Lambert Hendricks & Ross Lyrics
"Charleston Alley"

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