Lyrics to
Free Man In Paris

This version of Free Man In Paris was released by Neil Diamond in 1977.

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The way I see it,
You just can’t win it.
Everybody’s in it for their own gain
You can’t please ’em all
There’s always somebody calling you down

And I do my best
And I do good business
There’s a lot of people asking for my time
They’re trying to get ahead
They’re trying to be a good friend of mine

I was a free man in Paris
I was unfettered and alive
There was nobody to call 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 schemers
Lately I wonder what I do it for
If l had my way, I’d walk through that door
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 was unfettered and alive
There was nobody to call 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 schemers
Lately I wonder what I do it for
If l had my way
I’d walk through that door
And wander down the Champs Elysees
Going cafe to cabaret
Thinking how I’ll feel when I find
That very good friend of mine

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About Lyrics and Free Man In Paris by Neil Diamond

The lyrics for Free Man In Paris are defined as the words making up the song released by Neil Diamond in 1977. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Free Man In Paris have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Neil Diamond and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Free Man In Paris by Neil Diamond if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Free Man In Paris" means the words set to the music of Free Man In Paris, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Neil Diamond. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Free Man In Paris and the lyrics to Free Man In Paris are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Neil Diamond who came here looking just for the lyrics to Free Man In Paris, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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