I'd Rather Charleston-Fred Astaire/Sanders Nighthawks/The Victor Orchestra

[ti:I'd Rather Charleston] [ar:Fred Astaire] [al:Charleston! - The Definitive Album] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I'd Rather Charleston - Fred Astaire/Sanders Nighthawks/The Victor Orchestra [00:05.39]Written by：G. Gershwin/I. Gershwin [00:10.78]I've seen for days that you've got [00:12.33]The ways that must be checked [00:14.43] [00:15.15]In you I never can detect [00:17.17] [00:18.03]The slightest signs of intellect [00:19.78] [00:21.80]Your mad on dances [00:23.00]Think of the chances you neglect [00:25.16] [00:26.11]You never seem inclined to use your mind [00:29.87]And it's quite plain to see [00:32.65]That I'm the brains of the family [00:36.47] [00:38.61]Take a lesson from me [00:39.84] [00:40.52]I'd rather Charleston Charleston [00:44.08]Think of what you might be [00:45.86]I'd rather Charleston Charleston [00:49.07]I'm disappointed in you and your ways [00:53.89] [00:54.84]I'm double jointed [00:56.79]If There's no sensation like syncopation [01:00.30]Will you let me know why [01:01.66] [01:02.17]I'd rather Charleston Charleston [01:05.01]That's the sort of thing I would never do [01:08.42] [01:09.37]So leave it behind [01:11.69]And give your mind to something new [01:13.83] [01:14.88]I'd rather Charleston Charleston [01:18.49]Charleston with you [01:20.04] [01:21.23]Your way of living soon [01:23.10]Will be giving me a pain [01:25.17]You just repeat that same refrain [01:28.05]You use your feet and not your brain [01:30.65] [01:32.04]Something has got you [01:33.45]I don't know what you hope to gain [01:36.19]And after all I've done [01:38.68]It's not much fun to have a Sister who's [01:42.58] [01:43.30]Got her brain in her dancing shoes [01:46.78] [01:48.69]So take a lesson from me [01:50.91]I'd rather Charleston [01:52.86]Charleston When you're older you'll see [01:56.71]I'd rather Charleston Charleston [01:59.96]The great improvements I looked for in you [02:04.06] [02:05.39]I like improvements [02:07.41]If you make new plastic just like elastic [02:10.47]Say don't you ever keep cool [02:12.73]I'd rather Charleston [02:14.00] [02:14.51]Oh no that's the sort of thing silly people do [02:18.95] [02:20.14]Hey haven't you read [02:22.29]What Lincoln said in sixty-two [02:23.28] [02:24.37]Yeh what'd he say [02:26.22]I'd rather Charleston Charleston [02:29.21]Charleston with you [02:30.80] [02:31.45]Not me