JONI MITCHELL Free Man In Paris 1974 HQ

"Free Man In Paris" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. It appeared on her 1974 album Court and Spark, as well as her live album Shadows and Light. It is one of her most popular songs. The song is about music agent/promoter David Geffen, a close friend of Mitchell in the early 1970s, and describes Geffen during a trip Geffen and Mitchell made to Paris with Robbie and Dominique Robertson. "Free Man in Paris" went to number twenty-two on the Hot 100 and to number two on the Easy Listening chart.

[johnstevens]

I remember listening to this classic song in Phoenix, AZ at a one-time legendary AC station KOY AM 55. Great memories. Thanks for sharing this great blast from the past.

[rock]

Such a great song about her trip to Paris with Geffen, he was the hit maker

[MironRemus]

"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 Elysées Going café 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."

[ricklanders]

Jose' Feliciano was in the next studio, heard the noise next door went in and there was Joni, and he ended up playing electric guitar on this track....who knew?

[devon]

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 out those doors
And wander
Down the Champs Elysees
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

[ThatsWhenItkickedin]

I love her. Smoked much weed, took a lotta window payne, unfettered and alive. In Topanga Canyon, not Paris.