a song about a tramp

Martin has provided quite a few guidelines. The song he has in mind is to be about a tramp who plays guitar for a living, drinks, has no home, but actually lives the life he wants. The verses are supposed to have two paragraphs with six lines each and eight syllables per line. Their rhyming pattern shall be AABCCB. Then there is supposed to be a prechorus comprising three lines and a rhyming scheme of AAB. Martin already has a chorus he suggests:

he was the king of the rolling stones ("king of the rolling stones" being the title Martin has in mind)
a man without a home
he lived a life so free and peaceful
but he died all alone

During my lunch break I've put down a few lines:

his stuff stowed in a shopping cart
his main asset an old guitar
- [no idea yet] -
his staple diet some drinks at night
his reading lamp a dim street light
- [no idea yet] -

Well, 8 syllables per line is all very well, but all lines that I am suggesting require an upbeat note, i.e. the first stresses lie on the second syllables. So, maybe there should actually be 9 syllables then? I've got to ask. Actually, it need not be too difficult to add syllables. At first I had put down "belongings" instead of "stuff" anyway - but then, this could mean a few too many syllables. The second line could alternatively read "his main asset is an old guitar", the fourth "his staple diet are some drinks at night", for example.

I have collected a few more lines:

* a few folk songs he knows (or: sings) by heart

... which rhymes with "art", "part", "tart", maybe:

* it takes good will to call it art
* a cardboard box to collect some (or: small/loose) change

The rhyming dictionary suggests: "derange", "range", "strange" - so how about:

* banknotes somehow would look strange

Putting it together I get:

it takes good will to call art
the few folk tunes he sings by heart
that suffice as his stage program
a cardboard box to collect small change
banknotes somehow would look strange
- [no idea yet] -

The first line needs a rest between "will" and "to", that should work - if it's okay with the upbeat, that is:
it takes good will - to call art
As for the word "collect" two short notes would have to replace one normal length note.

This is what I have by now. The lunch break is over, I should get back to work.