[00:00.04]Free Man in Paris (with Tom Scott & The L.A. Express) (Live at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 3/3/1974) - Joni Mitchell/Tom Scott/The L.A. Express
[00:11.16]Lyrics by：Joni Mitchell
[00:12.22]Produced by：Joni Mitchell
[00:14.12]The way I see it he said
[00:16.99]You just can't win it
[00:20.13]Everybody's in it for their own gain
[00:22.51]You can't please 'em all
[00:24.61]There's always somebody calling you down
[00:27.37]I do my best
[00:28.31]And I do good business
[00:31.29]There's a lot of people asking for my time
[00:34.06]They're trying to get ahead
[00:36.31]They're trying to be a good friend of mine
[00:43.20]I was a free man in Paris
[00:46.21]I felt unfettered and alive
[00:48.74]There was nobody calling me up for favors
[00:52.12]And no one's future to decide
[00:54.72]You know I'd go back there tomorrow
[00:57.71]But for the work I've taken on
[01:00.50]Stoking the star maker machinery
[01:03.38]Behind the popular song
[01:32.58]I deal in dreamers
[01:35.23]And telephone screamers
[01:38.55]Lately I wonder what I do it for
[01:41.37]If l had my way
[01:43.15]I'd just walk through those doors
[01:45.20]And wander
[01:46.82]Down the Champs Elysees
[01:49.82]Going cafe to cabaret
[01:52.36]Thinking how I'll feel when I find
[01:55.08]That very good friend of mine
[02:01.84]I was a free man in Paris
[02:04.69]I felt unfettered and alive
[02:07.28]There was nobody calling me up for favors
[02:10.74]And no one's future to decide
[02:13.14]You know I'd go back there tomorrow
[02:16.18]But for the work I've taken on
[02:19.01]Stoking the star maker machinery
[02:21.85]Behind the popular song