Scarlet Begonias

As I was walkin' 'round Grosvenor Square

Not a chill to the winter, but a nip to the air

From the other direction, she was calling my eye

It 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 thick of the evenin' 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 before

Been there before

Well, I 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 nothin' wrong with the way she moves

Or scarlet begonias or a touch of the blues

And there's nothin' 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 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 band

The heart of hold band