For Free

[00:26.52] I slept last night in a good hotel

[00:32.90] I went shopping today for jewels

[00:44.06] The wind rushed around in the dirty town

[00:50.43] And the children let out from their schools

[01:01.34] I was standing on a noisy corner

[01:08.51] Waiting for the walking green

[01:18.08] Across the street he stood

[01:20.20] And he played real good

[01:23.65] On his clarinet for free

[01:40.92] Now me I play for fortunes

[01:45.44] And those velvet curtain calls

[01:56.33] I got a black Limousine and two gentlemen

[02:02.97] Who escort me through these halls

[02:13.87] And I'll play if you've got the money

[02:20.81] Or if you're a friend to me

[02:30.64] But the one man band

[02:33.29] By the quick lunch stand

[02:35.95] He's been playing real good for free

[02:52.95] Nobody stopped to hear him

[02:57.73] Though he played so sweet and high

[03:09.42] They knew he had never been on their TV

[03:15.52] So they passed his music by

[03:26.70] I meant to go over and ask for a song

[03:33.07] Maybe put on a harmony

[03:43.44] I heard his refrain

[03:45.82] As the signal changed

[03:48.74] He was playing real good for free