Beale Street Blues(06-25-41)-Lena Horne

[ti:Beale Street Blues] [ar:Lena Horne] [al:Lower Basin Street] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Beale Street Blues(06-25-41) - Lena Horne [00:17.88]I've seen the lights of gay Broadway [00:22.86] [00:26.35]Old Market Street down by the Frisco Bay [00:31.37] [00:33.55]I've strolled the Prado [00:35.74] [00:36.81]I've gambled on the Bourse [00:39.80] [00:43.18]The seven wonders of the world I've seen [00:48.33] [00:51.65]And many are the places I have been [00:57.27] [00:58.85]Take my advice folks [01:01.31] [01:01.98]And see Beale Street first [01:04.87] [01:07.14]You'll see pretty browns in beautiful gowns [01:11.87]You'll see tailor-mades and hand-me-downs [01:15.91]You'll meet honest men [01:17.42] [01:17.94]And pick-pockets skilled [01:19.89]You'll find that business never [01:21.34]Ceases 'til somebody gets killed [01:23.40] [01:24.01]If Beale Street could talk if Beale Street could talk [01:28.10]Married men would have to take their beds and walk [01:32.42]Except one or two who never drink booze [01:36.56]And the blind man on the corner singing [01:38.80]Beale Street Blues [01:40.33] [01:57.60]I'd rather be there than any place I know [02:04.85] [02:05.70]I'd rather be there than any place I know [02:13.22] [02:14.77]It's gonna take a sergeant for to make me go [02:21.41] [02:23.45]I'm goin' to the river maybe by and by [02:30.34] [02:31.03]Yes I'm goin' to the river [02:34.39]Maybe by and by [02:38.66] [02:40.31]Because the river's wet [02:42.47]And Beale Street's done gone dry