Scarlet Begonias Lyrics

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ASPEN— When I began discovering the Grateful Dead, lo these many years ago, what didn't captivate me first was the pot or the hippie gathering that was a Dead show or the charisma of Jerry Garcia or the never-heard-anything-like-it improvised jams. It was the songs. For a few years before I witnessed my first Dead concert (March 9, 1981, Madison Square Garden), I was listening to the music on studio albums, official live releases and the few bootleg concerts on cassette tapes I could get my hands on. The studio work was not considered the ideal way to experience the Dead, the live albums were strong but limited in scope, the bootlegs were of marginal quality. Still, the songs came to life. Each new one discovered wasn't like hearing a new song; it was like being led into a new world, each one with its own color, shape, and rules (or lack of same). God, was it thrilling, mysterious and unique. “Ramble on Rose” — who were these characters, Mojo Hand and Billy Sunday and Crazy Otto? “Playing in the Band” — why couldn't I tap my foot to that rhythm? “Brokedown Palace” — how could three verses about a river stir up so much emotion and bring to mind so many parts of my life? Garcia (Aug. 1, 1942 — Aug. 9, 1995) is gone; those songs endure. (Oh, how they endure. Musicians can't help themselves from covering those songs. Among the artists who have released covers of Dead songs are the Decemberists, Los Lobos, Jesse McReynolds, Bruce Hornsby, the Black Crowes and Sublime — and that's all within the last year.) • “Touch of Grey”: A lot of Deadheads, no doubt, curse the very existence of this song, which put the Grateful Dead on MTV, of all places, and was among the factors that led to massive crowds, headaches and pressure, and, indirectly, Garcia's death. But the song is anthemic and rocking, with a cleverly balanced play on the nature of optimism, both subverting (“Every silver lining's got a touch of grey”) and proclaiming it (”We will get by”). Not that this counts for much, but the music video is really good. • “Sugaree”: I include this on the supposition that it was the favorite song of Garcia himself. It was a staple of the Dead's repertoire forever — and of the Jerry Garcia Band's as well.

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From the album From The Mars Hotel

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 always 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,

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 playing in the heart of gold band, heart of gold band.

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