As I was walking round Grosvenor Square

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

From the other direction she was calling my eye (note 1)

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

Other girls



In the thick of the evening when the dealing got rough (note 2)

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 had been there before

Been there before



Well I ain't often right but I've never been wrong

It seldom turns out the way it does in the 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 (note 3) (note 4)

I had to learn the hard way to let her pass by

Let her pass by



The wind in the willows playing Tea for Two (note 5)

The sky was yellow and the sun was blue

Strangers stopping strangers just to shake their hand

Everybody is playing in the heart of gold band

Heart of gold band



Notes

(1) Jerry occasionally sang "From the other direction, I was calling her eye"

(2) it often sounds as if Jerry sang "In the heat of the evening when the dealer got rough"

(3) Jerry normally sang sings "the look that's in her eyes", though the original Hunter lyrics are "the love that's in her eye" - and that's what Hunter sings when he does it in concert.

(4) Jerry at least once sang "And there's nothing wrong with the way she caught my eye"

(5) there are a few minor differences between Garcia's and Hunter's version of the lyrics to this verse. Hunter has "... played Tea for Two" rather than "playing"; he also has "Strangers stop strangers" rather then "stopping".



Sublime recorded this on "40oz To Freedom", with an additional passage inserted in the middle. Thanks to James McCann for help with the transcription.

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

Because the woman took a-lovin' over me

And just to gain her trust, I bought a microbus

Because I sold up all 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 ecstacy

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 ...

Grateful Dead Recordings

     	Date	 	Album

     	Studio 1974	 	From The Mars Hotel

     	23 Mar 1974	 	Dick's Picks Vol 24

     	28 Jun 1974	 	Dick's Picks Vol 12

     	31 Jul 1974	 	Dave's Picks Volume 2

     	 5 Aug 1974	 	Dick's Picks Vol 31

     	 6 Aug 1974	 	Dick's Picks Vol 31

     	 9 Sep 1974	 	Dick's Picks Vol 7

     	 Oct 1974	 	Grateful Dead Movie (DVD and CD)

     	16 Oct 1974	 	From The Mars Hotel   (note a)

     	 9 Jun 1976	 	Road Trips Volume 4, Number 5

     	21 Jun 1976	 	Download Series Vol 4

     	25 Sep 1976	 	Dick's Picks Vol 20

     	30 Sep 1976	 	Live At The Cow Palace (note b)

     	 9 Oct 1976	 	Dick's Picks Vol 33

     	31 Dec 1976	 	Live At The Cow Palace

     	29 Apr 1977	 	Download Series Vol 1

     	30 Apr 1977	 	Download Series Vol 1

     	21 May 1977	 	Dick's Picks Vol 29

     	25 May 1977	 	Dave's Picks Volume 1

     	 7 Jun 1977	 	Winterland June 1977 - The Complete Recordings

     	16 Oct 1977	 	Road Trips Volume 1, Number 2

     	31 Dec 1977	 	New Year's Eve At The Winterland

     	 5 Feb 1978	 	Dick's Picks Vol 18

     	11 May 1978	 	Dick's Picks Vol 25

     	22 Oct 1978	 	Road Trips Volume 1, Number 4 ("From Egypt With Love")

     	31 Dec 1978	 	The Closing Of Winterland (DVD & CD)

     	 1 Nov 1979	 	Dick's Picks Vol 13

     	30 Dec 1979	 	Road Trips Vol 3, No 1 (bonus disc)

     	14 Oct 1983	 	Dick's Picks Vol 6

     	27 Dec 1983	 	Grateful Dead Scrapbook (DVD) (note c)

     	24 Jul 1987	 	View From The Vault IV (DVD & CD soundtrack)

     	27 Mar 1988	 	Download Series Vol 5

     	31 Mar 1988	 	Road Trips Volume 4, Number 2

     	 7 Jul 1989	 	Crimson, White and Indigo (DVD & CD)

     	16 Mar 1990	 	Spring 1990

     	22 Mar 1990	 	So Many Roads (1965-1995) (note e)

     	19 Jun 1991	 	Download Series Vol 11



 Recordings from  Tapers Section



 "The Dead" Concert Recordings

 

Phil Lesh and Friends Recordings

     	18 May 2006	 	Live At The Warfield



 Phil Lesh and Friends Digital Download Series

 

Dead-related Recordings

     	Date	 	Album	 	Recorded By

     	10 Jul 1980	 	The Ghosts Playing In The Heart Of Gold Band	 	Heart Of Gold Band (note d)

     	1990	 	Box Of Rain	 	Robert Hunter



 Ratdoglive CDs and downloads



 Furthur Digital Downloads and CDs

 

Tribute Albums

     	            Date	 	Album	 	Recorded By

     	1997	 	Pickin' On The Grateful Dead	 	David West et al

     	1998	 	Blue Light Rain	 	Jazz Is Dead

     	1999	 	Swingin' To The Grateful Dead	 	Steve Marsh et al

     	2002	 	Elecronic Tribute To The Grateful Dead	 	Various (Jun Jun Clinic)

     	2002	 	Buckdancer's Choice	 	Wake The Dead

     	2003	 	Grateful Guitar	 	David Cullen

     	2005	 	Jerry Jams, Jerry Cares	 	Caren Kennedy

 

Covers By Other Artists

     	Date	 	Album	 	Recorded By

     	1992	 	40oz To Freedom	 	Sublime

     	1995	 	Step On It	 	Best Of The Ska Parade Radio Show

     	2000	 	Over The Edge	 	Professor Louie and The Crowmatix

     	2004	 	Licence To Chill	 	Jimmy Buffet

     	2005	 	Live At Fenway Park	 	Jimmy Buffet (DVD)

     	2005	 	Live At Wrigley Field	 	Jimmy Buffet (DVD)

     	2005	 	The Jason Sinay Band	 	The Jason Sinay Band

     	2006	 	Jewish Pirate	 	Steve Liberman The Gangsta Rabbi

     	 8 Feb 2006	 	Live At The Fillmore	 	Grateful Grass

     	2007	 	Boston Jam Party Vol 1	 	Various Artists

Notes

(a) issued as a bonus track on the version in the box set Beyond Description (1973-1990)

(b) on bonus disc Spirit Of '76 issued with advance orders from GDStore

(c) DVD included with deluxe edition of the Scrapbook

(d) also on the compilations Double Dose and Heart Of Gold Band

(e) also on the box set Spring 1990







Futher Information

For an online discussion of the lyrics to this song see the deadsongs.vue conference on The Well.

For more information on recordings see Matt Schofield's Grateful Dead Family Discography

For information on references in the lyrics see David Dodd's Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics

For online chords and TAB see www. 

For sheet music, see:

          Grateful Dead Anthology Volume 1 (piano arrangement)

          Grateful Dead Songbook Volume 2 (piano arrangement)

          Garcia/Hunter Songbook (vocal line and chords/TAB)