Ring The Alarm - Live At The Palace/1995

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
 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, heroin 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 pass by.
 let her pass by.
 Oh just to let her pass by.