[00:13.255] You'll see pretty browns in beautiful gowns
[00:19.498] You'll see tailor-mades and hand-me-downs
[00:25.670] You'll meet honest men and pick-pockets skilled
[00:31.829] You'll find that business never closes
[00:35.264] Till somebody gets killed
[00:38.432] If Beale Street could talk if Beale Street could talk
[00:45.135] Married men would have to take their beds and walk
[00:51.439] Except one or two who never drink booze
[00:57.597] And the blind man on the corner
[01:01.276] Who sings the Beale Street Blues
[01:04.001] He said "I'd rather be there than anyplace I know
[01:15.441] Yes I'd rather be here than anyplace I know
[01:29.702] It's gonna take the Sergeant for to make me go"
[01:43.111] I'm goin' to the river maybe by and by
[01:54.283] Yes I'm goin' to the river and there's a reason why
[02:08.178] Because the river's wet and Beale Street's done gone dry