Joni Mitchell Real Good for Free lyrics

I slept last night in the feminine hotel
I went shoppin' today for jewels
The 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've got a black limousine
And sixteen gentlemen, escorting me to this 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 passed his good music by

I meant to go over to I mean 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