Scarlet Begonias Lyrics - 40 Oz. To Freedom - Sublime

As I was walkin' down rub-a-dub square 

Not a chill to the window but a little to the air 

From another 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, 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 

It was the summer of love and I thank the stars above 

Because the women took a lovin' over me 

And just to gain her trust, I bought a microbus 

Because I sold off all my personal property 

A tie-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 nitrous, opium, acid, heroin and PCP 

And 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 pass by, let her pass by 

Oh just let her pass by