[ti:For Free (LP Version)]
[ar:Joni Mitchell]
[al:Ladies Of The Canyon]
[00:11.61]I slept last night in a good hotel
[00:22.75]I went shopping today for jewels
[00:30.77]The wind rushed around in the dirty town,
[00:41.13]and the children let out from the schools
[00:48.66]I was standing on a noisy corner,
[00:59.06]waiting for the walking green
[01:08.62]across the street he stood
[01:11.37]and he played real good,
[01:14.71]on his clarinet for free
[01:25.96]
[01:31.15]Now me I play for fortunes,
[01:37.97]and those velvet curtain calls
[01:46.14]I got a black Limousine and two gentlemen
[01:55.60]escorting me to the halls
[02:04.97]And I'll play if you have the money,
[02:13.84]or if you're a friend to me
[02:24.15]But the one man band,
[02:26.34]by the quick lunch stand,
[02:29.52]He was playing real good for free
[02:38.94]
[02:46.40]Nobody stoped to hear him,
[02:53.78]though he played so sweet and high
[03:05.39]They knew he had never been on their tv
[03:11.62]so they passed his music by
[03:23.37]I meant to go over and ask for a song,
[03:29.80]maybe put on a harmony
[03:40.76]I heard his refrain
[03:43.01]as the signal changed
[03:46.25]He was playing real good for free