Sublime - Scarlet Begonias lyrics

[Originally by the Grateful Dead] As I was walking down rubadub square Not a chill to the weather but a nip to the air From another direction she was caught in 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 Well I ain't never been right as I ain't never been wrong As everything works out the way it does in this song 'Cause once in a while you get shown in the light In the strangest of places if you look at it right [rap] It was the summer of love and I thank the stars above Because the women took the lovin' over me And just to gain her trust, I bought a microbus Because I sold off my personal property A tight tie-dyed dress, she was a psychedelic mess We toured to the north, south, east and west We sold some mushroom tea, We sold some ecstasy, We sold nitrus, opium, acid, h**n and PCP Now I hear the police coming after me Yes, now I hear the police coming after me The one scarlet with the flowers in her hair, She's got the police coming after me Well there ain't nothing wrong with the way she moves All scarlet begonias and a touch of the blues And there ain't nothin wrong with the love that's in her eyes I had to learn the hard way just to let her pa** by. let her pa** by. Oh just to let her pa** by.