Basin Street Blues
Journey to Dreams: Exploring the Soulful Tale of Basin Street Blues
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
Plan to travel by boat to a dreamlike destination
Steam down the river, down to New Orleans
Describing the journey down the river to New Orleans
The band's there to meet us
Anticipation of a welcoming reception by a musical band
Old friends there to greet us
Expectation of meeting old friends
Where all the proud and elite folks meet
Reference to a social gathering place for the proud and elite
Heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street
Describing Basin Street as a heavenly place on earth
Basin Street is the street
Identification of Basin Street as the central location
Where the best folks always meet
Emphasizing it as a meeting place for the best people
In New Orleans, land of dreams
Recognition of New Orleans as a dreamland
You'll never know how nice it seems,
Expressing the inability to fully convey the beauty of Basin Street
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 in that place
Where welcome's free and dear to me
Emphasizing the warmth of the welcome
Where I can lose, lose my Basin Street Blues
Indicating the possibility of forgetting the blues on Basin Street
Basin Street, oh Basin Street
Reiteration of Basin Street as a central location
Is the street, mama
Highlighting the significance of Basin Street in New Orleans
New Orleans, land of dreams
Confirming New Orleans as a dreamlike destination
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