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Free Man in Paris (Joni Mitchell cover)
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Sufjan Stevens
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"The way I see it," he said, "You just can't win it"
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Everybody's in it for their own gain
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You can't please them all
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There's always someone calling you down
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Calling you down, calling you down
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But I do my best
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And I do good business, I do it well
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There's a lot of people asking for my time
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Trying to get ahead
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They're trying to be a good friend of mine
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I deal in dreamers and telephone screamers
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Lately I wonder what I do it for
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If l had my way
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I'd walk through those doors
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And wander down the Champs-í‰lysées
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Going café to cabaret
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Thinking how I'll feel when I find
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That very good friend of mine
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I was a free man in Paris
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(I felt unfettered and alive)
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Nobody was calling me up for favors
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(And no one's future to decide)
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You know I'd go back there tomorrow
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(But for the work I've taken on)
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Stoking the star maker machinery
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(Behind the popular song)
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I was a free man in Paris
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(I felt unfettered and alive)
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Nobody was calling me up for favors
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(And no one's future to decide)
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You know I'd go back there tomorrow
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(But for the work I've taken on)
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Stoking the star maker machinery
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(Behind the popular song)
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