00:07You'll see pretty frowns in beautiful gowns. You'll see tailor-maids in hand-me-downs.
00:18You'll meet honest men and pickpocket skilled. You know that business never closes till somebody gets killed.
00:27If Beale Street could talk, if Beale Street could talk, married men would have to pack their bags and walk,
00:39except one or two who never drink booze.
00:44And the blind man on the corner who sings these Beale Street blues, he says, I'd rather be there than
00:54any place I know.
00:58Yes, I'd rather be there than any place I know.
01:10It's gonna take the sergeant for to make me go.
01:20I'm gone to the river, maybe by and by.
01:29Yes, I'm gone to the river, and here's the reason why.
01:41Cause the river's wet, and Beale Street's done gone dry.
01:51The river's wet, and here's the reason why.
01:53The river's wet, and here's the sea, I'd rather be there than any place I know.
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