I'd Rather Charleston [From "Lady Be Good"] - Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire

I’ve seen for days that

You’ve got the ways that

Must be checked

In you I never can detect

The slightest signs of intellect

You’re mad on dances

Think of the chances

You neglect

You never seem inclined

To use your mind

And it’s quite plain to see

That I’m the brains of the family

Take a lesson from me

I’d rather Charleston

Charleston?

Think of what you might be

I’d rather Charleston

Charleston?

I’m disappointed

In you and your ways

I’m double-jointed

There’s no sensation

Like syncopation

Will you let me know why?

I’d rather Charleston

Charleston?

That’s the sort of thing I would never do

So leave it behind

And give your mind

To something new

I’d rather Charleston

Charleston

Charleston with you

Your way of living

Soon will be giving

Me a pain

You just repeat that same refrain

You use your feet and not your brain

Something has got you

I don’t know what you

Hope to gain

And after all I’ve done

It’s not much fun

To have a sister who’s

Got her brain in her dancing shoes

Take a lesson from me

I’d rather Charleston

Charleston?

When you’re older, you’ll see

I’d rather Charleston

Charleston?

The great improvements

I looked for in you!

I like improvements

They make new plastic

Just like elastic

Say, don’t you ever keep cool?

I’d rather Charleston

Charleston?

That’s the sort of thing silly people do

Say, haven’t you read

What Lincoln said

In '62?

I’d rather Charleston

Charleston

Charleston with you