Almost forgot what I was doing Almost forgot where I was going I been driving, I been smoking Almost forgot what I was drinking What the hell have I been thinking Now I'm just riding through the city And ain't nobody rolling with me It ain't a problem,

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

In loving you with my whole heart Tell me now, where was my fault Oh tell me now, where was my fault Lead me to the truth and I will follow you with my whole life Can you lie next to her And give her your heart, your heart As well as your body And can

Where she at, where she at, where she at tonight? Where you at, where you at, where you at tonight? She was a heartache on the dance floor (heartache on the dance floor) Yeah, she's moving through my mind (moving through my mind) I gotta know her name

Oh things ain't what they used to be, no no Whoa, ah, mercy mercy me Where did all the blue skies go? Poison is the wind that blows from the north and south and east Whoa mercy, mercy me, Oil wasted on the oceans and upon our seas, fish full of mercury

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

Oh sing your favorite song Left to tears Dreams it goes and then on And as it broke there was one And so the story goes on'n'on Come women if your life beats Those we buried with the house keys Smoke and feather where the fields are Green from here to

Can you tell me where he's gone? I just looked around and he was gone. But it seems the good die young, yeah. You know, he freed a lot of people Has anyone here seen my old friend Abraham? Oh, he freed a lot of people Has anyone here seen my old friend

And why should I care? Was there something more I could have done? Or was I not meant to be the one? Where´s the life I thought we would share? And should I care? And will someone else get more of you? Will she go to sleep more sure of you? Will she

But that's history That's the way it was Gold, when you see me Hi, if you need me Babe, that's the way it was Now, look at where we are Everything we've done That's the history