Basin Street Blues
Journey to Dreams: Exploring the Soulful Story of Basin Street Blues
Lyrics
Won't you come along with me
Invitation to join the speaker on a journey
To the Mississippi
Destination set to the Mississippi River
We'll take a boat to the land of dreams
Planning to travel by boat to a dreamlike place
Steam down the river, down to New Orleans
Steamboat journey down the river to New Orleans
The band's there to meet us
Anticipation of a welcoming reception by a band
Old friends there to greet us
Expectation of meeting old friends
Where all the proud and elite folks meet
Reference to a place where proud and elite people gather
Heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street
Describing New Orleans' nickname as "Heaven on earth"
Basin Street is the street
Identification of Basin Street as the meeting place
Where the best folks always meet
Emphasizing it as a location for the best people
In New Orleans, land of dreams
Referring to New Orleans as a dreamland
You'll never know how nice it seems,
Expressing the inability to fully convey the beauty
Or just how much it really means
Highlighting the profound significance of Basin Street
Glad to be, oh yes-sirree
Expressing joy and contentment to be at Basin Street
Where welcome's free and dear to me
Appreciation for the warmth and freedom of welcome
Where I can lose, lose my Basin Street Blues
Desire to escape or forget the "Basin Street Blues"
Basin Street, oh Basin Street
Reiteration of the significance of Basin Street
Is the street, mama
Further emphasis on Basin Street as the location
New Orleans, land of dreams
Reaffirmation of New Orleans as a dreamland
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