[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