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Inventing David Geffen now on PBS (Original Post) littlemissmartypants Nov 2012 OP
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About David... littlemissmartypants Nov 2012 #7

littlemissmartypants

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7. About David...
Tue Nov 20, 2012, 09:57 PM
Nov 2012

Joni Mitchell Free Man In Paris Lyrics
Songwriters: MITCHELL, JONI
"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 l had my way
I'd just walk through those doors
And wander
Down the Champs Elysee
Going cafe to cabaret
Thinking how I'll 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."
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/joni+mitchell/free+man+in+paris_20075302.html ]
Free Man In Paris lyrics © Joni Mitchell/Crazy Crow Music/Siquomb Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

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