Basin Street Blues
Journey to the Land of Dreams: Basin Street Blues Unveiled
Lyrics
Won't you come along with me
Invitation to accompany the speaker
To the Mississippi
Reference to the Mississippi River
We'll take a boat to the land of dreams
Expressing a journey to a dreamlike place
Steam down the river, down to New Orleans
Traveling by steamboat to New Orleans
The band's there to meet us
Arrival at the destination with the band awaiting
Old friends there to greet us
Reunion with old friends
Where all the proud and elite folks meet
Description of a gathering place for prestigious individuals
Heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street
Referring to New Orleans as a heavenly place, specifically Basin Street
Basin Street is the street
Identification of Basin Street as the central location
Where the best folks always meet
Highlighting Basin Street as the meeting place for the best people
In New Orleans, land of dreams
Emphasizing New Orleans as a dreamland
You'll never know how nice it seems,
Expressing the inability to fully comprehend the pleasantness of Basin Street
Or just how much it really means
Indicating the significance of Basin Street
Glad to be, oh yes-sirree
Expressing contentment and enthusiasm about being there
Where welcome's free and dear to me
Describing the warmth and value of the welcoming atmosphere
Where I can lose, lose my Basin Street Blues
Expressing a desire to overcome the blues on Basin Street
Basin Street, oh Basin Street
Reiteration of the significance of Basin Street
Is the street, mama
Stating that Basin Street is in New Orleans, the dreamland
New Orleans, land of dreams
Reaffirmation of New Orleans as a dreamlike place
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