| You can have Charleston
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| The cobblestone streets
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| The steeples looking down on The Battery
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| The top sails and the clydesdales, pullin' people all around
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| The ocean breeze and the live oak trees
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| God, I’m gonna miss this town
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| But you can have Charleston
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| I’ll pack up and leave
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| Maybe find a spot on the West Coast, give you lots of room to breathe
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| With your new life and your new love, I won’t get in your way
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| I’ll just wish you well and I’ll try like Hell, to smile and walk away
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| From my home and my heart, where I was born and raised
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| Where one day they’re gonna take my body and lay it in a grave
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| No my soul, don’t wanna go
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| But its gotta be this way
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| It’s gonna break my heart to say goodbye
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| But it’ll kill me if I stay
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| So you can have Charleston
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| It’s really for the best
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| Girl, it’s your town now, plus, I can never rest
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| There are too many ghosts on this old coast, too many memories
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| It’s where we met and we fell in love
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| And where you cut me deep and you made me bleed
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| In my home, in my heart, where I was born and raised
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| Where one day they’re gonna take my body and lay it in a grave
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| No my soul, don’t wanna go
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| But its gotta be this way
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| It’s gonna break my heart to say goodbye
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| But it’ll kill me if I stay
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| From time to time, I might be passin' through
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| But I promise you, that’s all I’ll do
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| You can have Charleston
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| I’ll take these broken dreams
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| Load 'em up in a suitcase and see where it leads
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| I’ll take 26 until I get a million miles away
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| I’ll try and start all over in a brand new place
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| Oh…
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| You can have Charleston
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| Take care of Charleston
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| Oh…
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| You can have Charleston |