Oroboros covers the song in their live performances.I had to learn the hard way just to let her pass by. Well there ain't nothing wrong with the way she movesĪll scarlet begonias and a touch of the bluesĪnd there ain't nothin wrong with the love that's in her eyes The one scarlet with the flowers in her hair,
Yes now I hear the police coming after me We sold nitrous, opium, acid, heroin and PCPĪnd now I hear the police coming after me We toured to the north, south, east and west It was the summer of love and I thank the stars aboveĪnd just to gain her trust, I bought a microbusīecause I sold off all my personal propertyĪ tie-tie-dyed dress, she was a psychedelic mess In the strangest of places if you look at it right Well I ain't never been right as I ain't never been wrongĪs everything works out the way it does in this songĬause once in a while you get shown in the light I knew right away she was not like other girls.like other girls She wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curls
She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoesĪnd I knew without asking she was into the blues It could be an illusion, but I might as well try Not a chill to the window but a little to the airįrom another direction she was calling my eye The lyrics from Sublime's version: As I was walkin down rubadub square If you really like this song (and I'm sure you do) You should listen to the cover of it from a band called Sublime, they do (in my opinion)the greatest version of it. Kallisti! notification of a cover from a reader: Date: Fri, 06 Oct 95 15:20:15 -0700 Gettin' old with her, my Scarlet BegoniasĪs I said, just thought I'd throw it out there. I gazed into the future, could be all right, gettin' old with her, She must have been (Mattie?) but she looked like my wife She had two (white vermillions?) in her snow white hair Of course, he also says he's been married to her for 20 years ("20 years of wedded bliss"), implying 1982 or so, so maybe not, but he certainly*said* it was.Īlso, on 8/4/02, he adds another verse after the last one (the heart of gold band verse), beginning with "As I was walking down Grosvenor Square" (lyrics in parentheses are really hard for me to hear :) On 6/1/02 when Hunter opened for Phil and Friends, he introduces his wife and says he wrote the song for her. I started reading the "too pat to open" discussion for Scarlet Begonias and thought I'd throw this into the mix. Okay, I'll open with the traditional "love the site" that I see so often on the site. This note from a reader regarding some 2002 developments: Subject: Annotated Scarlet Begonias Keith and Donna Godchaux covered the tune on The Ghosts Playing in theHeart of Gold Band. Robert Hunter recorded the song on his Box of Rain album. Two days later, the group began recording From the Mars Hotel, on whichthe song appears. Itappeared in the first set, between "Black Throated Wind" and "Beat It On Down the Line." The show also included the first "Cassidy," as well as the sound test for the famous "wall of sound" system.
The Annotated "Scarlet Begonias" "Everybody's playing in the Heart of Gold Band" The Annotated "Scarlet Begonias"An installment in The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics.ġ997-87 Research Associate, Music Dept., University of California, Santa Cruz
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