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

Over and over, over and over I fall for you I try not to So here I go again Chasing you down again Why do I do this? You make me fall for you I feel it everyday, it's all the same It brings me down, but I'm the one to blame

In search of the pot of gold All the spotlight Is not for me I close my eyes And imagine I'm home I miss the days When life was simple But if I never tried to follow that rainbow It's a mother out there right now

But it's funny how I'm still here, With the government and yesterday's news I've been here so long, through the sadness and the blues I've been here so long through the sadness and the blues I can't see no reason why I can't retain success I just need a

The weather is frightening The thunder and lightning Seem to be having their way But as far as I'm concerned, it's a lovely day The turn in the weather Will keep us together So I can honestly say That as far as I'm concerned, it's a lovely day And

While in these days of quiet desperation As I wander through the world in which I live I search everywhere, for some new inspiration But it's more than cold reality can give If I need a cause for celebration Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind I rely

Could this thing last But the age of miracles, hadn't past The sun was shining everywhere A foggy day, in London town I viewed the morning, with alarm The British museum, had lost its charm For suddenly, I saw you there And through foggy London town I

My eyes fall open on you It's like my dreams keep goin' on and on and on, it don't Matter what we're doin' As long as I'm with you, and I can't imagine anything I couldn't love you through the bad days There's gonna be mistakes But, baby, I'm here to stay

It's very clear our love is here to stay Not for a year, but ever and a day The radio and the telephone And the movies that we know May just be passing fancies and in time may go But, oh my dear, our love is here to stay Together we're going a long, long

Tomorrow she'll be rollin' down I-10 Baton Rouge, LSU Eighteen years in her rear-view He's got a Friday paycheck lined up, down the block At daddy's shop It ain't much, but it's a job They've been dreadin' this moment all summer long The night before