[Intro]
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(Verse 1)
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I slept last night in a good hotel
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I went shopping today for jewels
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The wind rushed around in the dirty town
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And the children let out from the schools
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I was standing on a noisy corner
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Waiting for the walking green
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Across the street he stood and he played real good
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On his clarinet for free

(Verse 2)
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Now me I play for fortunes
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And those velvet curtain calls
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I got a black limousine and two gentlemen
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Who escort me through these halls
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But I’ll play if you got the money
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Or if you’re a friend to me
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The one man band by the quick lunch stand
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He was playing real good for free

(Verse 3)
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Nobody stopped to hеar him
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Though he played so sweet and high
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They knеw he had never been on their TV
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So they passed his music by
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I meant to go over and ask for a song
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Maybe put on a harmony
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I heard his refrain as the signal changed
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He was playing real good for free