Real Good For Free) Lyrics - Mitchell Joni

I slept last night in a good hotel 

I went shopping today for jewels 

The wind rushed around in 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 clarinet, for free. 

Now me I play for fortune 

And those velvet curtain calls 

I've got a black limousine 

And two gentlemen 

Escorting me to the halls 

And I play if you have the money 

Or if you're 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 their T.V. 

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 playing real good, for free.