I was nothin` but a city boy
My trumpet was my only toy
I`ve been blowin` my horn
Since I knew I was born
But there ain`t nobody wants to know
I`ve been
Sleepin` on the sidewalk
Rollin` down the road
I may get hungry
But I sure don`t want to go home
So round the corner comes a limousine
And the biggest grin I`ve ever seen
Come on sonny won`t you sign
Right along the dotted line
What you sayin` Are you playin`
Sure you don`t mean me?
Sleepin` on the sidewalk
Rollin` down the road
I may get hungry
But I sure don`t wanna go home
(tell you what happened. . .)
They took me to a room without a table
They said `blow your trumpet into here`
I played around as well as I was able
And soon we had the record of the year
I was a legend all through the land
I was blowin` to a million fans
Nothin` was a-missin`
All the people want to listen
You`d have thought I was a happy man
And I was
Sleepin` like a princess
Never touch the road
I don`t get hungry
And I sure don`t want to go home
(have to have some fun. . .)
Now they tell me that I ain`t so fashionable
An` I owe the man a million bucks a year
So I told `em where to stick the fancy label
It`s just me and the road from here
Back to playin` and layin`
I`m back on the game
Sleepin` on the sidewalk
Rollin` down the road
I sure get hungry and I
Sure do wanna go home
(Yeah)