Intro: Won't you come along with me Down that Mississippi We'll take a boat to the land of dreams Steam down the river down to New Orleans The band's there to greet us Old friends will meet us, Where all people like to meet Heaven on earth, they call it Basin Street 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, yessiree Where welcomes free, dear to me Where I can lose my Basin Street Blues