text: I slept last night in a good hotel
  I went shopping today for jewels
  The wind rushed around this dirty town
  The children let out from their schools
  I was standing on a noisy corner
  Waiting for the walking green
  Across the street he stood
  And he played real good
  And he was playin real good for free
  Me I play for fortunes
  And these velvet curtain calls
  I got a black limousine and the finest ladies
  Escorting me to these 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 rеal good for free
  And nobody, nobody stopped to hear him
  Though he playеd so sweet and so high
  They knew he had never been on the TV screen
  So they passed his music by
  I meant to go over and ask for a song
  Maybe put on a harmony
  I still hear his refrain as the signal changed
  He was just playin real good for free