For Free-Joni Mitchell

[00:15.84]I slept last night in a good hotel [00:22.41]I went shopping today for jewels [00:34.08]The wind rushed around in the dirty town [00:40.38]And the children let out from the schools [00:51.75]I was standing on a noisy corner [00:58.98]Waiting for the walking green [01:09.54]Across the street he stood and he played real good [01:14.97]On his clarinet, for free [01:31.38]Now me, I play for fortunes [01:38.04]And those velvet curtain calls [01:49.17]I got a black limousine and two gentlemen [01:56.19]Escorting me to the halls [02:07.23]And I play if you have the money [02:14.10]Or if you're a friend to me [02:24.54]But the one man band by the quick lunch stand [02:29.70]He was playing real good, for free [02:48.36]Nobody stopped to hear him [02:54.48]Though he played so sweet and high [03:05.97]They knew he had never been on their TV [03:12.21]So they passed his music by [03:23.88]I meant to go over and ask for a song [03:30.21]Maybe put on a harmony [03:41.28]I heard his refrain as the signal changed [03:46.47]He was playing real good, for free