Ray Charles — Basin Street Blues

[Verse 1] Why don't you come along with me To the Mississippi? We'll take a boat to the land of dreams And steam down the river, down to New Orleans You know the band's there to meet us Old friends to greet us Where all the light and the dark folk meet A-way down yonder down on Basin Street [Chorus] Let me tell you about that Basin Street Is the street where the elite always meet In New Orleans, land of dreams You'll never know how nice it seems Or just how much it really means Glad to be, yes, siree The welcome's free and dear to me That's why I can't lose These Basin Street blues [Piano solo] [Chorus] Oh, Basin Street Is the street where the elite always meet In New Orleans, land of dreams You'll never know how nice it seems Or just how much it really means I'm glad to be, yes, siree The welcome's free and dear to me That's why I can't lose These Basin Street blues [Outro] Ah, that's why I can't lose These Basin Street blues