Songtexte Beale Street Blues - Eartha Kitt feat. Shorty Rogers

If Beale Street could talk
If 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

You'll see pretty browns in beautiful gowns
You'll see tailor-mades and hand-me-downs
You'll meet honest men and pickpockets skilled
You'll find that business never closes
Till somebody gets killed

I'd rather be here than anyplace I know
I'd rather be here than anyplace I know
It's gonna take the Sergeant's fall to make me go
Goin' to the river, maybe by and by
Goin' to the river, babe, and there's a reason why
Because the river's wet and Beale Street done gone dry

If Beale Street could talk
If 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 anyplace I know
I'd rather be here than anyplace I know
It's gonna take the Sergeant's fall to make me go
Goin' to the river, maybe by and by
Yes, I'm goin' to the river, and there's a reason why
Because the river's wet, Beale Street done gone dry