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 callin' you down
I do my best
And I do good business
There's a lot of people
askin' for my time
They're tryin' to get ahead
They're tryin' to be a good
friend of mine
I was a free man in Paris
I felt unfettered and alive
There was nobody callin' 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
Stokin' 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
Goin' café to cabaret
Thinkin' 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 callin' 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
Stokin' the star maker
machinery
Behind the popular song