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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 the 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 clairinet for free

 Now me I play for fortune

 And those velvet curtain calls

 I've got a black limousine and two ladies

 Escorting me to the halls

 And I'll play If you have the money

 Or if you're a friend to me-ee-ee

But the one man band by the quick lunch stand

 He was playing real good for free

 Well Nobody stopped to hear him

 Though he played so sweet and high

 And they knew he had never been on their TV screen

 So they passed his music by

 Well 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

>From The Byrds 1973 Asylum Records

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