Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song I'd Rather Charleston (Lady Be Good) , by - Fred Astaire. Song from the album The Complete London Sessions, in the genre Традиционный джазI'd Rather Charleston (Lady Be Good) |
| I’ve seen for days that |
| You’ve got the ways that |
| Must be checked |
| In you I never can detect |
| The slightest signs of intellect |
| You’re mad on dances |
| Think of the chances |
| You neglect |
| You never seem inclined |
| To use your mind |
| And it’s quite plain to see |
| That I’m the brains of the family |
| Take a lesson from me |
| I’d rather Charleston |
| Charleston? |
| Think of what you might be |
| I’d rather Charleston |
| Charleston? |
| I’m disappointed |
| In you and your ways |
| I’m double-jointed |
| There’s no sensation |
| Like syncopation |
| Will you let me know why? |
| I’d rather Charleston |
| Charleston? |
| That’s the sort of thing I would never do |
| So leave it behind |
| And give your mind |
| To something new |
| I’d rather Charleston |
| Charleston |
| Charleston with you |
| Your way of living |
| Soon will be giving |
| Me a pain |
| You just repeat that same refrain |
| You use your feet and not your brain |
| Something has got you |
| I don’t know what you |
| Hope to gain |
| And after all I’ve done |
| It’s not much fun |
| To have a sister who’s |
| Got her brain in her dancing shoes |
| Take a lesson from me |
| I’d rather Charleston |
| Charleston? |
| When you’re older, you’ll see |
| I’d rather Charleston |
| Charleston? |
| The great improvements |
| I looked for in you! |
| I like improvements |
| They make new plastic |
| Just like elastic |
| Say, don’t you ever keep cool? |
| I’d rather Charleston |
| Charleston? |
| That’s the sort of thing silly people do |
| Say, haven’t you read |
| What Lincoln said |
| In '62? |
| I’d rather Charleston |
| Charleston |
| Charleston with you |