[00:15.70] I slept last night in a good hotel
[00:22.37] I went shopping today for jewels
[00:30.14]
[00:33.96] The wind rushed around in the dirty town
[00:40.27] And the children let out from the schools
[00:47.81]
[00:51.67] I was standing on a noisy corner
[00:58.83] Waiting for the walking green
[01:09.30] Across the street he stood and he played real good
[01:14.73] On his clarinet, for free
[01:27.48]
[01:31.10] Now me, I play for fortunes
[01:37.82] And those velvet curtain calls
[01:46.04]
[01:48.93] I've got a black limousine and two gentlemen
[01:55.94] Escorting me to the halls
[02:04.65]
[02:07.04] And I play if you have the money
[02:13.81] Or if you're a friend to me
[02:24.26] But the one man band by the quick lunch stand
[02:29.98] He was playing real good, for free
[02:39.74]
[02:48.16] Nobody stopped to hear him
[02:54.29] Though he played so sweet and high
[03:02.74]
[03:05.77] They knew he had never been on their TV
[03:11.95] So they passed his music by
[03:20.85]
[03:23.68] I meant to go over and ask for a song
[03:29.94] Maybe put on a harmony
[03:41.02] I heard his refrain as the signal changed
[03:46.22] He was playing real good, for free
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