| 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 when you dally in Charleston Alley
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| Maybe it don’t look so hot, but beleive me, it’s the spot
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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 compare 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 around
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| Wiggin an' diggin the sounds
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| So dig this vocal travelogue 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 |