Basin Street Blues
Journey to Dreamland: Basin Street Blues Unveiled
Lyrics
Won't you come along with me
Invitation to join the speaker on a journey
To the Mississippi
Heading towards the Mississippi River
We'll take a boat to the land of dreams
Planning to take a boat to a dream-like land
Steam down the river, down to New Orleans
Traveling by steamboat down the river to New Orleans
The band's there to meet us
A musical band is ready to welcome them
Old friends there to greet us
Meeting old friends on arrival
Where all the proud and elite folks meet
Describing a place where distinguished people gather
Heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street
Referring to New Orleans as a heavenly place, specifically mentioning Basin Street
Basin Street is the street
Identifying Basin Street as a significant location
Where the best folks always meet
Highlighting that the best people always meet there
In New Orleans, land of dreams
Emphasizing that New Orleans is a land of dreams
You'll never know how nice it seems,
Expressing the speaker's inability to fully convey the pleasantness
Or just how much it really means
Stressing the importance and genuine significance of the experience
Glad to be, oh yes-sirree
Expressing happiness and contentment to be there
Where welcome's free and dear to me
Appreciating the warmth of welcome
Where I can lose, lose my Basin Street Blues
Desiring to let go of the blues on Basin Street
Basin Street, oh Basin Street
Reiterating the significance of Basin Street
Is the street, mama
Emphasizing that Basin Street is in New Orleans
New Orleans, land of dreams
Recalling New Orleans as a dream-like place
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