"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 them all 
There's always someone calling you down
Calling you down, calling you down
But I do my best 
And I do good business, I do it well
There's a lot of people asking for my time 
Trying to get ahead 
They're trying to be a good friend of mine
I deal in dreamers and telephone screamers 
Lately, I wonder what I do it for 
If l had my way 
I'd walk through 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 
(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 was a free man in Paris 
(I felt unfettered and alive) 
Nobody was 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)