Free Man in Paris

"Free Man in Paris" is a Joni Mitchell song which she first recorded on her 1974 "Court & Spark" album.

The way I see it, he said - you just can't win it
Everybody's in it for their own gain, you can't please 'em all
There's always somebody calling you down
I do my best & I do good business
There's a lot of people asking for my time, they're trying to get ahead
They're trying to be a good friend of mine

I was a free man in Paris, I felt unfettered & alive
There was nobody calling me up for favors & no one's future to decide
You know I'd go back there tomorrow but for the work I've taken on
Stoking the star maker machinery behind the popular song

I deal in dreamers & telephone screamers
Lately I wonder what I do it for, if l had my way
I'd just walk through those doors
And wander down the Champs Elysées
Going cafe to cabaret, thinking how I'll feel when I find
That very good friend of mine

lyrics & music by Joni Mitchell
© November 28, 1973; Crazy Crow Music. All rights reserved.