Scarlet Begonias

As I was walkin’ down Grosvenor Square      Not a chill to the winter but a nip to the air   From the other direction she was calling my eye   Could be an illusion but I might as well try might as well try.   She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes   And I knew without askin’ she was into the blues.   She wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curls   I knew right away she was not like other girls other girls.   In the heat of the evening when the dealin’ got rough   She was too pat to open and too cool to bluff.   As I picked up my matches and was closin’ the door   I had one of those flashes I’d been there before been there before.   Well I ain’t often right but I’ve never been wrong   Seldom turns out the way it does in the song.   Once in a while you get shown the light   In the strangest of places if you look at it right.                Well there ain’t nothin’ wrong with the way she moves   All scarlet begonias or a touch of the blues.   And there’s nothing wrong with the look that’s in her eyes   I had to learn the hard way to let her pass by let her pass by.   The wind in the willow’s playing "Tea for Two"   The sky was yellow and the sun was blue   Strangers stopping strangers just to shake their hand   Everybody’s playing in the heart of gold band heart of gold band.