Scarlet Begonias (Alternate Mix)

As I was walking '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 asking

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 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 before

Been there before

Well, I ain't often right

But I've never been wrong

It 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 nothing wrong

With the way she moves

Or scarlet begonias

Or a touch of the blues

And there's nothing wrong

With the look that's in her eye

I had to learn the hard way

To let her pass by

Let her pass by

The wind in the willows played 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