Lyrics Darius Rucker – You Can Have Charleston

You can have Charleston
The cobblestone streets
The steeples looking down
On the Battery

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 try like hell
To smile and walk away, from

My home, my heart
Where I was born, where I was raised
Where one day they’re gonna take my body
And lay it in a grave
My soul, don’t wanna go
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

You can have Charleston
It’s really for the best
Girl, it’s your town now
Plus I could never rest
There’re too many ghosts on this old coast
Too many memories

From time to time
I might be passing through
But I promise you
That’s all I’ll do

You can have Charleston
I’ll take these broken dreams
Load ’em in up in a suitcase
And see where it leads
Take 26 until I get
A million miles away
Try and start over
In a brand new place