We know tell us
[01:17.65]About what you know
[01:19.00]Where to play tell
[01:21.16]Us about where to go
[01:22.70]And we'll show you
[01:24.61]Don't know what time it takes
[01:26.31]You the way lookin'
[01:28.25]For what shakes
[01:29.39]Well let me tell you
[01:31.65]That if you've come to dally
[01:34.20]Dig this crazy alley and we
[01:38.84]Know its where you're goin' to move
[01:43.54]And this is not an idle boast
[01:46.08]Many crazy alleys
[01:48.40]That we've went hilltop o'mally's
[01:54.12]None a' them could quite
[01:55.70]Compare with red hot charleston alley
[01:59.81]When you're rockin' and you're
[02:01.49]Rollin' to the rythym of the solid beat
[02:05.36]You're gonna have t' stomp your
[02:07.51]Feet and you're sure to hang around
[02:11.46]Wiggin' an' diggin' the sounds
[02:12.51]So dig this vocal travelogue that we're singin' everyone
[02:17.63]'Bout that circle by the dark sun charleston alley is the place to be
[02:27.19]We get our kicks from hicks who hurry and take in the great white way
[02:32.79]We'll pick the alley any day charleston alley is the place for me
[02:42.85]Better get up if you're takin' a trip take a tip
[02:46.96]On the avenue you may be havin' you a solid ball
[02:53.20]But it ain't no ball
[02:54.70]At all
[02:56.44]Compared to the kicks you get from charleston alley
[03:01.37]If you should make the trip I'm pretty sure you'ld really flip
[03:08.02]So let your cares be and baby make it down with me
[03:12.85]To charleston alley