New Orleans
Blues Brothers Band/Louisiana Gator Boys Lyrics

I said hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah
The singer is excited and wants to get the audience's attention.

A come on everybody take a trip with me, well Down the Mississippi down to New Orleans
The singer wants everyone to join him on a journey to New Orleans along the Mississippi River.

They got a honeysuckle growing on a honeysuckle vine And love is a blooming there all the time Well every southern belle is a Mississippi queen Down the Mississippi down to New Orleans
New Orleans is a place where the honeysuckle grows and love is in the air. The women are beautiful and treated like queens.

A come on take a stroll down to Basin street Listen to the music with that Dixieland beat Well the magnolia blossoms fill the air Whoa,whoa, and you ain't been to heaven till you been down there
Basin Street is a place to go and listen to the music with a Dixieland beat, surrounded by the sweet smell of magnolia blossoms. It's a heavenly experience that everyone should have.

They got French moss hangin from a big oak tree Get outta here Jimmy Vaughan take it!
There are beautiful trees covered in French moss, and the singer encourages a band member, Jimmy Vaughan, to start playing music.

Come on everybody take a trip with me Down the Mississippi down to New Orleans, yeah, yeah. With a honeysuckle hanging on a honeysuckle vine Well love is blooming there all the time Every southern belle is a Mississippi queen Down the Mississippi down to New Orleans
The song repeats the idea of traveling down the Mississippi to New Orleans, where love is in the air and the women are beautiful.

Come on take a stroll down to Basin street Listen to the music with the dixieland beat, yeah I say, the magnolia blossoms fill the air And you ain't been to heaven if you ain't been there. Honeysuckle hanging from a hollow tree Down in Mississippi down in New Orleans
The song repeats the idea of visiting Basin Street, listening to Dixieland music, and enjoying the magnolia blossoms. If you haven't been there, you haven't experienced heaven. There's even honeysuckle growing on trees.

Well, I said Hey, hey, hey, yeah (Hey, hey, hey, yeah) I said a look out John, hey, yeah, yeah ( I said a look out John hey, yeah, yeah)
The song ends with the singer repeating his energetic opening lines and encouraging John to pay attention.