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(As I was walkin' 'round Grosvenor Square)

As I was walkin' 'round Grosvenor Square

(Not a chill to the winter but a nip to the air,)

Not a chill to the winter but a nip to the air,

(From the other direction, she was calling my eye,)

From the other direction, she was calling my eye,

(It could be an illusion, but I might as well try, might as well try.)

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.)

She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes.

(And I knew without askin' she was into the blues.)

And I knew without askin' she was into the blues.

(She wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curls,)

She wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curls,

(I knew right away she was not like other girls, other girls.)

I knew right away she was not like other girls, other girls.

(In the thick of the evening when the dealing got rough,)

In the thick of the evening when the dealing got rough,

(She was too pat to open and too cool to bluff.)

She was too pat to open and too cool to bluff.

(As I picked up my matches and was closing the door,)

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.)

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.)

Well, I ain't always right but I've never been wrong.

(Seldom turns out the way it does in a song.)

Seldom turns out the way it does in a song.

(Once in a while you get shown the light)

Once in a while you get shown the light

(In the strangest of places if you look at it right.)

In the strangest of places if you look at it right.

(Well there ain't nothing wrong with the way she moves,)

Well there ain't nothing wrong with the way she moves,

(Scarlet begonias or a touch of the blues.)

Scarlet begonias or a touch of the blues.

(And there's nothing wrong with the look that's in her eyes,)

And there's nothing wrong with the look that's in her eyes,

(Wind in the willow's playin' "Tea for Two";)

Wind in the willow's playin' "Tea for Two";

(The sky was yellow and the sun was blue,)

The sky was yellow and the sun was blue,

(Strangers stoppin' strangers just to shake their hand,)

Strangers stoppin' strangers just to shake their hand,

(Everybody's playing in the heart of gold band, heart of gold band.)

Everybody's playing in the heart of gold band, heart of gold band.

(Look for a while at the China Cat sunflower,)

Look for a while at the China Cat sunflower,

(Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun.)

Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun.

(Copperdome bodhi drip a silver kimono,)

Copperdome bodhi drip a silver kimono,

(Like a crazy quilt stargown through a dream night wind.)

Like a crazy quilt stargown through a dream night wind.

(Crazy cat peekin' through a lace bandanna,)

Crazy cat peekin' through a lace bandanna,

(Like a one-eyed Cheshire, like a diamond-eye jack.)

Like a one-eyed Cheshire, like a diamond-eye jack.

(A leaf of all colors plays a golden-string fiddle,)

A leaf of all colors plays a golden-string fiddle,

(To a double-E waterfall over my back.)

To a double-E waterfall over my back.

(Comic book colors on a violin river Cryin' Leonardo,)

Comic book colors on a violin river Cryin' Leonardo,

(Words from out a silk trombone.)

Words from out a silk trombone.

(I rang a silent bell, beneath a shower of pearls,)

I rang a silent bell, beneath a shower of pearls,

(In the eagle-winged palace of the Queen Chinee.)

In the eagle-winged palace of the Queen Chinee.

(Look for a while at the China Cat sunflower,)

Look for a while at the China Cat sunflower,

(Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun.)

Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun.

(Copperdome bodhi drip a silver kimono,)

Copperdome bodhi drip a silver kimono,

(Like a crazy quilt stargown through a dream night wind.)

Like a crazy quilt stargown through a dream night wind.

(Crazy cat peekin' through a lace bandanna,)

Crazy cat peekin' through a lace bandanna,

(Like a one-eyed Cheshire, like a diamond-eye jack.)

Like a one-eyed Cheshire, like a diamond-eye jack.

(A leaf of all colors plays a golden-string fiddle,)

A leaf of all colors plays a golden-string fiddle,

(To a double-E waterfall over my back.)

To a double-E waterfall over my back.

(Comic book colors on a violin river Cryin' Leonardo,)

Comic book colors on a violin river Cryin' Leonardo,

(Words from out a silk trombone.)

Words from out a silk trombone.

(I rang a silent bell, beneath a shower of pearls,)

I rang a silent bell, beneath a shower of pearls,

(In the eagle-winged palace of the Queen Chinee.)

In the eagle-winged palace of the Queen Chinee.