text: I slept last night in a good hotel
  I went shoppin today for jewels
  The wind rushed around in the dirty town
  And the children let out from their school
  I was standin on a noisy corner
  Waitin for the walkin green
  Across the street, he stood
  And he played real good
  On his clarinet for free
  Now me, I play for fortunes
  And those velvet curtain calls
  Ive got a black Limousine and two gentlemen
  Who escort me through these halls
  And Ill play if youve got the money
  Or if youre a friend to me
  But the one-man band by thе quick lunch stand
  Hes been playin real good for free
  Nobody stopped to hеar him
  Though he played so sweet and high
  They knew he had never been on the TV
  So they passed his music by
  I meant to go over and ask for a song
  Maybe put on a harmony
  I heard his refrain as the signal changed
  He was playin real good for free