Basin Street Blues
Journey to the Heart of New Orleans Dreams: Basin Street Blues Unveiled
Lyrics
Won'tcha come along with me (come along with me)
Invitation to accompany the speaker.
Down to the Mississippi (down to the Mississippi)
Heading to the Mississippi River.
We'll take the boat to the land of dreams
Planning to take a boat to a dreamland.
Steamin' down that river down to the New Orleans
Traveling down the river towards New Orleans.
Now the band's gonna meet us (band's gonna meet us)
Anticipation of a musical band joining.
Lotsa old friends to greed us (old friends to greed us)
Expectation of meeting many old friends.
Now that's with a high and a low brown beat
Reference to a rhythmic beat, both high and low.
With heaven on earth they call the Basin Street yeah
Describing Basin Street as a heavenly place on earth.
Basin Street now that's that street where the elite always meet
Basin Street is an elite meeting place.
New Orleans that land of dreams
New Orleans is portrayed as a dreamland.
Well you'll never know how nice it seems or just how it really means
Expressing the beauty and pleasantness of the place.
Oh I'm glad to be oh yes 'sir-e' where these folks say kinda how you do me
Positive feelings about interactions with people.
And I can lose my Basin Street blues
Hoping to forget the blues on Basin Street.
In that night the piano player woke up ha ha ha
Humorous mention of a piano player waking up.
Yeah I'm glad to be...
Reiterating satisfaction and happiness.
And I even slept on the Bourbon Street after awhile
Recalling spending time on Bourbon Street.
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