king of the rolling stones (tramp III)

(title and chorus by Martin Goetz; I just changed the chorus into present tense). As to Martin, the meter of the verses fit, so I added another verse in the same meter and the pre-chorus.

I came up with the two lines "eventually he'll leave the town" and "before routine would wear him down" rather instantly, next I put down "to pay for pub grub and a pint" and "his working hours use to end". I wanted to say that the tramp would end playing music as soon as he had got enough money to pay for his daily needs. Consulting RhymeZone yet again I found "depend" and "spend". There were no perfect rhymes for "pint", but I found "behind", "mind", "find", "blind" etcetera as viable half-rhymes. See below how I dealt with it:

his stuff stowed in a shopping cart
his main asset an old guitar
that's everything he'll ever need
his staple diet some drinks at night
his reading lamp a dim street light
it isn't very much, indeed

it takes good will _ to call art
the few folk tunes he sings by heart
that suffice as his stage program
his guitar's always out of tune
no later than the clock shows noon
he doesn't really give a damn
 
he leads the life that he chose
or that at least comes very close
so it's alright

he is the king of the rolling stones
a man without a home
he lives a life so free and peaceful
but he will die all alone

a cardboard box to collect small change
banknotes somehow would look strange
although he wouldn't mind at all
condescendence, sniggers, sneers
good advice, though insincere -
he takes it with a pinch of salt

his working hours use to depend
on how much money he's got to spend
to pay for pub grub and a pint
eventually he'll leave the town
before routine would wear him down
and soon will vanish from our mind

he leads the life that he chose
or that at least comes very close
so it's alright

he is the king of the rolling stones
a man without a home
he lives a life so free and peaceful
but he will die all alone