Buffy Sainte-Marie - For Free lyrics

I slept last night in The Fairmont hotel I went shoppin' today for j**els Wind rushed around in the dirty town And the children let out from the schools I was standin' on a noisy corner I was waitin' for the walkin' 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 got a black limousine and sixteen gentlemen Escorting me to these halls And I play if you have the money Or if you're some kind of friend to me But the one man band by the quick lunch stand He was playin' real good for free Nobody stopped to hear him Though he played so sweet and high They knew he had never been on their TV So they pa**ed his good music by I meant to go over to him and ask for a song Maybe put on some kind of harmony I heard his refrain as that signal changed He was playing real good and for free