Darius Rucker You Can Have Charleston song lyrics

You can have Charleston

The cobblestone streets

The steeples looking down on The Battery

The top sails and the clydesdales, pullin' people all around

The ocean breeze and the live oak trees

God, I'm gonna miss this town

But you can have Charleston

I'll pack up and leave

Maybe find a spot on the West Coast, give you lots of room to breathe

With your new life and your new love, I won't get in your way

I'll just wish you well and I'll try like Hell, to smile and walk away

From my home and my heart, where I was born and raised

Where one day they're gonna take my body and lay it in a grave

No my soul, don't wanna go

But its gotta be this way

It's gonna break my heart to say goodbye

But it'll kill me if I stay

So you can have Charleston

It's really for the best

Girl, it's your town now, plus, I can never rest

There are too many ghosts on this old coast, too many memories

It's where we met and we fell in love

And where you cut me deep and you made me bleed

In my home, in my heart, where I was born and raised

Where one day they're gonna take my body and lay it in a grave

No my soul, don't wanna go

But its gotta be this way

It's gonna break my heart to say goodbye

But it'll kill me if I stay

From time to time, I might be passin' through

But I promise you, that's all I'll do

You can have Charleston

I'll take these broken dreams

Load 'em up in a suitcase and see where it leads

I'll take 26 until I get a million miles away

I'll try and start all over in a brand new place

Oh...

You can have Charleston

Take care of Charleston

Oh...

You can have Charleston