Scarlet Begonias Song Lyrics
As I was walkin’ ’round Grosvenor SquareNot a chill to the Winter but a nip to the airFrom the other direction, she was calling my eyeIt could be an illusion, but I might as well try, might as well try
She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoesAnd I knew, without askin’, she was into the bluesShe wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curlsI knew right away she was not like other girls, other girls
In the thick of the evening, when the dealing got roughShe was too pat to open and too cool to bluffAs I picked up my matches and was closing the doorI had one of those flashes, I’d been there before, I’d been there before
Well, I ain’t always right, but I’ve never been wrongSeldom turns out the way it does in a songOnce in a while, you get shown the lightIn the strangest of places if you look at it right
Well, there ain’t nothing wrong with the way she movesOr scarlet begonias or a touch of the bluesAnd there’s nothing wrong with the look that’s in her eyesI had to learn the hard way to let her pass by, let her pass by
Wind in the willow’s playin’ “Tea For Two”The sky was yellow, and the Sun was blueStrangers stoppin’ strangers, just to shake their handEverybody’s playing in the heart of gold band, heart of gold band