Basin Street Blues
The Dr. John
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Basin Street is the street
Where all them characters from the First Precinct meet
In New Orleans, city of a million dreams
And you'll never know how nice it seems
When you way down south in New Orleans
And you be huggin' and a-kissin'
That's what I've been missin'
Hear all that good music, Lord, if you just listen
Yeah, New Orleans is true
And that's why I got these Basin Street blues
I'm tellin' you Basin Street, that's the street
Where all the ghosts from Storyville and the St. Louis Cemetery meet
In New Orleans, land of a million dreams
You'll never beat them rice and beans
Way down south in New Orleans
Basin Street, that's the street
Yeah, where everybody sooner or later gon' meet
New Orleans, yes it's true
I got those Basin Street blues
Ain't you glad you went with me
On down that Mississippi?
We took a boat to the land of dreams
Heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street
Now ain't you glad you went with me
Straight on down that Mississippi?
We took a boat to the land of dreams
In heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street