Basin street, Basin street
that´s the place where my friends all meet
down in New Orleans
in that land of dreams
and you don´t know how nice it seems

it´s dear to me, yes sir-ee
and that´s the place I am so longing to be
where I can lose, these old Basin Street Blues
no-o-o

Basin Street, my Basin Street
where the young and the old folk meet
down in New Orleans
in that land of dreams
you don´t know how nice it really seems

but it´s dear to me, yes-sir-ee
and that´s the place I am so longing to be
where maybe I can lose,
these old Basin Street Blues
Oh man I´m talking about

Basin Street, Basin Street
where the folk who know what´s happening meet
down in New Orleans
in the land of dreams
and you don´t know how nice it seems
just how much it really means

dear to me, yes-sir-ee
it´s dear to me, yes-sir-ee
can´t you see
why I wanna lose these old Basin Street Blues
I wanna go where I can lose
these old Basin Street Blues