Beale Street Blues

If Beale Street could talk

Beale Street could talk

Married men would have to

Take their beds and walk



Except one or two

Who never drink booze

And the blind man on the corner

Who sings the Beale Street Blues



I'd rather be here

Than any place I know

I'd rather be here

Than any place I know



It's gonna take the sergeant

For to make me go



Goin' to the river

Maybe by and by

Goin' to the river

And there's a reason why



Because the river's wet

And Beale Street's done gone dry



Goin' to the river

Maybe by and by

Goin' to the river

And there's a reason why



Because the river's wet

And Beale Street's done gone dry



Because the river's wet

And Beale Street's done gone dry



Because the river's wet

And Beale Street's done gone dry