You can have Charleston My home, my heart Where I was born and raised Where one day they're gonna take my body And lay it in a grave But it's got to be this way It's gonna break my heart to say, goodbye But it'll kill me if I stay The cobblestone streets

He ain't feelin' anythin' My love, my hurt or the sting of this rain All he can say is, "Man ain't it such a nice day?" Like dead flowers I feel like the flowers in this vase He just brought 'em home one day, "Ain't they beautiful?" he said They been

You got that right Sure got that right I like to drink and to dance all night Comes to a fix not afraid to fight Said, you got that right Well I've heard lots of people say They're gonna settle down You don't see their faces And they don't come around

Said that it's all right (baby it's all right) Baby shake that thing (baby shake that thing) When you see me in misery Come on baby, see about me Tell me what'd I say right now Tell me what'd I say And-a I wanna know Hey (hey) ho (ho) hey (hey) ho (ho)

We say we can when they say we can't See what it is when they see what it ain't With blood, sweat, and tears and a new coat of paint We're just a sinner's choir singin' a song for the saints Long before a boat anchored the harbour Long before steel drums

Starry, starry night What you tried to say to me And how you tried to set them free Now I understand They would not listen, they did not know how Perhaps they'll listen now And how you suffered for your sanity Paint your palette blue and grey Look out on

But we shall stay to face this dragon war Don't stand there waiting you're the one Well now the youth man say And the warrior say Now dem man go and they shall live up And dem man go and they shall live up Jah Jah I know, know a savior, lie beyond a

Either way you caught me with your lyin' You caught me whilst a lyin' You caught me with my pants down We hang even into the ocean I want to say it's to me to change the world And I wanna play till they kicking down the doors And I'll be alright as long

Oh I, do you? They say in chess, you gotta kill the queen And then you mate it A funny thing, the king who gets himself assassinated Hey now, every time i lose You took a town by storm The mess you made was nominated

White sparrows fell from heaven and carried her away Black arrows cut the strings of my heart, I kneel and pray They gave her one more day To say the words I couldn't say Today I walked down our old street Past the diner where we'd meet Now I dine alone