Scarlet Begonias Jimmy Buffett

[Verse 1]
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

[Verse 2]
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

[Verse 3]
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

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

[Verse 4]
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