As I was walkin down rubadub square
  Not a chill to the window a little 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 could tell 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 tie-dyed dress , she was a psychedelic mess
  We toured to the north, south, east and west
  We sold some mushroom tea,
  Sold some ecstasy,
  Sold nitrus, opium, acid, heroin and PCP
  Now I hear the police coming after me
  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 bye.