Charly slipping down the side-streets
What you're doing out of school
Hurling pennies at the street lamps
Breaking all the golden rules
Going down to the high streets
Watching all the rich roll by
Will you ever get to show them
And to hold your head up high
At school they teach and preach you
Get a job and earn your pay
But Charly's got the answers
He ain't gonna live that way
I know you gonna make it Charly, big one day
Charly, early in the morning
Delivering the daily news
He knows his mother needs the money
It's not the kind of job he'd choose
Take a train to the city
Make a fortune who can tell
Don't let your old man catch you
Or he'd really gonna give you hell
At school they teach and preach you
Get a job and earn your pay
But Charly's got the answers
He ain't gonna live that way
Well I know you gonna make it Charly
Bet you gonna make it Charly
Know you gonna make it Charly, big one day
Left a letter on the table, Charly
Gonna throw away your labels, Charly
See your name in lights, gonna do all right
I know your future's shining bright, Charly