[00:15.60]"the way i see it," he said
[00:18.16]"you just can't win it...
[00:20.97]Everybody's in it for their own gain
[00:23.97]You can't please 'em all
[00:25.35]There's always somebody calling you down
[00:27.72]I do my best
[00:29.10]And i do good business
[00:31.53]There's a lot of people asking for my time
[00:34.22]They're trying to get ahead
[00:36.22]They're trying to be a good friend of mine
[00:40.91]
[00:42.72]I was a free man in paris
[00:45.40]I felt unfettered and alive
[00:48.29]There was nobody calling me up for favors
[00:50.97]And no one's future to decide
[00:53.47]You know i'd go back there tomorrow
[00:56.03]But for the work i've taken on
[00:58.85]Stoking the star maker machinery
[01:01.72]Behind the popular song
[01:05.84]
[01:39.78]I deal in dreamers
[01:42.03]And telephone screamers
[01:45.09]Lately i wonder what i do it for
[01:47.77]If l had my way
[01:49.47]I'd just walk through those doors
[01:51.28]And wander
[01:52.79]Down the champs elysees
[01:55.65]Going cafe to cabaret
[01:58.09]Thinking how i'll feel when i find
[02:00.66]That very good friend of mine
[02:04.34]
[02:06.97]I was a free man in paris
[02:09.55]I felt unfettered and alive
[02:12.36]Nobody was calling me up for favors
[02:14.92]No one's future to decide
[02:17.61]You know i'd go back there tomorrow
[02:20.42]But for the work i've taken on
[02:23.23]Stoking the star maker machinery
[02:26.04]Behind the popular song."