Joni Mitchell - Free Man In Paris

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 and 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 and alive
There was nobody calling me up for favors
And 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 and telephone screamers
Lately I wonder what I do it for
If I had my way
I'd just walk through those doors
And wander down the Champs elysees
Going cafe to cabaret
Thinking how I'd feel when I find
That very good friend of mine
I was a free man in Paris
I felt unfettered and alive
Nobody was 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
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 and 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 and alive
There was nobody calling me up for favors
And 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 and telephone screamers
Lately I wonder what I do it for
If I had my way
I'd just walk through those doors
And wander down the Champs elysees
Going cafe to cabaret
Thinking how I'd feel when I find
That very good friend of mine
I was a free man in Paris
I felt unfettered and alive
Nobody was 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
Joni Mitchell - Free Man in Paris

Track 3 from the album, "Court and Spark" (1974). Full "Court and Spark" album playlist ...

Free Man In Paris - Joni Mitchell

I got sick of the crappy live recordings so I uploaded this studio version.

Joni Mitchell - Free Man In Paris (Live London 1983)

written & produced by Joni Mitchell | from the album Court & Spark (1974) | live from Wembley Arena, London (1983) | additional audio mixing by sonicboy19 ...

Joni Mitchell - Free Man in Paris (Audio) [GIRLS - 6X02 - SOUNDTRACK]

GIRLS OST SEASON 06 EPISODE 02 - "Hostage Situation" Hannah & Marnie leave. Hannah helps Desi to stand up as his hand bleeds and puts him in the car.

FREE MAN PARIS & YOU TURN ME ON - JONI MITCHELL (London 1974)

Live at London's New Victoria Theatre with Tom Scott and the L.A. Express on 22 April 1974.

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