He Played Real Good For Free
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by Joni Mitchell
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sung by David Crosby on the Crosby, Stills and Nash album "Allies"
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I slept last night in a good hotel
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I went shopping today for jewels
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The wind rushed around the dirty town
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And the children let out from their schools
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I was standing on a noisy corner
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I was waiting for the walking green
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Across the street he stood
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And he played real good
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He was playin' real good for free
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Me I play for fortunes
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And those velvet curtain calls
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I got a black limousine and about thirty-seven criminal
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Escorting me to this halls
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And I'll play if you have some money
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Or if you're a friend to me
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But that one-man band by the quick lunch stand
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He was just playin' real good for free
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Nobody, I say nobody, nobody stopped to hear him
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Though he played so sweet and high
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They knew they had never seen him on their TV screen
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So they passed his music by
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Me I meant to go over ask for a song
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Maybe put on a harmony
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I heard his refrain as the signals changed
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He was still playin' real good for free
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He Played Real Good For Free
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David Crosby |