[Intro]
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(Verse 1)
            
I slept last n

         
ight in a good

 hotel
            
I went shoppin

           
g today for je

  
wels
             
The wind rushe

            
d around in th

  
e dirty town
            
And the childr

             
en let out fro

         
m the schools
            
I was standing

         
 on a noisy co

rner
             
Waiting for th

           
e walking gree

  
n
             
Across the str

            
eet he stood a

      
nd he played r

eal good
           
On his clarine

            
t for free


(Verse 2)
           
Now me I play 

    
for fortunes
            
And those velv

           
et curtain cal

 
ls
             
I got a black 

            
limousine and 


two gentlemen
            
Who escort me 

             
through these 

   
halls
            
But I'll play 

       
if you got the

 money
             
Or if you're a

              
 friend to me
           
The one man ba

          
nd by the quic

k lunch stand
            
He was playing

             
 real good for

       
 free


(Verse 3)
           
Nobody stopped

    
 to hеar him
            
Though he play

             
ed so sweet an

    
d high
             
They knеw he h

       
ad never been 

on their TV
            
So they passed

            
 his music by
            
I meant to go 

         
over and ask f

or a song
             
Maybe put on a

         
 harmony
             
I heard his re

           
frain as the s


ignal changed
            
He was playing

             
 real good for

         
 free