[00:15.59]The way i see it" he said
[00:18.53]"you just can't win it
[00:21.40]Everybody's in it for their own gain
[00:24.02]You can't please 'em all
[00:26.15]There's always somebody calling you down
[00:28.83]I do my best
[00:30.21]And i do good business
[00:33.02]There's a lot of people asking for my time
[00:35.90]They're trying to get ahead
[00:37.96]They're trying to be a good friend of mine
[00:45.27]I was a free man in paris
[00:48.02]I felt unfettered and alive
[00:50.78]There was nobody calling me up for favors
[00:54.03]And no one's future to decide
[00:56.78]You know i'd go back there tomorrow
[00:59.78]But for the work i've taken on
[01:02.78]Stoking the star maker machinery
[01:05.84]Behind the popular song
[01:10.21]
[01:36.21]I deal in dreamers
[01:38.84]And telephone screamers
[01:42.09]Lately i wonder what i do it for
[01:44.96]If l had my way
[01:46.78]I'd just walk through those doors
[01:48.71]And wander
[01:50.65]Down the champs elysees
[01:53.64]Going cafe to cabaret
[01:56.15]Thinking how i'll feel when i find
[01:58.90]That very good friend of mine
[02:06.21]I was a free man in paris
[02:08.65]I felt unfettered and alive
[02:11.71]Nobody was calling me up for favors
[02:15.02]No one's future to decide
[02:17.39]You know i'd go back there tomorrow
[02:20.33]But for the work i've taken on
[02:23.27]Stoking the star maker machinery
[02:26.46]Behind the popular song"