text: I slept last night in a good hotel
  I went shopping today for jewels
  The wind rushed around the dirty town
  And the children let out from their schools
  I was standing on a noisy corner
  I was waiting for the walking green
  Across the street he stood
  And he played real good
  He was playin real good for free
  Me I play for fortunes
  And those velvet curtain calls
  I got a black limousine and about thirty-seven criminal
  Escorting me to this halls
  And Ill play if you have some money
  Or if youre a friend to me
  But that one-man band by the quick lunch stand
  He was just playin real good for free
  Nobody, I say nobody, nobody stopped to hear him
  Though he played so sweet and high
  They knew they had never seen him on their TV screen
  So they passed his music by
  Me I meant to go over ask for a song
  Maybe put on a harmony
  I heard his refrain as the signals changed
  He was still playin real good for free