Free Man in Paris-Joni Mitchell

[00:15.60]"the way i see it," he said [00:18.16]"you just can't win it... [00:20.97]Everybody's in it for their own gain [00:23.97]You can't please 'em all [00:25.35]There's always somebody calling you down [00:27.72]I do my best [00:29.10]And i do good business [00:31.53]There's a lot of people asking for my time [00:34.22]They're trying to get ahead [00:36.22]They're trying to be a good friend of mine [00:40.91] [00:42.72]I was a free man in paris [00:45.40]I felt unfettered and alive [00:48.29]There was nobody calling me up for favors [00:50.97]And no one's future to decide [00:53.47]You know i'd go back there tomorrow [00:56.03]But for the work i've taken on [00:58.85]Stoking the star maker machinery [01:01.72]Behind the popular song [01:05.84] [01:39.78]I deal in dreamers [01:42.03]And telephone screamers [01:45.09]Lately i wonder what i do it for [01:47.77]If l had my way [01:49.47]I'd just walk through those doors [01:51.28]And wander [01:52.79]Down the champs elysees [01:55.65]Going cafe to cabaret [01:58.09]Thinking how i'll feel when i find [02:00.66]That very good friend of mine [02:04.34] [02:06.97]I was a free man in paris [02:09.55]I felt unfettered and alive [02:12.36]Nobody was calling me up for favors [02:14.92]No one's future to decide [02:17.61]You know i'd go back there tomorrow [02:20.42]But for the work i've taken on [02:23.23]Stoking the star maker machinery [02:26.04]Behind the popular song."