Scarlet Begonias

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As I was walkin' down Grosvenor 
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Square,

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

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From the other direction she 
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was calling my eye,

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Could be an illusion but I 
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might as well try, might as well 
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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,
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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.

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Well I ain't often right but I've 
never been wrong,

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Seldom turns out the way it does 
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in the song.

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Once in a while you get shown the 
light

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In the strangest of places if you 
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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.