Sleeping on the Sidewalk

Singer: Queen (Brian May)
Written by: Brian May
Album: News of the World

I was nothing but a city boy
My trumpet was my only toy
I've been blowing the horn since I knew I was born
'Cos there ain't nobody wants to know

I've been sleeping on the sidewalk
Rolling down the road
I may get hungry
But I sure don't wanna go home

So 'round the corner comes a limousine
And the biggest grin I ever seen
"Hey, sonny won't you sign right along the dotted line?"
What you saying? Are you playing? Sure you don't mean me?

I was sleeping on the sidewalk
Rolling down the road
I may get hungry
But I sure don't wanna go home

I'll tell you what happened

They took me to a room without a table
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 blowing to a million fans
Nothing was a missing, all the people wanna listen
You would thought I was a happy man

I was sleeping like a princess
Never touched the road
I don't get hungry
And I sure don't wanna go home

Have to have some fun

And now they tell me that I ain't so fashionable
That I owe the man a million bucks a year
So I told him where to stick the fancy label
It's just me and the road from here, yeah

Back to playing, and laying, I was back on the game

I was sleeping on the sidewalk
Rolling down the road
I sure get hungry
And I sure don't wanna go home