Ira Gershwin - I'd Rather Charleston lyrics

(Verse) [DICK] 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 (Chorus) [DICK] Take a lesson from me [SUSIE] I'd rather Charleston [DICK] Charleston? Think of what you might be [SUSIE] I'd rather Charleston [DICK] Charleston? I'm disappointed In you and your ways [SUSIE] I'm double-jointed There's no sensation Like syncopation [DICK] Will you let me know why? [SUSIE] I'd rather Charleston [DICK] Charleston? That's the sort of thing I would never do So leave it behind And give your mind To something new [SUSIE] I'd rather Charleston Charleston Charleston with you (Verse 2) [DICK] 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 (Chorus 2) [DICK] Take a lesson from me [SUSIE] I'd rather Charleston [DICK] Charleston? When you're older, you'll see [SUSIE] I'd rather Charleston [DICK] Charleston? The great improvements I looked for in you! [SUSIE] I like improvements They make new plastic Just like elastic [DICK] Say, don't you ever keep cool? [SUSIE] I'd rather Charleston [DICK] Charleston? That's the sort of thing silly people do Say, haven't you read What Lincoln said In '62? [SUSIE] I'd rather Charleston Charleston Charleston with you