[00:11.22]I slept last night in a good hotel
[00:14.88]
[00:16.21]I went shopping today for jewels
[00:23.81]
[00:25.95]The wind rushed around in the dirty town
[00:29.59]
[00:31.09]And the children let out from the schools
[00:37.64]
[00:39.30]I was standing on a noisy corner
[00:44.49]
[00:46.32]Waiting for the walking green
[00:51.24]
[00:57.34]Across the street he stood and he played real good
[01:02.73]On his clarinet for free
[01:09.23]
[01:11.12]Now me I play for fortunes
[01:17.96]And those velvet curtain calls
[01:41.03]
[01:42.57]I got a black limousine and two gentlemen
[01:48.03]
[01:50.68]Escorting me to the halls
[01:55.93]
[01:57.87]And I play if you have the money
[02:02.53]
[02:05.41]Or if you're a friend to me
[02:09.84]
[02:15.38]But the one man band by the quick lunch stand
[02:20.03]
[02:20.89]He was playing real good for free
[02:27.22]
[02:31.61]Nobody stopped to hear him
[02:50.85]
[02:52.81]Though he played so sweet and high
[02:58.31]
[03:02.12]They knew he had never been on their TV
[03:07.34]
[03:09.10]So they passed his music by
[03:14.20]
[03:16.36]I meant to go over and ask for a song
[03:21.69]
[03:22.76]Maybe put on a harmony
[03:28.04]
[03:34.11]I heard his refrain as the signal changed
[03:38.11]
[03:40.69]He was playing real good for free