text: I slept last night in a good hotel
  I went shopping today for jewels
  The wind rushed around the dirty room
  And 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
  On his clarinet, for free
  Now me I play for fortune
  And those velvet curtain calls
  Ive got a black limousine
  And two ladies
  Escorting me to the halls
  And I play if you have the money
  Or if youre a friend to me
  But the one man band
  By the quick lunch stand
  He was playing real good, for free
  Nobody stopped to hear him
  Though he played so sweet and 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 heard his refrain
  As the signal changed
  He was still playing real good, for free