Grateful Dead - Scarlet Begonias

05/08/77


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 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.
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 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 playin' in the heart of gold band, heart of gold band.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Grateful
• Dead
• Scarlet
• Begonias
• Cornell

[pyromaniarules]

i wonder how many stoned people were scared by that noise at the very beginning?

[nickstaats831]

@Fishdogpigsquirrel how many dicks were in you?

[dave89z]

@dave89z *who isn't high

[dave89z]

Am I the only one high who isn't watching this?

[TheJynxzx]

@pyromaniarules got me lol

[patriots12345678]

@pyromaniarules at least one...me

[Mephisto2913]

@pyromaniarules dude it scared the shit out of me, xD

[MellowChords]

such funky, mellow, chill and awesome music

[ZOSOrulz1]

@pyromaniarules i sure was! lololololololololol

[1704bayourob]

Gotta look at it right...so crispy clear..Thanks great post.

[hobofuture]

@pyromaniarules Scared the shit outta me and I'm not even high.

[Lagomorphuncious]

@pyromaniarules me