Basin Street Blues
Journey to New Orleans: Exploring Dreams on Basin Street
Lyrics
Won't you come along with me
Invitation to accompany the singer
To the Mississippi
Reference to the Mississippi River
We'll take a boat to the land of dreams
Planning to travel to an idealized place
Steam down the river, down to New Orleans
Using a steamboat to travel to New Orleans
The band's there to meet us
Anticipation of a musical gathering
Old friends there to greet us
Expectation of meeting familiar people
Where all the proud and elite folks meet
Referring to a place where prestigious individuals gather
Heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street
Describing Basin Street as an idyllic place
Basin Street is the street
Identifying Basin Street as a meeting place
Where the best folks always meet
Highlighting it as a place for esteemed individuals
In New Orleans, land of dreams
Emphasizing New Orleans as a place of aspirations
You'll never know how nice it seems,
Expressing the beauty of Basin Street
Or just how much it really means
Indicating the depth of emotional attachment to the place
Glad to be, oh yes-sirree
Expressing happiness about being there
Where welcome's free and dear to me
Valuing the warm reception
Where I can lose, lose my Basin Street Blues
Expressing the desire to forget troubles
Basin Street, oh Basin Street
Repetition of the significance of Basin Street
Is the street, mama
Reiteration of the street's importance
New Orleans, land of dreams
Reaffirmation of New Orleans as an ideal place
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