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Artist: Joni Mitchell
Canonical path: /mitchell-joni/for-free
Related lyric paths: 6
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For Free
Read For Free lyrics by Joni Mitchell on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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For Free
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I slept last night in a good hotel
I went shopping today for jewels
The wind rushed around in the dirty town
And the children let out from the schools
I was standing on a noisy corner
Waiting for the walking green
Across the street he stood
And he played real good
On his clarinet, for free
Now me I play for fortunes
And those velvet curtain calls
I've got a black limousine
And two gentlemen
Escorting me to the halls
And I play if you have the money
Or if you're a friend to me
But the one man band
By the quick lunch stand
He was playing 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 music by
I meant to go over and ask for a song
Maybe put on a harmony
I heard his refrain
As the signal changed
He was playing real good, for free
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Joni Mitchell performs "For Free", and this lyric page sits inside the Joni Mitchell catalog on LyroVerse.
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