[Verse 1] I was nothing but a city boy My trumpet was my only toy I've been blowing my horn Since I knew I was born But there isn't nobody wants to know [Chorus] I've been Sleeping on the sidewalk Rollin' down the road I may get hungry But I sure don't want to go home [Verse 2] So round the corner comes a limousine And the biggest grin I've ever seen Come on sonny won't you sign Right along the dotted line What you saying Are you playing Sure you don't mean me? [Chorus] [Verse 3] They took me to a room without a table They said blow your trumpet into here I played around as well as I was able
And soon we had the record of the year I was a legend all through the land I was blowing to a million fans Nothing' was a-missing All the people want to listen You'd have thought I was a happy man [Chorus] And I was Sleeping like a princess Never touch the road I don't get hungry And I sure don't want to go home (have to have some fun. . .) [Verse 4] Now they tell me that I isn't so fashionable An' I owe the man a million bucks a year So I told them where to stick the fancy label It's just me and the road from here Back to playing and laying I'm back on the game Sleeping on the sidewalk