the way i see it
he said you just can't win it
everybody's in it for their own game
they can't please them all
there's always somebody calling you down
i do my best and they're doing good business
there's a lot of people asking for my time
trying to get ahead
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 ones future to disguise
no i'd go back there tomorrow
but for the work i've taken on
drunk in the star maker
machinery behind the popular song
a dealing dreamers
a telephone screamers
lately i wonder what i do it for
if i had my way i'd just walk through those doors
and wander down the shoulder
easy going cafe to cabaret
thinking how i 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'd taken on
stroking the star maker
machinery behind the popular song