Released on the album "Traffic" in 1968 on Island Records.
Words and music by Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi.
Intro: Bb D
D7
I bought a sequined suit from a pearly queen
D7
And she could drink more wine than I'd ever seen
D7
She had some gypsies' blood flowing through her feet
D7 C
And when the time was right she said that I would meet
C
My destiny
I traveled round the world to find the sun
I couldn't stop myself from having fun
And then one day I met an Indian girl
And she made me forget this troubled world
We're living in
I had a strange dream. In my hair
I saw a pearly queen lying there
And all around her feet flowers bloomed
But they were made of silk and sequins two by two
(repeat verses 1 & 2)