I'd Rather Charleston-Al Jolson

[ti:I'd Rather Charleston] [ar:Fred Astaire] [al:Charleston! - The Definitive Album] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I'd Rather Charleston - Al Jolson [00:10.82]I've seen for days that you've got [00:12.37]The ways that must be checked [00:14.47] [00:15.19]In you I never can detect [00:17.21] [00:18.07]The slightest signs of intellect [00:19.82] [00:21.84]Your mad on dances [00:23.04]Think of the chances you neglect [00:25.20] [00:26.15]You never seem inclined to use your mind [00:29.91]And it's quite plain to see [00:32.69]That I'm the brains of the family [00:36.51] [00:38.65]Take a lesson from me [00:39.88] [00:40.56]I'd rather Charleston Charleston [00:44.12]Think of what you might be [00:45.90]I'd rather Charleston Charleston [00:49.11]I'm disappointed in you and your ways [00:53.93] [00:54.88]I'm double jointed [00:56.83]If There's no sensation like syncopation [01:00.34]Will you let me know why [01:01.70] [01:02.21]I'd rather Charleston Charleston [01:05.06]That's the sort of thing I would never do [01:08.47] [01:09.42]So leave it behind [01:11.74]And give your mind to something new [01:13.88] [01:14.93]I'd rather Charleston Charleston [01:18.54]Charleston with you [01:20.09] [01:21.28]Your way of living soon [01:23.15]Will be giving me a pain [01:25.21]You just repeat that same refrain [01:28.09]You use your feet and not your brain [01:30.69] [01:32.08]Something has got you [01:33.49]I don't know what you hope to gain [01:36.23]And after all I've done [01:38.72]It's not much fun to have a Sister who's [01:42.62] [01:43.34]Got her brain in her dancing shoes [01:46.82] [01:48.73]So take a lesson from me [01:50.95]I'd rather Charleston [01:52.90]Charleston When you're older you'll see [01:56.75]I'd rather Charleston Charleston [02:00.00]The great improvements I looked for in you [02:04.10] [02:05.43]I like improvements [02:07.45]If you make new plastic just like elastic [02:10.51]Say don't you ever keep cool [02:12.77]I'd rather Charleston [02:14.04] [02:14.55]Oh no that's the sort of thing silly people do [02:18.99] [02:20.18]Hey haven't you read [02:22.34]What Lincoln said in sixty-two [02:23.33] [02:24.42]Yeh what'd he say [02:26.27]I'd rather Charleston Charleston [02:29.26]Charleston with you [02:30.85] [02:31.50]Not me