| The lyric of Scarlet Begonias, Jimmy Buffett's song (Robert Hunter) Originally by Grateful Dead As I was walkin round grosvenor square Not a chill to the winter but a nip to the air From the other directionshe was calling my eye It could be an illusionbut I might as well trymight 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 girlsother girls In the thick of the evening when the dealing got rough She was too pat to open and too cool to bluff As I picked up my matches and was closing the door I had one of those flashes I d been there beforebeen there before WellI ain t always right but I ve never been wrong Seldom turns out the way it does in a 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 nothing wrong with the way she moves 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 bylet her pass by Wind in the willow s playin "Tea for Two" The sky was yellow and the sun was blue Strangers stoppin strangers just to shake their hand Everybody s playing in the heart of gold bandheart of gold band
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